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The Creative Ham

Here's something I wish I'd had when I was graduating from portfolio school. It's a site called The Creative Ham, which is a working list of ad agencies by city... Read more
Posted on 13 July 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Something To Think About

This post from a fashion blog is interesting to me for two reasons.1. I think it's true when it comes to fashion.2. I think it's incredibly applicable and... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Meet Your Competition

The Lürzer's Archive Student of the Year Award is open for voting. Check out the nominees. And if you're a first year portfolio school student, start trying to... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Want a Promotion? Give Yourself One First.

An alternate headline for this post could be, "Think for the job you want, not the job you have." One of the best ways to make yourself invaluable and worthy... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Radio Mercury Awards Workshop

If you're a writer, and you'll be in the LA area on July 14th, you should go to this.I went to one of these workshops as a junior writer. Well worth the money. Read more
Posted on 28 June 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Are You Part of the Talent Crisis?

I think the interviews coming out of Cannes are just as interesting as the winners. They might be more important, too.Here's an interview with Ali Ali, the CD a... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Mike Cooley on the Creative Team

This quote is from Mike Cooley, guitarist in one of my favorite bands, Drive-By Truckers. It originally appeared in an interview with the Toronto Sun here. How... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2011 MUSIC
Go Brazilian

My friend Luis is a CD who's worked in the US and Mexico. Just the other day he told me the following story...When he worked for a WPP agency, Neil French was... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2011 MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Boutiques Vs Behemoths

Jim Lansbury, a CD at RP3 Agency has some advice for portfolio grads on ihaveanidea.org. Big agency vs small shop was something I debated when I left school.... Read more
Posted on 10 June 2011 MARKETING & ADVERTISING
ADdendum 101

There's a new like-minded blog from newly-graduated ad students that's worth checking out:ADdendum 101 Read more
Posted on 09 June 2011 MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Funny is Hard

A lot of us get into advertising to make people laugh. We want to do funny spots like the moose ad for monster.com or the shark spot for Snickers. Read more
Posted on 08 June 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Conan O'Brien's Guide to Creativity

Conan O’Brien has some great tips on creativity in this article from Fast Company. Worth reading in its entirety, but here are some of the... Read more
Posted on 07 June 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Emerson Could Have Put Together a Great Portfolio

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Posted on 06 June 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING
An Observation of Student Books

This being graduation and recruiting season, I've seen a lot of student portfolios lately. Seriously, gobs of them. And this is generally what I'm seeing:Lots o... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING
New Take on an Old Theme

This image was found here. A while back we featured a similar post here. We used triangles. But you get the idea. Read more
Posted on 31 May 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Free Lobotomy by Tom Monahan

Just browsing around on issuu, I stumbled upon Tom Monahan's book The Do-It-Yourself Lobotomy. This book is a classic, and I'm a little floored that Monahan's... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2011 MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Creator Vs Curator

"Every two days now we create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003." - Eric SchmidtOne of the fundamental shifts that has... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING
We All Gotta Learn Something

I was just flipping through the Communication Arts first ever Typography Annual and came across this quote from one of the judges:"We need to teach designers... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Tina Fey on Over-Thinking It

This is from Tina Fey’s new book, Bossypants. It is the second on a list of things she learned working on Saturday Night Live: “The show does not go on because... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2011 CELEB, ENTERTAINMENT
The Idea Writers by Teressa Iezzi

Of the ad books I’ve read, this is by far the most comprehensive and up-to-date snapshot of where the advertising industry (if we can still call it that) is... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2011 BUSINESS, MARKETING & ADVERTISING