Capitalism knows only one color: green

For those of you wanting a slightly more in-depth look at color theory, here's a good overview:

http://www.inspiredm.com/9-interesting-infographics-about-color/

My Vote For Least Effective Commercial Ever

And no, it's not just because my name is Doug and I hate seeing it impugned.

Tell A Story

There's a new social media platform called Broadcastr. It lets you tell, and listen to, stories tagged to specific locations. I'm a total sucker for those plaques at various spots on the highway, and monuments at various spots in cities. This is the high-tech version. Very cool idea.

Another Handy Phrase

Jiggery-pokery

Definition: dishonest or suspicious activity; nonsense Example: "[Greece] flouted European Union rules on the limits to budget deficits; its national accounts were a moussaka of minced statistics, topped with a cheesy sauce of jiggery-pokery." – Jeff Randall, The Telegraph, May 20, 2010 About the word: Jiggery-pokery is an alteration of joukery-pawkery. Both joukery and pawkery are English regionalisms for "trickery." [with thanks to Merriam-Webster]

Giant ladybugs crawling up a building in Milwaukee

Kristi Strode (Strode Communications) and I were in Milwaukee yesterday. We're pitching a client on a marketing campaign based on Simon Sinek's Start With Why model. From his book: "All organizations and careers function on 3 levels. What you do, How you do it and Why you do it. The problem is, most don’t even know that Why exists."

Call if you're interested in learning more!

Brilliant Design

If you have an iPhone4, you need this. The Piolo. An elegantly simple stand that fits on your keyring when not in use. It holds your phone on an airplane tray, vertically or horizontally.

http://thepiolo.com/

привет Spring!

Siberian irises greeting the sun.

Get foolish!

Bumf

This really is the perfect word.
(And thanks to Anu Garg's A Word A Day)

bumf

PRONUNCIATION:

(bumf)

MEANING:

noun: Unwanted or uninteresting printed matter such as governmental forms, legal documents, junk mail, promotional pamphlets, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

Short for bum fodder, slang for toilet paper. Earliest documented use: 1889.

USAGE:

"A mortgage loan can generate 200 pages of bumf, most of it so boring and repetitious that no one has the energy or the time to read it all."
John Gilmour; Lenders Use The Hoover Principle; The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia); Jan 20, 2001.

beacon of light

The original idea for this blog was to point out great design that served as an ongoing inspiration. This '63 coupe has always seemed the epitome of classic elegance.