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Because of the huge influx in writers for Age of Conversation 2 - Gavin and Drew broke down the theme Why Don't They ...

The Problems of Prop 8

On the day Americans removed one enormous barrier to equality, we also erected another. And the two might even have been interconnected. It does seem like some rather sick joke that the increased black ...

Hee-Haw Transition Team

Obama Photo SetsFrom the Boston Herald, from two years on the trail, and perhaps my favorite, behind the scenes on election night.  ...

Where will my.barackobama.com Go?

We don't yet know. But, thankfully, it seems that it will be somewhere...From Facebook founder and Barack Obama online organizer Chris Hughes:"Over the past 21 months, millions of individuals have used My.BarackObama to ...

Quite a Night.

Missouri - (or ah)

Took some time out of the busy schedule to hit the streets in a state a little less, well, poorly decided. So, a trip to Missouri, with most my time in Missourah...The St. Louis Office....

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Age of Conversation Returns

Why Don't They Get It?That's the question asked and answered Wednesday morning at 8am when the Age of Conversation 2: Why Don't They Get It releases on ...

Smart Search

After Michelle Obama mentioned her J. Crew outfit on Leno last night, some smart search buyers stepped in to maximize the impact. Simple, but nicely done. Not ...

This Was a Good Day

It's been ...

Probably So…

“Back up your argument. Because too many people are telling stories, as opposed to actually looking for the truth.”- Joe Sheehan (from this fantastic article about fivethirtyeight.com)

Eat, Sleep, Blog. Episode Eight.

Proving once again that our prowess doesn't always extend into the technical realm, Sean, Gavin and I are back with a discussion mostly about what it means to be free. ...

Inside Afghanistan

Many of you may remember the post about VBS's Vice Guide to North Korea, a fascinating look behind the total insanity of the no longer terrorist "democratic" country. Now they're back with ...

A Quick Trip Down the Long Tail v.2

Slow StrategyNever one to be cowed by popular opinion, Russell Davies argues to keep it slow when it comes to strategy. Or at least be able to recognize when to be slow and ...

Tune In Saturdays: Department of Eagles

For fans of Grizzly Bear, I'm pretty sure you'll also love Department of Eagles. Mostly because Grizzly Bear is the Department of Eagles. Sort of, anyway. Add a member, and subtract another, and give ...

Tune In Saturdays: Passion Pit

Boston's Passion Pit is an absolutely fanastic electro-pop ride, full of ups and downs, falsettos and sing-alongs. Interesting story, too. Apparently Passion Pit began as ...

A Short Trip Down the Long Tail

Personality Variation by RegionAbsolutely killer graphs of the US based on geography of neurotic-ism, extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness. Very cool. (via) The Social Web Delivers ...

Back to the Slime and Grime of Politics

After nearly a couple years of following this campaign, and now with only about 50 days left, it's easy to forget the point. It's easy to get dragged down into the muck of derisive ...

If You Wrote This: You May Be Fired Tomorrow

I've got this image of some semi-washed-up copywriter. He quit giving a shit a couple decades ago while scribbling notes on a sheet of paper after being asked to write the most generic, waste-of-money ...

Tune In Saturdays: Slider Pines

Further proof that Texas may actually be the rock promise land prophesied by Lift to Experience, with one of my newest favorites, Dallas' Slider Pines. With a ...

Destroying the Country First Brand

First - this is a very political post. Buyer Beware. And for the record, this is a copy and paste of sorts from an email exchange with Alan and CK, as well ...

Another Bout of Link Love

A Free-market Loving, Big Spending, Fiscally Conservative, Wealth Redistributionist.With all the politics flying around lately, it's probably a good idea to ...

Tune In Saturdays: First Aid Kit

Ahh, you've got to love those wonderful, wonderful Swedes. This time it's from a bit of an unlikely source with First Aid Kit, a folksy duo of sisters Klara and Johanna, the former ...

Really Captcha?

Captcha and I have had some rocky times in the past, but I can't quite figure out if this was a misplaced accusation, or some sort of drunken confession. Maybe captcha isn't feeling ...

Another Trip Around the Internetosphere

Me Politico TelevisorThought only John McCain and the RNC can run baseless attack ads on TV? Think again! Now, from the ...

Hee-Haw in the News: Let’s Kill Some Trees for a Cause

In case you haven't heard enough of my ranting and raving here, you can check out my appearance in ...

YouTube and the Meaning of Identity

Thankfully, after seeing both Sean and Gavin post this video, I finally cleared out the time to watch Michael Wesch's speech at the library of congress ...

Tune In Saturdays: Peter Salett

Not sure how it took me so long to get around to the fantastic Peter Salett. Long timer in the New York scene (now LA), and ...

