No eggshells anymore - Jaguar backlash is steam being let off.
The pushback is partly because this concept is tired, the design is ugly, and none of it is really new or mould-breaking at all.
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Boeing down in flames
Got up, sipped coffee, casually scrolled Twitter while figuring out what to wear, when the video of a Boeing in flames caught my eye
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Join me @ the David Lowery New Years Day Brunch Livestream
So here's a great tradition to start the year off in a way that'll set the path right. The David Lowery New Year's Brunch live-stream.
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How to fix your Mailgun, and your Ghost instance emails not sending because you messed up.
So, yesterday I was in a big FAAFO mode, as I fucked around and found out that I broke stuff…
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X (Twitter) wants your ID - don't give it to them.
Now the social app formerly known as Twitter, X, wants you to verify your identity by uploading your ID. If this becomes a requirement, my account will be script-deleted so that I can remove as much data as a user possibly can.
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Hotel concepts for digital nomads - Zoku and the Graduate.
I have a friend who is currently touring Europe as he works remotely on projects, and attends various coding bootcamps and summits along the way, who is the perfect target market for this idea.
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Nashville - and the emerging creative city boom.
Nashville. A city in the middle of an American state which is deeply conservative, where "everyone" prays to Dolly Parton, drinks whiskey, and owns a cowboy hat, a few guns, as well as real cowboy boots. Right? Or?
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Vanishing tools - swallowed by a massive mouth
Sometimes running Adland® gives fun perks.
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"Why self host?" is the wrong question. "Why rescind your control?" is the right one.
Free and easy to use platforms are only fun while they are free, easy to use, and actually available. They pop up like mushrooms and their season ends just as abruptly.
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Why is modern advertising so bland?
A lot of people are asking themselves this, and many experienced ad people are blaming DEI, or the need to be "safe" and not offend, but that doesn't explain abrasive brand voices like Tampax on Twitter
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Let's party with Party Boy!
So yesterday was a fun day for me. I started the day ready to tackle a list of four annoying bugs that needed to be sorted out, and instead of ending the day with eleven bugs I actually managed to solve all four.
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"Defending womanhood in advertising with Åsk Dabitch Wäppling"
I was invited on Isaac Simpson's podcast The Carousel, because I am outspoken and Tired of Explaining Reality to Fuckwits.
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