179 posts tagged “the school of hard vox”
Just finished reading 'And now a few words from Me' by Bob Garfield.
The man has some smart things to say, both to the ad industry and the audience it aims at.
Worth your time.
Feeling, refreshed,
habit47
Probably one of my favourite thinkers of all time, Stefan Sagmeister has now extended his one of his masterpieces of literature to the online masses.
I am humbled.
Feeling, stupid,
feeling, predictable,
I've been a little quiet of late. Apologies, but I was turning 30 somewhere special...
Unless you can do what this lady is doing, you need a bit more practice:
If you can do better than that, send your clips.
Feeling, like a quitter,
habit47
Do you remember DopeWars? The game of amateur economics? Well, I do, and I was ADDICTED to it. So imagine how happy I was to stumble upon the new version on Facebook. It's endlessly entertaining and, well, just give it a go. You will not be disappointed.
Feeling, like a dealer,
habit47
http://apps.facebook.com/dopecity/hellYeah.php?o=551610331
Ok. Jesus. I don't even know where to start. Perhaps here:
What about here?
Or even here?
Or here?
I can't articulate just how sick it makes me to know I can never go back to my mother country.
And, if I'm forced to go back, I'll be the one building these until I run out of fuel, rags and bottles.
God help South Africa.
We need more Madiba.
We need less Mugabe.
It's not a White vs. Black thing anymore.
It's a BROKEN COUNTRY thing.
It's not working for ANYBODY.
Feeling, revolutionary,
As (regrettably) an ad guy trying to cope with the ever-expanding chaos that is the WWWorld, I can use as much help as I can get. If it helps my clients, it helps me. So this nifty online reputation monitoring software, BrandsEye, can help put habit47 aboard his eco-friendly jetyachtsubhub sooner and developing clean, safe energy systems before he becomes too rickety.
Even if it's not 100% relevant to you, it's still pretty damn interesting. Wonder how long before personal reputation monitoring software becomes a Facebook app?
Feeling, like I'm turning AlphaGeek and I don't care who knows it,
habit47
