Well, we just finished that time of year when we gathered round the dinner table with family to feast on good food and give thanks for the year's blessings. With Thanksgiving and Christmas in our recent memory, I thought it might be a good idea for us Mad Men (and Women) to list the people [...]
I’ve been thinking about that now-famous line from Michael Jordan this week, since I’ve spent quite a bit of time ruminating on the subject of celebrity endorsements. It was this article from The Independent that got me going. It’s a piece on the subject of “disgrace insurance”, a product created for advertisers for those times [...]
The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 on December 21st, 2010 in favor of what is said to be a 90 page document on Net Neutrality. What is Net Neutrality? It is the basic idea of maintaining an open internet where people are free to access any legal content that they choose, without intentional interference by [...]
I have to admit I kind of thought the days of elaborate holiday window displays were long, long gone. That is, until I visited Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue during Christmastime. Indeed, a walk past Macy’s large display windows in mid-December confirms that this 200-year old marketing medium is still alive and kicking. In the 1870s, Macy’s [...]
A few nights back, my husband was complaining to me about how frustrating Christmas lights are. He bought all new last year and this year only 2 strands out of some 20 are actually working. He has spent many hours looking at each strand, changing out bulbs and trying every trick he could think of. [...]
When I hear of a product built to suck the creativity out of my job, I usually scoff and try to hate it as much as humanly possible. But, when Mr. Write (aka Steve Morgan) turned me on to a piece of software called Artisteer, I decided to hear him out. Artisteer is an automated [...]
In just a few days, Miss Media will be departing for the Big Apple for a digital media seminar. I’m confident that we’ll return with loads of new information and theories and can’t wait to tell the rest of the crew all of the great stuff we learned. In addition, I’m anxious to see all [...]
First, an amazing phone: Brian may be all sunshine and teddy bears about the future of technology, but I think the future of consumer technology is overdue for a backlash. And I welcome it because we'll end up with a new set of post-swissarmyknife gadgets that are really great at what they do. I'm tired [...]
A lot of things at work remind me of my children on a daily basis. Seldom does a discussion topic with my 6-year old make me think about work, though! The exception was just a few days ago - she and I discussed what she did in her kindergarten class that day. She ran through [...]
Facebook Deals, the latest platform release from our friends at the book, recently launched with promotions from 22 national retailers. One of the first of these retailers, the Gap, jumped on board with a significant offer – a free pair of jeans to the first 10,000 people to check-in to one of their stores on [...]
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