Auto workers are far from the only ones being shit on by this economic storm that continues to tear through the nation. Now, we can also count professional football players among the unemployed. According to Ad Age: The Arena Football League -- generally regarded as one of the better-run leagues in the country, with a salary cap and cooperation from the players, a fat TV contract with ESPN and high-profile owners …
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In the spirit of giving this holiday season, we'd like to start a new tradition and help give back to the community. If you're here reading this, chances are you have a challenging job that you could use some help with from time to time. But where do you turn in times of doubt? To your boss? To your team? Hopefully, to somebody. Well, there's no longer any need to wander the halls feeling alone and scared. Ask AdPulp …
I Can See Clearly Now, The Rain Is Gone
"The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work." -Robert Frost Tom Asacker is offering nine predictions for the new year. Here is one: Most people will sit quietly in their seats and watch life unfold around them A recent New Yorker magazine cartoon made it comically clear: There's a lot that we all want to experience, but not much that we actually want to do. Most of us …
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Bad News Travels Fast Via Twitter
Those of you on Twitter can now follow ad agency layoffs via @adagencylayoffs. Not sure who's behind it, but this is the kind of thing Adweek and Ad Age used to report on. For ad folks, it seems that Twitter is used for both original pontification and links to blog posts and other media. You can also get tips on good gossip by following @AgencySpy. Or follow your favorite AdPulp …
User-Centric Design Is Also Ad-Centric Design For ESPN
ESPN.com believes less is more when it comes to digital design (and I'd tend to agree). According to The New York Times, the sports site is about to go a major design overhaul. Currently, sports fans are greeted by "intense coverage of every major sport from the get-go." John Skipper, ESPN's executive vice president for content, says "There can be a thing as too much." Making ESPN.com as appealing to visitors as …
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There’s Always The Off Position
This video has been around for awhile, but just in case you haven't seen it yet... I love the scarf around the Facebook "f". And how MySpace says, "Facebook is for nerds. It's for college goobers who want to make study buddies." …
It’s Not Nice To Fool Mother Nature
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Move to McCann, Get Your Picture In Adweek
I met and talked to Faris Yakob at Futures of Entertainment 2 in Cambridge, Mass just over a year ago. It was one of the more memorable moments from that trip, I must say. Faris, who was with Naked then, has a quick wit and a sharp mind. He also has a new job at McCann/New York. According to Adweek, he's the agency's newly named chief technology strategist (the official language for "digital ninja"). The affable …
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