by Luke Sullivan | May 24, 2010 | Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness
You know all those people who sit in meetings but contribute nothing? My friend John Trahar has a great term to describe them. He calls ’em “Blinkers.” Because that’s all these people do — blink. The junior account executive? She’s busy taking...
by Luke Sullivan | May 19, 2010 | Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness
What if we started taking agency people seriously when they misused the word “mediums” and just started giving them what they asked for? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * OPEN ON HOLIDAY INN CONFERENCE ROOM. A MEDIA...
by Luke Sullivan | May 11, 2010 | Advertising
Okay, so a job position in the creative department opens up. On one hand, I wanna hire only the most techno-geeked-out, mobile-ready, code-slinging web brat I can find. On the other hand, I want to hire a writer or an art director who knows how to take a blank sheet...
by Luke Sullivan | May 8, 2010 | Commentary
About 4 years ago, I managed to talk my way into the offices of The Onion. Met with a nice woman, editor Carol Kolb. Told her the house ads for the newspaper should be as funny as the editorial. Showed her some stuff we’d done and she agreed, yeah, this is Onion...
by Luke Sullivan | May 6, 2010 | Advertising
[pro-player type=”mp4″ height=”500″ weight=”500″]https://heywhipple.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/MiamiArtSchool.mp4[/pro-player] People tell me I cuss too much. And this video is proof. It’s an hour-long speech to ad...