Btw,

- iSung.
- Friday the 13th killfographic.
- Hitchcock directs the MGM lion.
- UKOs.
- So much for free speech.
- Are you not detained?

Notes from the road - Tell us your damn story.

While contemplating a blog future beyond posting the latest ad agency flashmob case study – from an ad agency you never heard of – this Notes series becomes a time to riff on things already written about here from a different perspective. Namely, interaction with brands and clients out on the road.

One of those things is the Tell us your story! rut that too many are stuck in. After conducting some employee interview sessions for one of our clients recently, it’s clear that few brands focus on telling their internal story. It’s too bad because the people behind the scenes and on the factory floor have great stuff to share.

No stop-motion ‘til Brooklyn.

8 Hours in Brooklyn yo.

Btw,

- Hugsta life!
- Get you more pickles!
- Write me!
- Spammy banners!
- Big Lebowski reunion!
- Riots for Bieber!

Notes from the road.

Sitting here scoffing down mini bags of Southwest's finest snack cuisine and going 43 emails. This is the first time flying them and I have to say it lives up/down to the hype/ad campaign. I’m puzzled/intrigued though by an airline that will throw a celeb and regular citizen off a plane, but then hire for a flight attendant who I can only describe as a guy equally at home working the paint counter at Lowe's - beer belly and all. I’m left describing the experience as akin to flying with your high school cafeteria. #loud

Despite that, it's the first time in weeks I got the seat I wanted, thanks to a general admission/no seat assignment policy. Not sure I'll be as lucky on the next trip, but compared to the US Airways experience this time – and the bent suitcase I got from baggage – I’ll take it. Plus, along with the pilot, paint man brought a Tommy Boy vibe to all the announcements.

This comes after a few days weeks of hitting the road for pitches and whatnot. Some of the whatnot involved reinforcing the idea with clients that ad campaigns mean nothing if the experience people have with your brand sucks. But at some point, every brand sucks. Just when one does something you love, they’ll likely turn around and do something others hate. THERE’S NO PLEASING YOU PEOPLE. For now, I’m good with them though.

Btw,

- Tony Curtis estate auction!
- Biscuit mayhem!
- Levi’s Bukowski edition!
- McDonald’s goes 1967!
- Pronounce the internet.

Rob Lowe wants to scare you.

Director Lowe? Okay, alright then! (Via.)

Runaways are Ludacris.

Look at me going for the lowhanging wordplay fruit. IT’S WHAT I DO.

Btw,

- Write the unfinished stuff.
- Fake logos in film.
- Brokers with hands on their faces. (Via.)
- F... ind another word to use mate.
- Terry Gilliam teaches animation from 1974.
- Hair package design!

MTLB For The Cure.

Jersey Mike’s has jumped on board the Susan G. Komen For The Cure cause blackmail partnership bandwagon. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE THE GIANT BAG TELLS THE WORLD. When I saw the sandwich sommelier bagging my tuna on wheat aircraft carrier, I couldn’t help but notice the logofest they were putting it into. When I went to eat later, I didn’t realize the logofest it was wrapped in also.

At this point I’m wondering where don’t they have a field of logos? (Cue sponsorship opportunity for Victoria’s Secret.) Soon as I walked out today, I felt like a jerk carrying a pink sub (literally).* Regular readers here know I’ve given the campaign big ups in the past for their infiltration of the public consciousness using this partnership strategy, but today it felt wrong, mostly because it assumed I support their cause.

Working. Flying. Editing.

Rather, rinse, repeat. That’s been my month(s) lately. Having signed up for editor duty on The 3six5 Project late last year, I knew two things would be true come this August: I’d either be freelancing with more free time on my hands than I knew what to do with, or I was going to be insanely busy.

Latter for $200 Alex.

Already a week in and the stories I see remind me that I’ve had zero time to write enough stuff here beyond posting some links and PR fodder, let alone stay on top of AdVerve. Well, shit happens and I’ll take being busy over being broke any day of the week. So as a kick start to getting back in the groove (and since previous contributors can’t submit again), here’s a story from a recent flight. For work, between edits and as the project requires, under 365 words. (After the jump.)

You ate them for the prize.

YOU JUST DID, OKAY? Creepy implications aside, how many spots now go without dialog? None I know.

The captain has fastened the no-snark light.

BUT I’M NOT PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE I’M BUSY USING MY PHONDURING TAKEOFF. Trust me, this Delta model has not appeared in any of my sky milage so far.

The way they were.

Feet you some! Adidas from 1996.

The Twitter.

It’s an older clip from last year that I’m posting again, and still relevant. Penn Jillette talking about the way people talk. No media silos, channels or buzzwordatopia. It’s just people. Learn you some of that.

Btw,

- Yo, word to your g. (NSFW.)
- Make mine Bridge.
- Lingering gamification.
- And it’s only $3.50.
- Stoned ape theory.

(Damon via.)

Hollyweird and whine.

Yeah, yeah, I'm busy. IT HAPPENS. I've been on the road finding gems like this one for you on Melrose. Or Sunset. Or one of those other famous Hollywood-type streets. People, it’s not just the heartland where you find greatness like this. Meet gospel rapper and magician Geebo. He also does jungle stuff.

"And they threw a lot of money at me."

Reason No. 4 why Lonely Islander and Rökk creative director Andy Samberg is Chief Shark Officer this week on Discovery. Here, it’s Snark Week EVERY week. This is my pledge to you.

Btw,

- Smart people choose Safari. The rest can suck it.
- Terminator Technology!
- David Lynch’s state of the union address.
- Every nuclear explosion ever map.
- I’ll have a BLAT please.
- Fabio loses... and we all win.

3six5 time.

So for the month of August I will be editor for the 3six5 Project, Len Kendeal and Daniel Honiman's year-long collection of daily posts (365 words and under). Cool stories from a variety of people and walks of life. Read you some!