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Last night I gave a presentation to the UMass Marketing Club in Amherst. I felt a little silly just doling out my words of wisdom…so I decided to rope in my colleagues at Jack for help. Here’s what they had to say…(forgive the audio this was guerilla Q&A)
Love this:
“It takes a cruise ship a long time to turn around which is why people will start using smaller boats.”
“Designer Steven Heller traces the evolution of the tiny symbols for each Olympic sport since their appearance in 1936″ – NYTimes
Juliet turned me onto this – great stuff. I love being able to look at how design evolves – how it infects and affects culture.
An interesting article on user-generated content.
“There are a lot of things agencies should be worrying about…. But the whole “random consumers are taking over Mad Ave” myth isn’t one of them.
Google Search Story – “The Bing Solution”
For the first time, I am being compelled to censor my personal beliefs. On my own blog. This bums me out. It may be the “right” thing to do politically — but I am having a really hard time thinking it’s ok for me personally.
In honor of that:
I came across this post on American Copywriter and it’s so in line with a conversation I’ve been having with my sister. A great TED video – via a funny delivery guy: “Wait, what’s that you say? I don’t have to get excited about finally getting client approval on work that they limited and I know to be mediocre? Um, sweet.”
The new site emphasizes community + video – and is simply gorgeous. More and more sites are going to feature video like this – front and center.
According to Creativity:
The Flash-based destination seeks to provide viewers with a deeper level of engagement with its shows: “The site features high quality streaming video, including clips and trailers that can be viewed in full screen resolution, an enhanced, easy-to-access schedule that includes HBO HD and HBO On Demand programming and more sophisticated community and sharing capabilities. Viewers also get their own personal dashboard by which they can bookmark clips, discussions and get the heads up on new content they might be interested in.”
Another great tweet from Juliet:
