Hugh MacLeod points to a new Technorati feature, where it's easy to find blogs by category. In the Advertising category, Adjab is ranked atop the list. Whereas Adrants is not ranked at all. I expect that to change shortly, when Steve Hall finds out about this and enters appropriate "tags" that will lead to his media property being ranked high, if not at the top of this list. The fact Adrants is not there now calls …
Mr. Bill Knew What Would Happen To New Orleans
Yes. THIS Mr. Bill... In 2004, he appeared in a number of PSA's designed to inform New Orleans citizens about the importance of protecting our wetlands. Click here. Watch "Hurricane Sluggo." (I think you need Windows Media Player to watch it). Walter Williams, Mr. Bill's creator, is a native of New Orleans, I believe. I'm sure he had no idea how exactly right he turned out to be. …
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DeVille Is Dundee
USA Today: Cadillac is killing DeVille — the name, not the car. It has redesigned the model that's been DeVille and renamed it DTS — which has stood for DeVille Touring Sedan on previous models — to conform with Caddy's three-letter model names: SRX, XLR, STS. (Submit questions now: Chat with James R. Healey, 2 p.m. ET) Caddy says it has used the name DeVille continuously since 1949 and has sold 6 million quite …
Sharapova Shot Out Of Canon
New York Times: The United States Open tennis tournament, which got under way this week, appears to be aptly named - the blue-chip sponsors for 2005 are more open than ever to trying nontraditional methods to reach consumers. For example, Canon hired tall blonde women dressed to resemble the tennis star Maria Sharapova to mingle with passers-by at busy sites like Rockefeller Center and Times Square, handing out …
Generosity In Greenville
Brains On Fire, a Greenville, South Carolina identity firm is offering office space to ad peeps displaced by Katrina. Dear All, We have been watching, as I am sure everyone has, the complete devastation along he Gulf. And wondering what to do. This morning I had a thought. Brains on Fire occupies a space in Greenville, South Carolina that is about 11,000 square feet. We have some extra space toward the back of our …
Now You Too Can Doodle With Burnett’s Big Black Pencil
Room 116 points to this expertly rendered Leo Burnett web site, courtesy of the network's Canadian operation. …
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Wi-Fi Spigot Opened
The Register: There is some welcome relief today for those people left wading through the remains of New Orleans - T-Mobile has announced it will offer free Wi-Fi access across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama until the end of the week, and "possibly beyond that if the situation warrants it". T-Mobile said in a statement: "The free service is intended for those who have been displaced from their homes or are …
Designs On A Career
Business Week: Is there a glut of students graduating from graphic design programs in the United States today? A 2004 National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) survey indicates that out of 18,000 graphic design majors in 152 four-year programs conferring B.A. and B.F.A. degrees 3,500 are graduated annually. This figure is strongly disputed, however, by North Carolina State's Meredith Davis, who claims …