January 2011
1 post
April 2010
1 post
March 2010
11 posts
listening to "Jay-Z Takeover (Unplugged)" →
listening to "FAIRWEATHER-Young,Brash,Hopeful.wmv" →
“far more said than done”
listening to "New End Original - Lukewarm" →
“never wanna be lukewarm again”
listening to "dead prez - Animal in man" →
“therefore the only course left was revolution”
listening to "Boards of Canada - Left Side Drive" →
stop caring. space out for a few minutes.
listening to "Hatebreed - I Will Be Heard" →
hatebreed really is the wrong stuff to be playing at the office.
listening to "Sufjan Stevens - All the Trees of... →
two for tuesday. or something.
listening to "Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski... →
a day late i believe.
listening to "You Remind Me of Home - Ben Gibbard" →
in a suburban town with nothing to do, patiently waiting for something to happen.
listening to "Ramallah- What Difference Does It... →
speaking of smiths covers …
listening to "The Juliana Theory - Duane Joseph" →
it was this or august in bethany … or zao.
February 2010
1 post
listening to "Killing the Dream - Thirty Four... →
Been on a KTD kick lately.
January 2010
6 posts
listening to "Madball - Hold It Down" →
hold it down.
listening to "Deadguy - Police Story (Black Flag... →
deadguy covering black flag? epic audio win.
listening to "The Bronx - Heart Attack American" →
“i’m done helping you apologize.”
listening to "Boards Of Canada - Chromakey... →
listening to "Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun" →
Another record that is approaching old status.
listening to "Lucero Can →
“nothing short of dying’s gonna bring me any peace.”
July 2009
1 post
The Master Cleanse →
Doing 10 days with a goal set for 14. Nothing pleasent about it.
June 2009
4 posts
Chased by bums?
Everyday I see the same two panhandlers on the A train. And today I saw one that I haven’t seen since high school in Penn Station. No social commentary here, just surprised at the lack of desire people can have to pull themselves out of the gutter. Oh awesome … Douchey hipster girl just stopped him in front of me to give a dollar. People never learn.
I’ve had a firm rule of not...
Biz as uge
The best kinds of meetings are the ones that take less than 15 minutes. When I sit down with an agency and they want to spend 2 hours fluffing each other I know it isn’t going to work out. What we so isn’t all that special, only difference is were one of the ONLY shops doing JUST this. So when I can wrap up my “what we can do for you” pitch in under 7 minutes I love when we...
A solid day of no work
Was great to take saturday off completely and tell everyone I wasn’t able to deal with thier problems. Felt good, got extra sleep and quality time with the kids and friends. Need to make an effort to do that more often. Now it looks like I am about to start the longest week ever. Meetings, travel, and deadlines. Awesome.
Hectic week. Almost nonstop client meetings and three pressing deadlines all in one week. Not sure I’m 100% sold on this idea, lots of responsibility, allocating resources and answering to clients. Surprisingly there has been more creative involved than originally setting out to do as a production shop. Was expecting more resistance to input from the people were working with, but good ideas...
May 2009
1 post
April 2009
4 posts
Twitter as the world's best CRM software.
i’m working on this one, because im spending more and more time selling the idea of a social platform for customer engagement to people who ALREADY use some form of CRM software.
why is it that the same guy who has dedicated a chunk of their marketing budget to CRM can’t get their head around the benefits of a real time customer management tool?
i’m going to work on addressing...
“We Believe
• We believe In creativity.
• We believe it drives results.
•...”
– Martin Macdonald
March 2009
102 posts
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“Multidisciplanary is the practice, it’s what we do.”
– Doug Jaeger
when meetings go awry
had a meeting today, and without going into too much detail, i have to say it was the worst experience i’ve had in a while. a creative director that had “no value” (his words not mine) for digital strategy, much less building platforms for clients to interact with customers, heading up an agency that is trying to enter the digital market. it was what i would have expected from an...
RT @arnied: A new phrase that was thrown around today—Seagull Management.That’s a manager who just swoops down and craps on people’s ideas.
but this is all part of what the bailout money is to be used on. - http://is.gd/ocG7
Laundry, cleaning, and the boy in the tub for an early bath before grandma comes. Love a Friday.
RT @mikemookie: I’m designing a survey… Why am I designing a survey?!
Just got out of the most baffling meeting of my life. On the positive side I got a phonecall from a recruiter at one of my fave agencies.
In queens. Besides the obvious bummer, I should have brought my skateboard.
AIG Turns Over The Names Of Bonus Recipients http://is.gd/ockz - when these names go public it’s going to be interesting.
#followfriday @smashadv @tsmuse (never a bad tweet from these 2) @atslopes (gives me portfolio envy) @dougjaeger75 (no intro needed)
Hardest part about signing non disclosure agreements - knowing you can’t tweet about what you’re doing all day.
Looks crappy out this morning.
Ellen Stagg →
One of the best photographers of our generation. Commercial & erotic photography that blurs the borders.
“advertising isn’t a science, it’s a persuasion, and persuasion is...”
– Bill Bernbach (DDB)
i’ve decided to call all instances of laziness “scheduling issues” from now on.