for once i find a difference of opinion with s. godin.
newspapers in cages in new york.
he's probably is right, it isnt a marketers idea. its more likely a city ordinance thing.
seth, i must ask, what of the homeless individuals in new york city that discard used papers without being overly concerned about where.
might not be the optimal solution, but it is the easiest.
just a thought.
7.2.07
recommended
odd.Never saw the Hills Have Eyes, but apparently it warranted the making of Hills Have Eyes 2. Weird thing is, since i find it on imdb and it has that nifty recommendations link on the side, i go ahead and click.
look at the list and tell me what seems out of place.
if your too lazy to click heres the list all written out...
Recommendations for Hills Have Eyes 2, genre: Horror
1. Grudge 2
2. SheFreak
3. Father of the Bride II
4. A Very Brady Sequel
5. Chupacabra Terror
6. The Deep Dark Woods: No Witnesses
7. Zombie Nation
8. Dominion
9. New Nightmare
10. Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Why is Father of the Bride and Brady Sequel on this list? Agreed they arent exactly good movie, but i dont recall anyone shrieking in horror at the sight of Mr. Brady and his poofy hair. Nor was Steve Martin horribly unfunny in FotB2, wasn't funny either, but not cringe inducing.
Or is IMDB recommending based on the underlying cynical tone? Maybe we never realized that BrideII and BradySequel where psychological horror movies, dealing with the underlying horror of what would become of the men and women of america as they continued their vain existence in suburbia and devolved further and further into a complacent entity that worried of nothing more than trials and minor tribulations of their offspring? Or that they are a presentation of the facade which covers the ritual spousal abuse, the acute drinking problems, the decay of the marriage, the bloodlust kept in check with perfectly trimmed bushes on the front lawn that we all know these families were capable of?
22.1.07
broken.
i took someone for granted. someone i should never have treated in that manner.
i expected them to be always be there... yesterday, today and tomorrow... i felt i could do no wrong. they were mine as i was theirs.
i took them for granted. ive stumbled, and im falling a long ways. they have a part of me i never gave away.
defenses i had. walls and distractions and any number of safety mechanisms to keep anyone from touching. they sneaked in. quietly slowly and softly... and now they have me. took me years to hide it away, i dont miss it so much as i miss the care they gave it... i am... despite myself... stricken... fallen in love.
one person can break me.
i expected them to be always be there... yesterday, today and tomorrow... i felt i could do no wrong. they were mine as i was theirs.
i took them for granted. ive stumbled, and im falling a long ways. they have a part of me i never gave away.
defenses i had. walls and distractions and any number of safety mechanisms to keep anyone from touching. they sneaked in. quietly slowly and softly... and now they have me. took me years to hide it away, i dont miss it so much as i miss the care they gave it... i am... despite myself... stricken... fallen in love.
one person can break me.
19.1.07
de teguz.
so heres the basic idea for this one...
create a blog, link it to pictures, let the community upload content, link to events, hype.
Imagine something like tegus2night, or tecache, but instead of going out and just taking the pictures of the people in different places, which with the flash working and the background being all black makes every place look exactly the same, you simply write up a brief little review of places and any events you personally went to along with some pictures of the place, some people the event, the drinks make it look as fun or boring as it really was...
Have a part where people can submit their pictures based on date and not location, but open it up so that everyone can upload without your meddling.
Eventually, get a group to become additional writers, so that you don't have to be going around everywhere.
Grow from there to incorporate other cities... start with deteguz, then desanpeter, deceiba, delasislas, etc etc...
Once you have a large enough regular audience, are known and visited, open up a threadless. From their work with clothing dept. to get tshirts in all major cities by offering exclusivity and guaranteed interest and sales.
so, this is my idea. sort of. there are bit parts i left out and the details are sitting in a black book on my desk all neatly describing how to go from a to b without making a mess so we can get to c.
anyone interested?
create a blog, link it to pictures, let the community upload content, link to events, hype.
Imagine something like tegus2night, or tecache, but instead of going out and just taking the pictures of the people in different places, which with the flash working and the background being all black makes every place look exactly the same, you simply write up a brief little review of places and any events you personally went to along with some pictures of the place, some people the event, the drinks make it look as fun or boring as it really was...
