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[1 Oct 2007 | One Comment | ]
Dove’s Onslaught Campaign – Just Launched and Just in Time

I have a 10 year old daughter. I understand. And living in Las Vegas, where the “What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas” mentality is now pushing behavior and all visuals beyond the limit of what is acceptable, I get the importance of this campaign.
I do talk to my daughter on a regular basis, telling her that she should not think, for a single second, that she ever needs to look like those undressed-surgery-enhanced women that adorn billboards and the back of taxicabs here in Las Vegas.
Please talk to your daughters and pass this on to anyone who has a [...]


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[26 Jul 2007 | No Comment | ]
Line Rider – Seriously addictive little game

Have fun with this one: www.LineRider.com. You might well hate me for it later. I’ve already spent a good portion of my morning on trying to get my rider to make it unscathed through a single loop. All I have to say is GOOD LUCK!


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[12 Jul 2007 | No Comment | ]
Fabulous Use of Persona Technique in Advertising

I love the concept of using personas to convey the personalities of brands or products and how these should resonate with their intended target markets.  We all saw how Apple did such a great job of these with the Mac and PC personas. Brilliant and I always look forward to seeing the new ads as they are released. I love all the tacky puns.
Here’s a European version of another persona representation.  As you are watching this,  try guessing who the actor  represents.

Pure genius! And, where did they find this actor?
Via  if.psfk.com


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[3 Jun 2007 | No Comment | ]
… We Climbed in Trees

I capture this last month as we were on our way out of Bryce Canyon and entering the historic little town of Panguitch, UT.
No verbiage needed here. These little road signs say it all…


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[3 Apr 2007 | One Comment | ]
My Funny Friend – Dribbleglass.com

You might have already come across this site, www.DribbleGlass.com. If not directly, you undoubtedly saw some “borrowed” images forwarded in one of those emails, you know, the ones with the Powerpoint slideshow of humorous photos. Yep, that’s my friend’s site, my favorite funny guy, Scott Roeben. We were colleagues not so long ago . I won’t mention the company or the URL not to give a free link to the nasty entity that took over the company and which, in our humble and most objective opinion, totally ruined the site, rendering it void of any useful content. Most of that [...]


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[17 Mar 2007 | No Comment | ]
One Week of Art

Brilliant! Enjoy and get inspired at the infinite possibilities… Amazing to see how much can be created and how much can change in a week’s time.


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