Christopher Carfi published a WWWWH guide to business-driven Web 2.0 efforts today. I like what he says about who Web 2.0 is for–the people! Web 2.0 is about people.  Period.  Who are the people involved?  Who will be the primary contributors to the effort?  What are their backgrounds?  Who are they as people?  In addition, who are […]

I know it’s only February (almost March), but I wanted to pass this piece of news while the snow is still falling… before you’ve gone into beach mode. Throughout this coming summer, the 2007 DNA Evolution Tour will be coming to a ton of locations throughout Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and Montana, giving urban jibber […]

Our good friends at Joy Engine (Boulder’s buzziest boutique and art gallery)have been running high on zing and low on zzz’s as they put the final touches on freshest addition to the family: an online extension of the store that will share the store’s designer toys, men’s and women’s clothing, and original artwork with parts […]

Hunger Trumps Years of Mediocre Experience Published by ScampContinue reading: Why You Should Hire the Unqualified

According to The Wall Street Journal, sales of super-premium liquors costing $150 or more a bottle were the fastest growing category in the U.S. last year, with revenue rising 18% to $2.19 billion. Johnnie Walker Blue Label–a $200 bottle–is working to capture a larger slice of that revenue. The brand sponsors about 100 gallery openings and […]

According to The Wall Street Journal, sales of super-premium liquors costing $150 or more a bottle were the fastest growing category in the U.S. last year, with revenue rising 18% to $2.19 billion. Johnnie Walker Blue Label–a $200 bottle–is working to capture a larger slice of that revenue. The brand sponsors about 100 gallery openings and […]

Last week, it was Starbucks. Now, in in today’s New York Times comes a look at how success and growth has put Whole Foods under greater scrutiny: “They are at such a level you expect the best from them, and if you don’t live up to it, people notice,” said Todd Hale, a senior vice president […]

For all of you designer/snowboarder hybrids out there… Design Within Reach’s Denver Studio is playing host to the 2007 Design the Modern Board competition. The event is being sponsored by Ride Snowboards, who will also review the final submissions to determine if they want to use one or more of the deigns on one […]

Seth Godin was recently afforded the privilege of seeing the uber geek in action. He noted it in his journal, like a paleontologist in the field. I sat next to Cory at a conference today. It was like playing basketball next to Michael Jordan. Cory was looking at more than 30 screens a minute. He was […]

Switzerland-based Imaginary Foundation has some new designs in their repertoire that are worth a look– they follow right along with I.F.’s mission of researching new ways of thinking and the power of imagination. This organization is somewhat mysterious– it’s headed up by a enigmatic ‘Director’ who is supposedly in his 70’s and the son […]

Forrester Research produces research not news flashes, so their latest study won’t come as a big surprise. Nevertheless, it’s interesting to hear the details of what most of us already know. Courtesy MediaPost: Beyond confirming what many have long suspected, the study illustrates a major rift between marketers and agencies with some harsh survey results: On […]

Seattle Times reporter Nick Perry looks at an academic response to our always-on media culture. It’s tough tuning out in today’s world. Just ask a dozen communications students at Seattle University who attempted a 96-hour media-deprivation experiment: No listening to iPods or car radios. No checking e-mail. No chatting on cell phones. No surfing Web sites such […]

This reminds me eerily of the Zach Slow + Lady Sovereign fiasco a little while back, but who am I to get in between three men and their dream. Pool Boys at the Mansion is a recently-surfaced guerrilla campaign by Sam Rush, Denman, and The Swede (gotta love their names) to win jobs as […]

When I went back to my ‘Siberian’ hometown recently, the new rave were these Toyo Microbit Tires. People who live in the Colorado Rockies drive on snow and ice during the majority of the year, so they don’t skimp when it comes to their winter tires. I thought to myself, what could get […]

Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate how big corporations like Gap are turing sales into helpful donations to great causes through the (RED) campaign; I think (RED) has been successful from a wide-spread outreach standpoint. But I also really appreciate the response to the (RED) campaign by the (LESS) campaign. (LESS) is a […]

