Beware the brilliant first meeting

June 8th, 2009 by Dion Hughes

Beware the brilliant first meeting

How often has a great first presentation been as good as it ever got? We think we know why.


Was it the drugs, or was it the CLIOs?

June 4th, 2009 by Dion Hughes

Was it the drugs, or was it the CLIOs?

Hallucinations don’t come better than the 50th Annual CLIOs. Here’s a report from the front lines.


They made enough boats

June 1st, 2009 by Dion Hughes

They made enough boats

Some are wondering if what happened to the boat industry is happening all over.


Print is petrified

May 18th, 2009 by Dion Hughes

Print is petrified

Compared to other media, the art of print advertising is stuck.


If you can make it anywhere, you can make it anywhere

May 11th, 2009 by Dion Hughes

If you can make it anywhere, you can make it anywhere

The last and final proof that location is nothing.


DVRs are killing (good) advertising

April 26th, 2009 by Dion Hughes

DVRs are killing (good) advertising

Why sitting through stinky commercial breaks will improve the quality of stinky commercial breaks.


New continent discovered

March 31st, 2009 by Dion Hughes

A startlingly obvious insight from our pals at Zeus Jones.


The Annual Traveling Auto Museum

March 30th, 2009 by Dion Hughes

“There was an uneasy silence at the Minnesota Convention Center this weekend….”


The market never lies

March 25th, 2009 by Dion Hughes

If the agency model is broken, then the buyer has the power to make the necessary change. Ummm.. right?


Saab was different

February 20th, 2009 by Dion Hughes

What has happened to Saab over the last twenty years is a lesson in authenticity, or lack of it, in this case.