Archive for the 'Business' Category

Finally, Someone Gets It!

Monday, April 14th, 2008

The magazine Advertising Age has finally figured something out and is urging their readers to take heed: Men are not Idiots!
The way the advertising industry portrays men has drawn increasing scrutiny in both the trade press and the mainstream media. Defenders of the status quo — in which men are depicted as irresponsible fathers and [...]

Absolut Crap

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Compared to the U.S., the monetary value of Mexico’s imports has to be close to nothing. Rather, Mexico is much better at exportation — namely its people. But that is another topic for another time.
Today, I’d like for you to take a look at the following advertisement from the Swedish Vodka maker Absolut:

Notice anything? How [...]

Delta’s Useless New Videos

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

The last time I flew on an airplane was back in November of 2003. Security was tight due to the 9/11 attacks and, as always, the Southwest Airlines flight I was on was filled to capacity. As is usually the case on such flights, there were a selection of irritations just waiting to inflict [...]