Pittsburgh
Whenever friends from Pittsburgh ask me how I’m adapting to Baltimore, I tell them the truth: Baltimore and Pittsburgh are so similar on so many levels that “adapting” hasn’t been necessary. It’s more like I’ve just moved to an extremely remote Pittsburgh neighborhood, and now it takes me 4 hours to get to the nearest [...]
Last week, Tami Dixon wrote a raw, emotionally honest appraisal of what it feels like (and, socio-politically, what it means) to be left off someone’s “Best Of…” list. As a counterpoint, I’d like to offer why none of that shit matters. In Tami’s case, she’s one half of the creative muscle behind Pittsburgh’s Bricolage Production [...]
Yesterday, I explained why I think Microsoft sees its customers as idiots — an opinion that sparked a debate about the very nature of advertising. Like politics, war and most other conflicts, advertising boils down to the challenge of convincing other people that YOUR worldview (or your client’s) is the most valid. So does that [...]
