Aye, pirates are like barnacles, hard and crusty. #pirate #hook (Taken with instagram)
KONY 2012: This is where we have been heading, this is the future of social media and the world.
That thing that was going to happen?
When social media changes the world. When it grows from what it began as, to sparking revolutions, to creating revolutions of its own. Intentionally.
When the power of all the current media platforms focuses in on a single point. When the social media participants in one of the most media inundated countries in the world are targeted and told to do exactly what they do every day but for a reason.
It’s happening.
This is going to be a big deal.
KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.
Gotta get me some Lee’s.
Throwback advertising..minus the actual clothing I like it. Not a big fan of mens tan flares and very fitted polka dot shirts. But I love “Lee can change your image.” Who doesn’t like people that are animals/animals that are people?
Got a Girl Crush On: Dr. Walton, PhD
This was in In this past Sunday’s New York Times—in direct response to Rush Limbaugh’s sexist and disturbing remarks against Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student who was denied the right to speak at a contraception hearing.
We’re with you, doc!
(via trudymade)
This is what we call ingenious advertising, just like Nike’s print ads from years ago. I wonder if an agency was behind this or if Dr. Walton really is just a person. For some reason, I think there’s something bigger going on here. I would love to find out, I’m sure it’ll come out soon.
#24: Turn your To-Do’s into To-Done’s!
I’m a procrastinator. I try so hard not to be, but I really just hate sitting still and focusing on things for extended periods of time. I should work on having the mindset of “I just want to get this over with” rather than “I want to avoid this for as long as possible” because while I don’t think my stress levels will decrease, my productivity will probably increase.
But until then, because I know I do this, I will keep trying to get my shit done and tricking myself into doing so if necessary. So here’s something I came up with that might work for you/me/someone.
Separate the things you need to get done into two categories: things that have strict deadlines and things that have good-to-have-it-done-by-this-time-ish deadlines.
- For things with strict deadlines, you have really just gotta learn some time management or something.
- But luckily, for your more vague, make your life better goals, here’s something that could be worth a try.
- Write each To-Do/life goal on a small piece of paper or notecard. Think simple. Write manageable and realistic goals. Be specific.
- Try to get a few of these to-do cards made, so that you have enough to mix them all up and not know which one is which and so that you might forget eventually every single thing you wrote down.
- Mix them all up, face down.
- Tape/stick/adhere/attach/whatever one card FACE DOWN per calendar day square on your calendar. If you do not have a calendar, buy one. This is probably why you are bad at getting things done.
- Every day when you get up, take the card from whatever day it is and see what your goal for the day is.
- DO IT.
I’m going to actually try this. I will post results.
#23: Good Morning
This is one of my favorite print ads ever.
My senior year of high school, I came across this in a magazine and taped it to the front of my locker. Most girls had cute little decorations and name tags on their lockers and me, I had a nice “breakfast Diet Coke” as I like to call it.
I get a lot of shit from people for drinking Diet Coke.
“You would buy a Diet Coke!” (You would only offer useless comments!)
“Do you know how many of those you drink??” (Why, yes, I do. I buy each one.)
“How many of those have you had today?” (Not enough if I have to keep listening to you.)
I love this ad, which was made by the agency DraftFCB in New York in 2006 (I got the info here), because it says everything I feel (and as others also feel I’m sure) about Diet Coke. I don’t drink coffee in the morning because I’d rather have something cold and crisp. I’m glad that Diet Coke is acknowledging how its customers use their product and integrating that into their advertising, because it really resonates with people, including myself.
#22: Clever Resumes
My friend recently posted this multi-image photo of her working on the set of her college’s production of Twelfth Night:
(photo by Craig Choma)
I told her that she should just submit this photo anytime she’s asked for a resume.
I didn’t think much of it at the time, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that in professions where creativity is important and embraced, (like advertising, or theater) this could totally be a legitimate resume.
Why does it work?
- For one, if you’ve ever had any sort of theater tech, stagehand, or production assistant job, you’ll know that it’s pretty much a requirement to be able to be everywhere at once. You have to fix problems before they happen, everywhere, all the time. Does the photo demonstrate her ability to do just that? Yes.
- Obviously, submitting a photo as a resume might appear childish or unprofessional to some. But, there are people who will enjoy the creativity and recognize the message being communicated. Using this photo could be somewhat limiting, but knowing my friend, she wouldn’t want to work for anybody that wouldn’t enjoy this little bit of humor and whole lot of truth anyway.
- In terms of techinical skills, the photograph also does a nice job demonstrating what she is capable of doing at a set. Climbing, lifting, moving, spotting, balancing. All necessary for the job.
- There is also much more personality in this image than could be represented on a piece of paper. People want to work with people that are nice to be around. My mom would probably describe the photo as “delightful,” and I bet a lot of other professionals would as well.
Creative resumes aren’t always the right call, but if you can swing it, why not?
