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Trend: Methaphors were/are/will be the triggers that enable primed systems/segments/societies to collectively move at an accelerated pace in the direction they were moving already unconciously.
The above talk with George Soros also bring to light something obvious, yet very interesting. The fact that false positive stories (ineffective stories – who for whatever reason, be it through [...]

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Nike,
We all know what you stand for. Just do it, real stuff, pushing yourself etc etc.. So why Rick Ross aka Officer Ricky, for your “Boom campaing”  celebrating those great moments in sports, when shit comes together?
Let’s leave the obvious stuff, like his athletic prowess for what it is and focus on what you were [...]

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He you. How are things? You did not get into an agency…again? Kiddo, I think it is time we had a talk. You don’t think I can help? Silly child.
Yes, I know I have no experience working in adland. But that is ok. I have no intentions of helping you get in. In fact [...]

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I was born in a snow storm at Camp Kilmer my mother having trudged to the dispensary through the drifting snow to be delivered of her burden by a psychiatrist — hey, he was the only doctor available. I was trouble from the start.
I was an Ash Wednesday baby — the Irish think to be [...]

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“My dream job would be…uhhmm..I know…it would be dictator” he said. “If you ever become a dictator” she said, ”I will drop everything and be with you”.
I once read that Howard Hughes bought a local television station so he could watch his favorite movies whenever he wanted. A decision made purely on the basis [...]

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Puff Daddy once said about his succes, that most people, if they knew what it entailed, would not want it. Being away from home for weeks,  working 14-18 hour days, to dealing with laywers, CEO’s, accountants, artists, managers etc..
It struck me as some cliche rich folks tell. Turns out he was right. Kind of. I [...]

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So last weekend I went to watch Up in the Air. A movie about a guy (Clooney) who fires people on behalf of companies (or as he likes to say: he helps people steer their boat through desperation towards the dim light of hope…before throwing them of the boat and telling them to swim).
His life [...]

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I know this is a bit of a western train of thought, but amma go with it anyways.

Why does the constitution in most western world countries not have a garantuee in it with regards to healthy food? with epidemic proportions, it seems that the basic right to food (as part of the right to shelter, [...]

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this idea got me thinking.

There are printshops, shops for t-shirts and the shops like Kinko’s. These shops have an infrastructure in place to produce. 

What if you created a UN server? this server would kickstart when great disasters happen. 

From this server you, as a shop, could download prints. On this server as a designer, artist, you could [...]

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Over on sunshine’s blog there is interesting debate going on. Should digital planning be separate and be the domain of digital planners or should it be a tool in the box of planners? Period.
After having some lunch, I have come to the following conclusion. Yes and No.
It’s time we (?) learned a lesson from the [...]

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