Portfolio

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Pound it, Prez

Not sure if anyone’s checked out The White House photostream on Flickr, but there are some absolutely amazing images of Barack during his day-to-day operations as president. From Air Force One to The Oval Office, the Flickr stream provides a transparent, behind the scenes view of our government at work.

Here’s one of my personal favorites. Gotta get those ‘knucks, Pete Rouse.

For the rest, go to:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/

Sustainable Sun Chips

What a creative way to show the new 100% compostable Sun Chips bags. It’s not easy to change the world, but when  everyone takes small steps we have the power to make a real difference.

Kudos, Sun Chips.

SXSWi

Myself and Alex Kniess have arrived in Texas for the 2009 SXSW Interactive Festival. Follow our journey at ducksxsw.wordpress.com!

You Can Advertise Whatever You Like

While flipping through some old issues of the New York Times, I found an article about an Atheist advertising campaign that is using double-decker buses to deliver their message. The message, “There’s probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life,” was met with responses ranging from utter disgust to amusement. Even more entertaining were the ads Australians unsucessfully tried place on buses saying “Atheism: Sleep in on Sunday mornings.”

While the offensiveness of these messages is debatable it isn’t why this article caught my eye. I never thought Atheism would need to use branding strategies to recruit disbelievers, and it reminds me how much I love advertising. Anything in the world can be advertised for! While there are millions of people that hate the traditional beer, cigarette, sex and Slim Jim approach, it reminds me that there are great brands out there with the potential to change the world that no one has properly explored.

The industry is changing and strategies are transforming.  Watch out world.

Digital

An eye opening look at how digital culture is changing our world.

Beard Sighting

Yesterday, in a visit to Wieden+Kennedy, 15 recruiters, creatives and media planners were gracious enough to take time out of their busy work day to talk to our group of Oregon advertisers. While the entire experience was amazing, the best part was definitely when the bearded man from my previous post randomly walked into the room and grabbed a drink from the fridge.

It would have been rude to interrupt our speakers and excitedly rush to the fridge to reveal my envy, and by the time they were done he’d already left.

Someday I hope to meet this man and get a picure of me shaking his hand, or petting his beard.

Is That a Beard On Your Face, or Are You Just Happy to See Me??

As if I wasn’t already proud as hell to be a Portlandian, Portland Monthly just proclaimed Portland the beardiest city in the U. S. of A. The article was full of motivational quotes, but my absolute favorite, and adopted life mantra is: “My beard-growing goes with my life philosophy: not why, but why not?”

There’s nothing better than a summer in the northwest, and nothing funnier than a face full of scruff.

I’m just proud I could help.

The Push of a Single Button

Good news folks, our civilization has succesfully reached a new level of laziness. No longer do we need to waste our precious energy reserves on the burden of raising our hands to clap. Our British cohorts have FINALLY designed the first ever applause machine. Now the touch of a single button allows us to convey our approval and excitement while our hands are left free to hold double cheeseburgers and text message.

I have no doubt that 50 years from now I will shock my grandchildren by physically hitting my hands against eachother and creating sound. They will call me a magician and I will laugh…then I will steal their noses and pull quarters out from behind their ears.

Believe It!

Proof of my love for bubbles…for all the haters who didn’t believe me:

That’ll silence the critics.