Archive for September, 2009

Jim Edwards over at BNET had this post regrading the newest craze to seemingly sweep ad biz: Crowdsourcing. For anyone who has been fortunate to not have heard if this it is the practice of soliciting the public to create everything from logos to Superbowl spots for agency clients. One may recall the Doritos ads… »

A wonderful time lapse journey. You just have to see it to believe it…. »

Seems that someone has taken a page from Chryslers play book…

At least Lee Iaccoca was an integral part of the Chrysler company 30 years ago when he first did the K-Car spots. Ed seems like a nice enough guy but as the former head of AT&T who has publicly proclaimed he knows nothing about cars,… »

Anyone who’s happened to thumb through last years CA annual knows what I mean. When did Lego, Matchbox, and Monopoly get these big ad budgets? And why the hell are their accounts all handled in Asia? Some massive surge in the market overseas for these products all of a sudden? I call out those particular… »

Jesus, really, what the hell is going on? Has DDB (Chicago) just simply run out of ideas? Or are they riding the “Crowdsourcing” craze and had a group of 13 year old boys put this together? Or is the typical Bud Light Lime drinker merely a chromosome away from the I.Q. level of Beavis and… »

Here is a fun site that demonstrates what can happen if you… »