MEDIA COMMENTARY, MUSINGS, & GENERAL CRANKINESS
Posted in Advertising, Education, Social Media, digital on Jul 11th, 2011
An excerpt from the the upcoming 4th edition of “Hey Whipple, Squeeze This.” It’s got a cool new cover drawn, shot, retouched, and designed entirely by a marvelous art director, Keli Linehan, from GSD&M. (She won’t like the way the cover’s reproducing here. It’s all done on a chalkboard, for reals, and it looks way [...]
Posted in Advertising, Social Media, Thirty Rooms To Hide In, digital on Jun 27th, 2011
A friend from New York sent me this picture, snapped while on board a New York City subway. I don’t know who the woman is, but obviously she has great taste in books and I have every reason to believe she’d love a free signed copy of my second book, Thirty Rooms To Hide In: [...]
Posted in Advertising, Social Media, digital on Mar 13th, 2011
I want you to read something my old friend, Jelly Helm, posted in his blog back in June of ‘09. He’d attended a conference and had this observation: “Also interesting to me about the conference is the role technology and Attention Deficit Disorder play. Everyone tweeting and multitasking and blogging. Does it add more value [...]
Posted in Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness, Social Media, digital on Feb 7th, 2011
Well, I went 50-50 on my predictions for what would show up in the Top 10 of USA Today’s Ad Meter. I guessed kinda right that a Bud Light spot would make it in. I guessed that another user-generated Doritos spot would make the top 10. That Weiden would a cool spot for Coke. That [...]
Posted in Advertising, Social Media on Apr 8th, 2010
If we were to meet at a party, the first thing you would notice is that I am not there, because I never go to parties. I am an introvert and I never “do things.” I also take great pains to avoid ever having to “chat.” I find small talk makes me uncomfortable. In fact, [...]
Posted in Advertising, Social Media, digital on Apr 7th, 2010
I was born in the year 1954 when stamps were three cents. If you thought, “Wow, three cents??” you’re a digital immigrant like me. You’re a digital native if you thought, “What are stamps?” Unfortunately, there is a third group: digital rejectors — you’ve met them. The eye-rollers; the shoulder-shruggers; the print and TV addicts [...]
Posted in Advertising, Social Media on Apr 6th, 2010
Thanks for coming to see Damon Webster and me at SxSW Interactive in March of 2010. As promised, we’ve posted this list of some really cool inspiration websites to get your digital brain thinking. (The descriptions below each link were all lifted off the “About” buttons on the sites.) THE LIST: Edward Boches Site Creativity [...]
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