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Leonard Cohen on his writing process
Leonard Cohen: “…like a bear stumbling into a beehive or a honey cache: I’m stumbling right into it and getting stuck, and it’s delicious and it’s horrible and I’m in it and it’s not very graceful and it’s very awkward and it’s very painful and yet there’s something inevitable about it.” [via: Adam Cohen]
Continue reading...Creative Distraction: Buggy Whip Makers Were in the Motivation Business
13. May 2010
If you’re a creativity supplier be very proud of your steady revenue in the face of change. Either you’re a positioning genius in an unstable market or it just may be the quiet before a bigger storm.
Continue reading...Handiwork: One Man’s Story about Rediscovering His Art
4. May 2010
Nate Sheaffer relates the re-awakening of his creative love for a craft he left behind years ago: "Ten years ago, my life changed forever. Early in 1999, I lost my glassblowing business to offshore competition, followed eight months later by the suicide of my closest brother."
Continue reading...Everything is Social: How Creative Brands Can Earn Social Equity
23. April 2010
There. I’ve summed up conventional advertising in one paragraph, and brought it into the crowded, abundant, consumer centric internet years. Now it’s all about ME, keep your damn interruption marketing to yourself, I’ll find you when I want something you got. Unless ….
Continue reading...Fun Recording Studio Video of “Bet Against the American Dream” – Robert Lopez tune about Credit Default Swaps
19. April 2010
In the spirit of "The Producers" - Robert Lopez wrote a song about the Walls Street scheme to encourage risky loans while simultaneously betting that they will fail; aka credit default swaps.
Continue reading...King-O-Fads or King of Ads – I’ll tell you what …
13. April 2010
Does anyone else find something Deliciously ironic about hiring the best in the business to produce a spot that will invite the production of a bunch of borderline Cheesy spots?
Continue reading...Book Publishing: More Creative Destruction
12. April 2010
Juliana Hanna at HBS [Harvard Business School] wrote a nice article about Book Publishing and the transition from Traditional to Digital.
Continue reading...iPad Magazine Art Direction Demo – Brad Colbow
10. April 2010
Brad Colbow reviews the Art Direction for iPad magazine editions for GQ, Popular Science and TIME. The video demo gives one a great idea for how usable the editions are, and where iPad design might go in the future.
Continue reading...Tiger and Earl – Well Dad, It’s Like This ….
8. April 2010
Brilliant. This takes a giant step toward rebuilding Tiger Woods as a brand by reuniting him with a feeling of authenticity.
Continue reading...NYT: Pros and Amateurs Debate: Is Photography in Trouble?
3. April 2010
This was my "comment" to an article in the New York Times with the same title as this post. For the record: photography isn't in trouble, it's thriving, however, many professionals are enduring a shift in their business models. Some will deal, some won't make that choice.
Continue reading...Video Interviews with Creative Professionals
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Decide to Live; Good Advice from Ben Stein … No Really, That Ben Stein
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Looks Like We’re All Going to Return to Film Cameras
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Interview with The Martin Agency Creative Director Andy Azula by Big Buzz Kevin
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Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus: We are changing how we use our free time.
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26. May 2010
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