Around the Creative World (6/30/09)
July 1st, 2009Hard to believe the 4th of July is almost here. Where did June go? Maybe I spent too much time blogging… Nah! (I just high-fived my laptop. Too much time at the computer?)
Here are the latest links related to advertising, marketing, entertainment, the internet and anything creativity-related. Enjoy! (But not too much.)
- Rest in Peace, Billy Mays. It’s still very hard to believe that he died at 50, three days or so after appearing on Conan, and after the summer of celebrity deaths we have already had. AdAge wonders what will happen to his ads.
- Remember those weird Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft ads? The weirdness continues with Dean Cain.
- Rest in Peace, 80s Michael Jackson. Director Bob Giraldi remembers working with “the gloved one” on the famous Pepsi campaign.
- Yes, We Cannes = A bunch of creative types try hard to pump themselves up in France, Obama-style.
- Wear your favorite New York Subway line on a t-shirt! (I have a feeling these shirts are a lot cooler if you wear them outside the city.)
- Are public bathrooms the new hotspot for advertising? Well, maybe it’s not a “new” concept…but the methods seem to be getting more creative.
- Pringles switches from “once you pop, you can’t stop” to “once you click, you can’t stop” with this banner ad.
- Remember “pokes” on Facebook? They’ve made the jump to Twitter. (I know. I’m not excited about it either.)
Brian Laesch wrote this blog for Eleventh Hour.
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