oh, sorry, she's in our uglytown office today. would you like her voicemail?

really, gyro?
more analysis here and here.

talk about a cool idea...

apple goes consumer-generated for iphone

that new apple spot for the iphone you've been seeing all weekend? it was done by an 18-year-old freshman university student in england.

“That’s the whole point of advertising; it needs to get to the user,” Mr. Haley said. “If you get the user to make the ads, who better?”

read the article here.

philly roller girls on ads of the world

nice!

James is gone...

...but this song infects my mind

advertising can combat social ills

further proof that advertising can be good for society. (via)

another sweet environmental idea

in light of our upcoming efforts on behalf of dupont for america recycles day: damn. (via)

washington lottery: million dollar raffle

two spots for the washington lottery million dollar raffle. from publicis seattle, no less. i'd really love to hear what everyone else thinks of these...
(via)

the eye of the bull

the next time you're tempted to reach for cezanne, take a look at olho de boi, a sweet free font by billy argel. it has a nice, deep character set. plus, it's free (for personal use, of course). and, best of all... it isn't cezanne.

(via)
(this one's for you, jonathan mathers)

Fruit Pants//

So funny.

the best idea i've seen in a while

see full size and read rationale here (but then again, an idea this simple and this good doesn't need much explanation, does it?)

Sweep the Leg

Not sure if any of you have seen this yet or not, but I came across this a few weeks ago. Anyone who grew up in the 80's will appreciate this Karate Kid throw back... very well done and pretty damn funny, the music sucks, but the video is cool.

http://www.sweeptheleg.com/

cool stuff: pantone flash drives

from tracy's follow-up email from our creative team meeting:

4. We need portable hard drives for art directors and 2 gig flash drives for transferring files from station to station.

may i recommend: pantone flash drives?

seriously? $29 for 2gb? $49 for 4gb? plus free engraving?

Rate Beer

Thought everyone may enjoy this site, I know I did and it's free to sign up. Check it out...

http://www.ratebeer.com/default.asp

Fantasy Cocktail League

if you're into this type of thing

101 Things Designers Can Do to Save The Earth

The best music site ever//

Deezer is the coolest shit ever.

Any song that you've ever wanted to listen to, in CD quality...  On your own streaming radio station.

Oh, and its totally free (and legeal, not that it really matters).

new wheels

star gives people cell phones, and laptops. so why dont we get these?

http://aptera.com/

Color Wizard//

If you're looking to mix up some hues, and see what looks good with what, check out the COLOR Wizard. 

It works great for me when I'm laying out a website/ad, and want to get out of shades that I always wind up going back to (either out of comfort, or laziness).

Bravo, Bravia//

You guys might have all seen the three Bravia spots, but if you haven't... what a sweeeeet campaign.

sharing is caring

new serivce from adobe: share. not sure how helpful this is to our workflow... maybe in cases where we're working remotely and can't email big stuff. cool regardless.

in light of the new office in delaware

Conran, London... not too interested in what it says, but the idea is nice. maybe we can port this to the crescent building?

when I grow up...

I want to be in advertising!



whee! this is fun!

Soldier Boy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKQgDY0pZ68

Welcome//

Since we all decided that it would be a cool thing to be able to share stuff (thoughts, inspiration, program tips, random bitching, videos, etc.), what better way to do so than by the creation of our very own blog!

So here it is.

We don't all work within the same four walls, so there's lots and lots to talk about.  Hopefully, we'll all benefit from it.

J