Steve Thomas has put together some propaganda posters for classic 80s arcade games. They would’ve made great POS ads for the games as well. MW3 should steal this idea if anyone is left at Infinity Ward to finish the game. I’m sure we’ll just get the usual movie-trailer style ads though.
At this morning’s agency meeting, John Norman showed this clip from Saul Bass’ Oscar winning short film “Why Man Creates.” I thought it was interesting, especially when imagining what the addendum of the information age would look like at the end.
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I saw this video the other day while searching for drum solos. It’s sort of long and rambly, but he addresses some points in here that I think are important for planners and anyone in general who does creative things.
Technique doesn’t equal interesting—Knowing the technical aspects of creativity are not a means to an end, [...]
Really interesting thoughts on the importance of computer literacy, and seems to support Noah’s assertion (via edutopia) that coding is the new literacy.
As an aside, this feels a lot like what’s happening to music as some hip-hop has redefined the musician as someone who combines complex molecules of existing music rather than knowing how to make [...]
It’s being reported now that David Zucker is planning to “ice” Conan, keeping him off the air at any network, for the length of his Tonight Show contract, which is amazing. I don’t think it would happen, and I would hate it if it did, but if it did actually happen here’s what I would [...]
California loves to put signs on dangerous thing. But when it’s your home or office, it clashes a little bit with the welcome mat at the door. They almost turn going into a building into a gamble akin to hitchhiking. “Yeah you can come in, but if it doesn’t crush you, it might kill you [...]