Making SXSW Awesomer - 2 Panels at a Time

Well, I've already found 2 panels I won't be missing at this year's SXSW Interactive, assuming you get off your lazy ass and make sure it ...

Tune In Saturdays: David Vandervelde

Image via Wikipedia Not sure how someone so new to the south can sound so southern, but Nashville's (by way of Michigan) ...

This Week in Interestingly Interesting

Reason in Irrationality?After the last greatness from the New Yorker, another fantastic, marketing-applicable piece is pushing me kill to off a few trees and actually ...

Eureka! Insights & The Brain

Jonah Leher brings us this absolutely brilliant article and a must read for those of us in the business of insights. I realize this looks ...

Tune In Saturdays: The Mix Up Mash Up

Well, no particular band this week, but I thought you might have some fun with your own little youtube mashup. It's somewhat mesmerizing to just press play, then screw with volumes to try and ...

Build Me One of them Dinasours!

I absolutely love this video taken at the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History. It so easily shows a reason why advertising budgets are crumbling or shifting, or whatever you'd like to call ...

Build Me One of them Dinosaurs!

I absolutely love this video taken at the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History. It so easily shows a reason why advertising budgets are crumbling or shifting, or whatever you'd like to call ...

Tune In Saturdays: Pomplamoose

One of my favorite recent finds is the fantastically interesting duo called Pomplamoose. A collaboration of a couple YouTubers, Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn, Pomplamoose doesn't really just make songs or just make videos, ...

Microsoft Engaging in Bullshit Marketing. Few Surprised.

I got back to the office today to find a message from a concerned Chris of the organization "...

The Internet is Full of Interesting Things

Another new Pomplamoose TuneGenerally speaking, I'm just about always on the lookout for my next musical obsession. Usually that comes in the form of an album bought an iTunes. Not today. Seriously, ...

Plaid hits the Road. Will the Road hit back?

Once again proving that a mastering of social media and avoiding day to day work aren't mutually exclusive activities (or ...

Tim/Eric and Zach G - An Absolute Breakup

Today brings the release of the third "spot" for Absolut vodka created by the wigged Zach Galifianakis and the now wigless Tim and Eric. Unfortunately, this time friends getting together means ...

Voices of the Summer Games

Kaitlyn Wilkins along with Rohit Bhargava and the rest of the 360 Digital Influence group have brought ...

Viking Smackdown

Tim Brunelle, after a full year since the opening of his own Minneapolis shop Hello Viking, celebrated by releasing a new iPhone game using the accelerometer in the phone to make a cartoon ...

Tune In Saturdays: Marching Band

Image via Wikipedia Not far from a Sub Pop sound, Sweden's Marching Band is a little bit Rogue Wave, a little ...

Cool Stuff I Be Seein’

Practice What You PreachFaris Yakob's presentation on transmedia planning, using a transmedia execution. It's official. I have a man crush on Faris. In Control of PollsThis is older, but ...

And on to Sudan

From the folks that brought you the absolutely fascinating documentary on North Korea, they're back behind the scenes in a place Americans just don't go, Sudan. Very ...

Tune In Saturdays: David Karsten Daniels

Image via Wikipedia Seattle by way of North Carolina by way of Dallas singer-composer-doug martsch-look-alike David Karsten Daniels is out with a ...

Zemanta

By the way, if you didn't notice, I've started using Zemanta. I highly recommend giving it a shot. It'll integrate with Wordpress, Blogger, ...

I am a Bucket and So are You.

From all the Tim Russert eulogizing that's happened over the past few days, my favorite anecdote was told by ...

Tune In Saturdays: The Lodger

Image via Wikipedia It's summer, which means we all should be on the hunt for a good ol', poppy as shit summer theme song. The Lodger would like to ...

The Cycle of iPhone

Image by Daniel Voyager from TSL via Flickr And the iPhone cycle of advertising continues down the same masturbatory path. Step 1: Oh my god ...

Tune In Saturdays: Fleet Foxes

Image via Wikipedia Another addition to the Sub Pop artist roster, we've got Seattle's Fleet Foxes. For fans of Band of Horses, ...

Drugstore is an Indian Giver

Well, hell. I do need some stuff from drugstore.com, anyway. And I get 5 bucks off? And free shipping? I'm in. Woo hoo!...

Honda SkyDive has Arrived

After teasing us with the behind the scenes footage, Honda in the UK finally released their "Skydive" spot. Although it's not really a spot. It's 3 and a quarter minutes of live ...

Eat Sleep Blog: Episode 6 or 8 or so

I know you've all been waiting for this. And now you can all breathe again. The next episode of Eat Sleep Blog, the "I can't remember how many of these we've done" edition ...