Have a part where people can submit their pictures based on date and not location, but open it up so that everyone can upload without your meddling.
Eventually, get a group to become additional writers, so that you don't have to be going around everywhere.
Grow from there to incorporate other cities... start with deteguz, then desanpeter, deceiba, delasislas, etc etc...
Once you have a large enough regular audience, are known and visited, open up a threadless. From their work with clothing dept. to get tshirts in all major cities by offering exclusivity and guaranteed interest and sales.
so, this is my idea. sort of. there are bit parts i left out and the details are sitting in a black book on my desk all neatly describing how to go from a to b without making a mess so we can get to c.
anyone interested?
12.1.07
image change.
If you know me, you know where i work and why i work there.
Its been 15 years since the company was founded, and as with all things that turn 15 we felt it was time for a change. We changed our logo, upgraded and added to it. It took about a month.
First things first we had to develop a new logo, so we went the democratic route. We could have hired fancy design majors to create an abstract new logo that incorporated both technology and movement, or included aspects of our vision/mission, but no... we decided to do an inhouse development, include the employees and let them push our logo where they wanted. So we had a contest.
Sent out the email announcing it, ran into a snag there because our original prize was too low to foster any interest. So we upped the ante, and then gathered about 25 designs from a crew of 40. Pretty fair turnout.
Next we had to wittle those down to a select few, very American Idol. Since I submitted a design I was barred from the decision making panel. Outside sources where consulted in very informal ways, "do you like this one or this one?" and eventually it was settled on 3. Those three had to be combined to come up with a final Frankenstein logo. So now we had a typeface, 15 year imagery, and a new icon to boot. But how do we put them together?
Another week of fiddling with the layout. Icon on the right or the left? above or below? angled or boxy? vertical or horizontal?
several ideas and a couple of sheets later we had it down to 3 possible winners.
So about a month and a half since the idea was first presented we now have a final version for our logo 2.0.
Now to spend a month changing the logo on every piece of stationary and printed materials followed by a year changing the logo on everything else (cars & signs).
thats about as exciting as my work gets lately. I did manage to make some money off of it though.
And ill be taking painting/drawing classes soon... unless occupancy is full already, i should call very soon to see.
Anyway, I have no plans for the weekend. So if anyone reading this, not that there are many of you, has anything for saturday night ring my cell.
Its been 15 years since the company was founded, and as with all things that turn 15 we felt it was time for a change. We changed our logo, upgraded and added to it. It took about a month.
First things first we had to develop a new logo, so we went the democratic route. We could have hired fancy design majors to create an abstract new logo that incorporated both technology and movement, or included aspects of our vision/mission, but no... we decided to do an inhouse development, include the employees and let them push our logo where they wanted. So we had a contest.
Sent out the email announcing it, ran into a snag there because our original prize was too low to foster any interest. So we upped the ante, and then gathered about 25 designs from a crew of 40. Pretty fair turnout.
Next we had to wittle those down to a select few, very American Idol. Since I submitted a design I was barred from the decision making panel. Outside sources where consulted in very informal ways, "do you like this one or this one?" and eventually it was settled on 3. Those three had to be combined to come up with a final Frankenstein logo. So now we had a typeface, 15 year imagery, and a new icon to boot. But how do we put them together?
Another week of fiddling with the layout. Icon on the right or the left? above or below? angled or boxy? vertical or horizontal?
several ideas and a couple of sheets later we had it down to 3 possible winners.
So about a month and a half since the idea was first presented we now have a final version for our logo 2.0.
Now to spend a month changing the logo on every piece of stationary and printed materials followed by a year changing the logo on everything else (cars & signs).
thats about as exciting as my work gets lately. I did manage to make some money off of it though.
And ill be taking painting/drawing classes soon... unless occupancy is full already, i should call very soon to see.
Anyway, I have no plans for the weekend. So if anyone reading this, not that there are many of you, has anything for saturday night ring my cell.
3.1.07
said once or never at all.
"not the size of the boat, its the motion in the ocean... true, but your not about to cross the pacific in a canoe either."
"i hope you get killed by a manatee."
"i hope you get killed by a manatee."
