Does the future need an agency? – Part 1

Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Peggy Olson: Sex sells.

Don Draper: Says who? Just so you know, the people who talk that way think that monkeys can do this. They take all this monkey crap and just stick it in a briefcase completely unaware that their success depends on something more than their shoeshine. YOU are the product. You- FEELING something. That’s what sells. Not them. Not sex. They can’t do what we do, and they hate us for it.

– Mad Men: For Those Who Think Young (#2.1)” (2008)

Understanding the past to understand the future

Blood, Sweat, and Tech

Posted on Friday, October 14, 2011

How do you keep up with it all nowadays? Depends how you define “keeping up” really, but however you define it, you’re probably always going to feel somewhat behind and confused about what is going on. There is simply too much happening too fast. Too many devices, too many browsers and operating systems, too many apps, too many social networks, and too many new tech business ideas that do everything and nothing.