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The Denver Egotist has a funny "I quit" post up:
"A designer quit his job, leaving this on his computer desktop for the company to discover"
It's pretty fresh, but may have him in some legal hot water. Oh maybe not. I liked it.
Quiting with...
Clients From Hell is a collection of anonymously contributed client horror stories from designers. I just may have to ad a few myself! Pretty great idea and an even better place to learn about the extremes of the business.
Apparently my AMEX "My Life. My Card." campaign is in the running for Adweek's campaign of the decade. If you could take a moment, there is no sign up necessary, and vote I would greatly appreciate it. If by chance you kind of hated that campaign,...
Last year Alyson Shontell, a graduating senior from Syracuse University, interviewd for a Associate Product Marketing Manager's position at Google. She didn't get the job, but the insights she leaves behind tells a sad tale of how cold Google's...
Alex Bugosky wrote a really smart piece on Creative Directors recently. Though I'm not sure if I as a CD are "professionally insane," I get the sentiment. I also found one paragraph of advice that struck my as it has always been the way I have tried to...
One of my Writers here in London pointed this blog out to me. It's a very interesting take on the Ad industry, with a focus on contract work. The author also brings new and unusual creative work or Ad related news about as well. Subjects that you don't find on many of the more main stream Ad blogs. It is written with a fresh and sometimes intentionally humorous point of view. I enjoy it and read the blog weekly.
This is the most helpful resource I have found as an advertising creative writer. I had no idea there was so much more I could do to generate new business. Thank you for this.
