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“Lemonade” Cube Grenade

Friday, May 21, 2010

There’s a fantastic community of people out there who get off on helping others overcome their bullshit excuses for complacency. One of the best is Hugh MacLeod, the always genius and often surly cartoonist, author, and blogger behind GapingVoid.
Like me, Hugh once worked in advertising. Unlike me, he’s figured out how to fully commit to [...]

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Whirlwind

Saturday, April 10, 2010

I’m home. It’s the weekend. And my brain is buzzing.
Yesterday, one year after attending the PSFK conference and wondering how the hell people get so smart, I got to speak at it. I saw Tina Roth Eisenberg (AKA Swiss Miss) talk about the simplicity of Swiss design and disciplined blogging. Nick Felton talked about the [...]

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Upload Your Video Lemonade Story and Win Ticket to PSFK Conference New York

Monday, April 5, 2010

There’s a huge community of “Lemonaders” out there. And a great many more who would like to be.
So to get more people inspiring more people, we’re asking those who have reinvented themselves to upload a video submission of their story on the Lemonade Facebook page. The five most commented-on stories will win a free ticket [...]

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Meet Brad Mislow

Monday, April 5, 2010

Brad and I went to the Creative Circus together. He spent many years at Ogilvy and then BBDO, and eventually became an Animal like the rest of us.
Brad has a way of writing stuff you respond to. To date, his “Don’t Fear the Reaper” guest post is the single most read piece on this blog. And [...]

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Adverve and Crossing the 180

Sunday, March 21, 2010

I recently had the great honor of participating in two amazing podcasts.
One, called Adverve, is run by Angela Natividad and Bill Green, two advertising and marketing junkies who love their profession so much that they blog and podcast about it. We had a heart to heart about the industry and how we all got to [...]

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Learning To Stand On Our Own

Friday, January 15, 2010

Please Feed The Animals made a new business presentation last week.
We didn’t have anybody with a British accent talking about psychographics. There weren’t teams of leaders responsible for different sections of the deck. And I couldn’t turn to a boss to bail me out of the rocky bits.
For the first time in my career, I [...]

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A Cast Of Characters On The Beancast

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

On Sunday Night, I sat on Bob Knorp’s The Bean Cast with the esteemed Messrs Hall of Adrants and Green of Make The Logo Bigger. We bantered on about Domino’s new campaign, which has very little to do with advertising and everything to do with a company changing itself before it changes what they tell [...]

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2009 – The Year Of Factions

Friday, January 1, 2010

It’s New Years Eve. Instead of getting my champagne on, I opted to stay in for a quiet night of reflection. We put the kids down early, and now I just want to be with my wife (who is sitting right here next to me), my thoughts, and a glass of Malbec.
Thanks to the numerous [...]

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Your Positive Vibes

Monday, December 7, 2009

The filming and editing of Lemonade are complete. We’ve had a few screenings. People laughed and cried exactly when they should have. I got hugs and thank yous and vigorous handshakes from strangers. Emails are pouring in with requests for screenings all over the world. CBS News With Katie Couric came to the Boston screening.
This [...]

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We’re Expecting – By Kathryn Proulx

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

November 30, 2009. The day Lemonade will be premiered into this world.
It has been an incredible journey.  All of the amazing people who were part of the film…friends, family, and neighbors are all joining us for this special night.  I feel like we are having a third child.  Ya know, the first trimester is magical [...]

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