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I am a Digital Ninja

November 12th, 2010 / Comments (0)
Heads up, there's cuss words. NSFW.

digital ninja from moon stuff on Vimeo.

Thanks for this one, @Modernista!
The Mayne Event: Tom Brady's Hair

November 12th, 2010 / Comments (0)
Awesome video produced by local studio, DGA Productions for ESPN.

Funny stuff.

In case you missed the "Mayne Event" on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown show, here it is below. Tongue planted firmly in cheek, Tom Brady explains to Kenny Mayne why he'd never criticize Randy Moss' beard (with a nod to ZZ Top) and teen pop star Justin Bieber takes a shot a Brady's do.
Awesome, Old NYC

November 12th, 2010 / Comments (0)
Originally designed in 1904, the NYC City Hall subway station was boarded up in 1945. It's still closed to the public, but here's how to check it out...

Stay on the 6 train instead of getting off at Brooklyn Bridge, the last stop. The train makes a turnaround through City Hall station before heading back uptown.

Pretty great.

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We've Been Asking Ourselves the Same Question...

November 12th, 2010 / Comments (0)
Copywriter/Blogger, Rob Rooney writes another interesting installment that asks the question, Why do we work so Goddamn hard?

We bust our humps in this business, but is it worth it? Fuck it. It's Friday, take the afternoon off.
Vote for the MITX Interactive Agency of the Year

November 12th, 2010 / Comments (0)
The MITX Interactive Awards celebrate the best creative and technological doings in New England. The awards ceremony is next Thursday the 18th, but MITX is partnering up with Boston.com to create a Peoples Choice Award for the Interactive Agency of the Year, for the agency who represents the ideal of interactive marketing through creativity, innovation, and proven success in the field.

The seven nominees include Arnold Worldwide, Digitas, Genuine Interactive, Hill Holliday, Mullen, Overdrive Interactive and Studiocom.

Check out the nominees, what they're nominated for and vote here.

ALSO, you can view all of this year's awards finalists here.
STUNFONE

November 11th, 2010 / Comments (1)
The STUNFONE is an attachment that you plug into your iPhone that converts it into a taser. All you have to do is press the volume buttons. We say, no effing way and apparently we're not the only ones.

If you check out the 2nd video below, in response to all the skepticism, they're apparently conducting a live demonstration tomorrow (Fri. 11/12 at 4pm EST) on the STUNFONE website to which he "officially invites" Steve Jobs, the chief engineer of the iPhone and anyone else from Apple to attend.
Ray-Ban's Photocopy Romance

November 11th, 2010 / Comments (0)
Check out the behind the scenes photography too.

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New Editorial: Political Ads vs. Corporate Ads

November 11th, 2010 / Comments (0)
Our main man editorial writer Alex Poulos (President at LaunchPad Media), is back with another one.

We've all been subjected to a lot of political advertising as of late, tis the season after all, and Alex weighs in with his new write up, Political Ads vs. Corporate Ads.

Read up.

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When Brand Building Becomes Personal

06/06/2013 - 13:38 / Comments (0)

by The Austin Egotist

Jared Dunten is a lot of things. Copywriter. Artist. Father. Husband. Paraplegic. Fighter. That last one probably should have come first.

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How to Spend $275 Million in 48 Minutes: Three Super Bowl Ad Trends for 2013

02/01/2013 - 16:54 / Comments (0)

by joshhogan

Want to watch $275 Million get spent in 48 minutes? Just tune into CBS at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday to see one of America's greatest primetime displays...
The School of Life.

11/21/2012 - 17:38 / Comments (0)

by Anonymous

Yesterday a reader asked us "how do you get into advertising?", our knee jerk reaction was to ship them off to the nearest ad school for a year or...