Assorted nonsense and marginally relevant shenanigans via my personal delicious.com bookmarks. – Imagine A Pie Chart Stomping On An Infographic Forever: As you all probably know by now, I have a huge love for smart data visualization and infographics. This great post from SmashingMagazine.com talks about statistical literacy and the design difficulties around properly visualizing [...]

Assorted nonsense and marginally relevant shenanigans via my personal delicious.com bookmarks. – The Value of Social Media Ad Impressions: Straight from the "Duh" Department, this blog post from NielsenWire on the value and efficacy of different types of Facebook ad units isn't going to cause the ground to tremble and shake. However, it does provide [...]

When it comes to the face of the modern advertising agency — it’s recent past, unpredictable present and immediate future — the two people that perhaps best represent the current style and standard are Lee Clow and Alex Bogusky. Love them or hate them, they’re both revolutionaries as well as throwbacks to the earliest pioneers [...]

Following up last week’s blast from the past moment with David Ogilvy, I humbly re-submit legendary Chicago ad giant Leo Burnett‘s masterful oratory “When To Take My Name Off The Door.” (Yep, this is the second time I’ve posted it on this blog. Because it’s that damn good.)

I get questions all the time via email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. about the random and not-so-random happenings in the digital advertising/marketing space. Today’s question comes from a Des Moines-based web developer/UX designer and good personal friend of mine. (Note: It’s been redacted, naturally, to protect the identity of the questioner as well as remove mention [...]