December 28, 2007
Good for a chuckle: Mark Greif’s NY Times essay, “The Hard Sell”, about Vance Packard’s book, “The Hidden Persuaders” (1957). Greif says, “Packard had tried to warn Americans of a new mutation in advertising. Powerful admen were working to tap the irrational in the consumer mind, using the applied psychology and sociology supported by the [...]
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Tattoo Projects was selected to create the web components for Charlotte’s new tourism campaign. The campaign promotes Charlotte as a great city to take a “mancation” — it’s the place where you can “Roll in a man, roll out a king”. See more about the campaign here.
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Here, we got some love from Adrants for our crazy holiday album. Steve Hall is too cool, it’s nice to have the fab compliments. Our singing has given many people a good laugh, and that makes us very happy.
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The new Tattoo Projects office at 3536 North Davidson Street is coming along nicely. The couch arrived, the bookshelves have been installed, and the robotic vacuum cleaner is operating at full capacity. The coffee maker is on a 4-6 week delivery schedule, and after that shows up, we’ll be fully functional.
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At the bagel place this morning, Rudy ordered a six-cheese bagel. “How about something on that?” the dude behind the counter asked. “What could I possibly want on that?” Rudy said. “I mean, it’s already got six cheeses on it. What more could you possibly have on that thing?” The guy told him how great [...]
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It took a lot of balls to make this corporate holiday greeting.
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RadioHead is conducting a musical experiment that takes takes guts and experience — both of which they have in spades. The band is allowing consumers to “pay what they want” for the downloadable version of their album, “In the Rainbows”. Buyers can pay zero or whatever they please up to £99.99 (about $212) for the [...]
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Lots of gift cards will be flying around at the end of this month, and that means tons and tons of extra plastic. We like how these folks are doing it, at globalgiving.com. Their gift cards are made of corn, 100% biodegradable. And unlike those Circuit City and Starbucks gift cards, they’re 100% tax [...]
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