BusinessWeek reports on Nike’s new Tailwind brand, at attempt to go downmarket (read: cheap shoes for cheap people.) Produced by the wholly owned Nike subsidiary, Exeter Brand Group, Tailwind, as the new brand is called, is a fashion-conscious line of footwear, officially launching in three Payless stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn on Tuesday. Initially, the line […]

A Great Teacher Can Speak Through the Years Published by ScampContinue reading: Past Mentor Will Influence New Agency

Our insane, and insanely-fun pals at DURKL just sent me a sneak peak of their newest line to share with all the readers. On the left they’ve got a maze all-over print that comes in yellow and black on fuchsia, or yellow and purple on aqua. They describe the shirt to be SO […]

I’m often asked why I blog and I really have no good answer. It seems like it’s one of those things that’s just a daily habit. Reading Ann Althouse’s article in today’s New York Times, however, crystalized things: Let life on the blog unfold like off-blog life. I can understand the urge to enforce standards in the blogosphere, […]

As a father of two 5-year-olds I’m fairly new to this parenting thing. However, one observation I have made is that it’s really hard not to impose your own fears and in-securities on your kids. Hence, I had to chuckle when I read David Brook’s commentary: I mean, don’t today’s much-discussed hipster parents notice that their claims […]

Looks like our French neighbors have adapted Ricky Gervais’ concept and they started making ‘Le Bureau’ last year. The setting is Villepinte, a business park in the northeast suburbs of Paris. The series stars François Berléand as Gilles Triquet, France’s version of David Brent. Another notable actor, Jérémie Elkaïm, also stars in the series playing […]

According to The Wall Street Journal, Gap, of San Francisco, opened 19 Forth & Towne stores over the past 18 months in a bid to tap the baby-boomer market, long considered underserved by women’s clothing stores that tended to focus on teens and young adults. But the move failed, and now Gap is closing the chain […]

The People Like Us Collective (or as I like to refer to them, ‘The Thunder Down Under‘) have just released two new t-shirt designs. If you hurry, you can get your hands on one or both of these limited edition t’s. They’re made with PLU’s ’should-be-patented’ Super Technology, which saturates the fabric with some […]

The People Like Us Collective (or as I like to refer to them, ‘the thunder down under‘) have just released two new t-shirt designs. If you hurry, you can get your hands on one or both of these limited edition t’s. They’re made with PLU’s ’should- be-patented’ Super Technology, which saturates the fabric with […]

Folding chairs may not be the most glamourous decor item out there, but it’s difficult to deny that they serve an important role in day to day life. They do, after-all, provide the utility of a chair but can be easily hidden from sight; as a result, you may logically think that there’s really […]

From the looks of the licence plate, this is a Belgian campaign, but I haven’t heard from it (yet). It’s definitely not the first time a tow truck is used to grab the attention of the city traffic. We’ve seen it before in the guerrilla for the Gröna Lund amusement park near Stockholm, the so-called […]

I got an email with a load of Russian ads in it, and one of the weirdest in the series was without any doubt the one pictured below. This must be some sort of mock-up by a twisted mind because I have my reasonable doubts about the fact IKEA would ever approve this sort of […]

To promote the book “O Doce Veneno do Escorpião” (The Sweet Scorpion Poison) written by Bruna Surfistinha, a brazilian ex-prostitute, where she tells her experience in the prostitution world, edited by Editorial Presença, the agency Torke Stunt created this campaign which was structured in 3 actions: Polaroids- Polaroids picturing Bruna Surfistinha’s sexy image were placed in […]

Issue:  Proposed Sirius/XM Satellite Merger Commentary by: David Vinjamuri FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s comment last week that the proposed $13 billion dollar “merger of equals” between Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio faces “high hurdles” is a disturbing sign that the U.S. government is out of touch with consumers, technology and brand competition. The primary question the […]

Unhappy with the quality of your virtual friends on MySpace? No problem. You can fix it by subscribing to FakeYourSpace.com. According to The New York Times, FakeYourSpace will enhance your page with photographs and comments from hired “friends” — mainly attractive models — for 99 cents a month each. Founder of the service Brant Walker, 26, of […]