Assorted nonsense and marginally relevant shenanigans via my personal delicious.com bookmarks. – How Teens Use Cellphones: A great infographic here based on Pew Internet Research. No real surprises but it's definitely something to hang on your wall for reference…and expect to have to change in 3 to 6 months. – What role for the CMO [...]

The video below came to me a few weeks ago via the wonder of interwebnets, making its way into my consciousness and social media stream like the virtual crowd surfer it is, passed to me by some now-forgotten friend/follower/member of the digerati.   When it comes to storytelling, every two-bit English comp major will blithely [...]

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.)

Kicking off the week with a blast from the past — David Ogilvy — as he pontificates on the future of advertising. A dated video perhaps, but there are some very relevant nuggets of wisdom here. Feel free to share your major takeaways in the comments below.