by Luke Sullivan | Nov 6, 2011 | Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness
Distilled from a recent interview on blog radio with the delightful Heidi Ehlers, founder of Camp Black Bag – “The Boot Camp for Your Career.” * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I was in the advertising business for 32 years. To yield...
by Luke Sullivan | Oct 27, 2011 | Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness
As expected, U.S. entries to Cannes were way down this year given the recent Zombie Apocalypse. Observers are surprised ad people continue to even exist given their worthlessness in a economy that now values productive trades like farmers, electricians, and mechanics....
by Luke Sullivan | Oct 3, 2011 | Advertising, General Crankiness
Okay, Zen parable time. And I’m gonna update mine a little bit for the modern palate. Okay, so you got this Zen master dude, right? Dude looks totally like Uma Thurman’s teacher from Kill Bill Vol. 2, always brushing that long white mustache to the side and...
by Luke Sullivan | Sep 25, 2011 | Advertising, General Crankiness
The other day in class we were reviewing some work the students had done and an interesting conversation took place. As I looked at the work the students had produced, I asked one of them, “Where were you when you were working on this?” He said he’d been...
by Luke Sullivan | Mar 15, 2011 | Advertising, General Crankiness
The ideas that were actually selling here at SxSW were the ones that were actually sold – by a fantastic speaker. Now I agree, some ideas are so great they don’t need to be sold. For example, they day they discover a cure for cancer? They won’t need an ad...