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Preparing for the Papal visit

This cover art for nytimes.com said enough:

When roaches were bugs...

I needed a wakeup "WTF" to get my brain back into creative blogging so here's my treat for you. Enjoy "Sniff Swig Puff" starring Bea Arthur and Rock Hudson. Enjoy.

You're jamming my frequency

My TV was off and I saw no light, but last night I was visited by a poltergeist. It was a friendly one. I can tell there are many happy spirits here around my house which has been standing since 1892. I was at the end of a dream when a strong physical presence took over and awakened me. A presence was at the foot of my bed, persistently tugging at my left foot. It was a friendly tug. Not a "get out of bed now" kind of tug, but more like a "hey, wake up" kind of tug. Of course any kind of tug made my hair stand up and senses alert to anything I could see or hear in the dark. It was frightening for about 30 seconds, then I realized if the presence could speak it would say "Hey, wake up and update your blog already."

Forget the BFA

Spend $800 on some real earthy schooling.

The The Rocky Mountain Hand-Made Filmmaking Camp will take a group of people for a week, throw them together into the mountains guided by an off-beat professor, shake them up and stir vigorously,and come out with a bunch of filmmakers who can make movies without cameras and properly mix chemicals while sniffing D-76.

That actually sounds like my high school.

I'm just wondering how they pin up their prints for critique. The camp's website boasts an "outdoor classroom tent for classes and discussions."

Social Polski

A few days ago I sat in on a lecture by Susanne Altmann, an Art Historian and Independent Curator. Based out of Dresden, she presented many exhibits she curated - mostly dealing with contemporary art and issues of society.

A name of an art group she worked with drew my attention simply because they were Polish and their works all boldly displayed their URL. I committed the name to memory and looked it up the following day. (If I wrote it down, I'd feel confident I had the information and would then proceed to lose the paper.)

twożywo.

Easy enough. With the aid of Google I landed at http://www.twozywo.art.pl - a site representing artists who seem to master the use of public space as a field of social communication. Beautiful typography, thoughtful phrases (if you look at the English version or use Systran) and a wonderful project on a character called Kapitana Europy.

After I spent quite some time on their site, I saw a little piece on Kapitana Europy that made me laugh and say WTF? I soon realized that I was watching what I thought to be a twożywo billboard chasing after me in my dreams.

Look for yourself - Turn on your sound, take a brain break and go directly to SZYBCIE — spieszmy się kochać ludzi bo czas to pieniądz.

These brilliant designers make me proud to be a Polock Pollok Pollack Polak.
 

Dylan gets a Facelift.

Sorta. For all the Facebook freaks out there, Bob Dylan now has his own app where you can type in any message and have it loop. Not sure if this makes Dylan look cooler or you older for referencing, um, Dylan.

(Via fabric of folly.)

Always accessorize

I'm not sure what my Halloween costume will be this year, but I found the perfect accessory.

Smells better than the Marlboro Man

He's dusty and dirty and pictured just the way women want him. Stetson's newest man, Tom Brady, says on the website "Stetson does a great job of reflecting the guy who's unafraid to tackle the unknown, get involved and be his own person-that's how I live my life, and I think that's how men who wear Stetson approach theirs."

Spare us the speech. Woman only want to look at your photos. Men only want to date your woman.

Nice pics, Stetson, but personally, I prefer your 2004 man:

Went to OMMA

Overall a good show. The general session keynotes and panels were more interesting to me than some of the session tracks. It always comes down to how well the speaker can battle the distraction of people pouring in late from another panel that ran late.

I stuck my head into a Widget session for about 8 minutes. It was more worth the walk over for the pack of gum branded by TheEggnetwork.com. Now that's handy conference swag. Once I heard the word "Facebook" in the widget session over 33 times I knew it was time to head to "Leveraging Online Video to Drive Conversational Marketing." Saw some great examples by Coca Cola's Director of Global Interactive marketing of creating experiences through conversation, not just commercial pre-roll.

Sat in on the luncheon where James Lipton interviewed David Verklin, the CEO of Carat Americas. I think the crowd was more interested in interviewing James Lipton. That and the lovely chocolate pie dessert.

My favorite lines for the day:
JWT's Ty Montague claiming he's never seen the LowerMyBills banner eye sores. But to his defense it was presented to him as the "green alien banners" when I think they're better known as the "rooftop badonkadonk banners."
Tim Hanlon on the media panel saying "the difference with a bigger company... is that they're bigger."

Goin' to OMMA

My head is spinning just a little bit...

Video Search Optimization: Prime Time for Prime Positioning Enabling Communication to Consumers as technologies and channels evolve: The evolution of communicating to consumers Leveraging Online Video to Drive "Conversational Marketing" Widgets: Designing a Viral Brand Phenomenon Access And Activism: Harnessing Video Distribution and the Clip/Mash-Up Revolution Search Specialization and Social Collaboration: Precision for the Advertisers, Power for the Publishers Branded Games and the Many Ways to Play Email Acquisition, an Integrated Ad Inventory Model Metrics For Emerging Technologies Does Today's Online Video CPM Discussion Make Sense? Search & Display: How Effective Campaign Management Can Achieve Integrated Online Marketing Success The Future of Behavioral Targeting Starts With the Limitations of the Present Social Media: The User in the Driver’s Seat: How To Effectively Market, Advertise, and Stay Ahead of the Curve What's Going on With Media Metrics? The iPhone for Marketers The Online Video Ad Format Flop--And Boy, It's Painful to Watch!

Stick to iPod

Follow this link and read the product name as a sentence. (also in pic to left)