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[I THINK YOU’LL LIKE THIS FUCKING BLOG POST.]
Boy does that word carry some clout or what?
There are thousands of recipe sites out there but one was launched a little over a month ago and already is getting over 100,000 visitors a month. All thanks to a very simple concept. And relentless use of the F-bomb.
I’m speaking of www.WhatTheFuckShouldIMakeForDinner.com. Vastly more intriguing than [...]
[THIS TIME IT’S PERSONAL.]
So you’re a small city looking to re-brand yourself. You want to attract young vibrant people and businesses. You settle on the idea that you are a creative hub.
All very sensible.
But then when you are looking to generate creative executions that prove just how creative your city is, you decide that there is no firm [...]
[A LONG WAY TO GO FOR A SANDWICH.]
Over the years, I have learned that I’m impressed by commitment. The merit of ideas (and my appreciation/enjoyment of them) often relies heavily on the commitment of the idea creator/implementer.
Case in point: The Pomegranate Phone.
This site is well done (although patience is required). I had a good time playing around, giggling, and appreciating their [...]
[A DECENT SPOT FOR A DREADFUL SHOW.]
Sure, this commercial is hardly a big award-winner, but it seems like one of those examples where the agency is given an impossible brief (in this case list the bullet points of Rosie O’Donnell’s 20+ years in show business in 18 or so seconds) yet still manages to come up with something half-amusing. In many [...]
[MAYBE BARACK SHOULD HAVE MANAGED HILLARY’S CAMPAIGN?]
While watching the second evening of the DNC, the night that Hillary Clinton delivered her speech, I was struck by her new logo on the hundreds of signs that appeared as she spoke.
I thought it was quite nicely done, especially given the fact that practically all of the other signage at this event is blue-on-blue-on-blue, [...]