YouTube, who takes a liberal approach to safeguarding copyrights, enables the law to become trounced by the ease-of-use. If I can copy a video-clip and post it, so easily, then it can’t be wrong to do so.(?)

- Your blog is your fishing net. Cast it out and see what you catch. Sometimes sardines, other times, a big tuna.
- Your Twitter account is the pulse of “right now”.

“Theoretically, the media industry will be able to glean such insights as how many viewers are actually streaming full-length series on NBC’s site these days, and whether more fans are inclined to view episodes of shows like Heroes on the Web versus summer reality shows like Celebrity Circus—or vice versa.”

Just yesterday I was asking what will Google do in response to the competition, et voila! Today they’ve announced “Ad Planner”. The obvious difference between the Google approach and the competition is Google provides the data to the user

We love the idea that the print experience, flipping through pages, is being kept alive by these PDF readers/magazine-software. There is great potential for image-makers to use this technology for virtual portfolios that are a bit sexier than websites. We’re going to start pushing our clients to consider using these, and for now they are [...]

Here is the email we received from Jeramy, we wish her the best:
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Dear Friends, Supporters, Artists, Art Lovers,
Alas, the times such as they are render a freelance artist such as myself in somewhat desperate financial straits….
Hopefully, to alleviate that sad situation, I am holding a raffle!! The lucky winner will receive a painting of their [...]

Our best wishes go out to our friend Richard Solomon and his excellent posse, who thankfully, and although their office is now in rumbles, are all well and OK. Many of you might have heard about the crane that toppled in NYC last weekend, but typically we’re more than an immediate degree removed from the [...]

This morning on the NPR show Marketplace Gal Luft, a flex-fuel advocate, discussed the US’s dependence on an unstable fuel supply (oil) and the great deal of domestic resources we can utilize to create alternative fuels (alcohol based for one), for our automobiles. He notes that for a very small cost of $100/car produced we [...]

With all the current emphasis on the housing slump as the root cause of the possible recession we’re in, I keep looking back at posts written on Katrina and it’s eventual cause of a national economic downturn. After reviewing a handful of posts (I link to them at the bottom) my thinking leans backs towards [...]

I spoke with an old-school, and now retired art director , who remembers when stock was used for sketches, this past weekend. He remembers when clients began saying in meetings, “well why do I need a new image, this one is fine” to the shock and awe of the art directors who had much greater [...]