The Momentous Writings of the Notorious RBG
This week, we lost a part of jurisprudential history, a defender of human rights, a trailblazer for women, and, more importantly, a strong and brilliant woman. Ruth Bader Ginsburg has …
On mastery
I’m not jealous of mastery. Okay, I am a little bit. (Who wouldn’t be?) But I’m more impressed with it. And fascinated. I love watching people who are masters at …
How to get infographics right when it really, really matters
So here’s the deal: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said they “hope to finish this pandemic [in] less than two years,” which seems to me to be …
Ads I Wish I’d Made: Coronavirus Edition
I’ve mentioned that the path to my advertising career started at a young age, and that seeing Ads I Wish I’d Made played a part in keeping me on that …
On Memorial Day
With appreciation to those who gave everything. For the Fallen With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,England mourns for her dead across the sea.Flesh of her flesh they were, …
Your vaguely advertising-adjacent summer reading list
They say (you know, the infamous They) that readers make the best writers. Theoretically, readers who read about writing should be the best writers of all, right? (Realize that, as …
Bonus Fun Time: Work-From-Home merit badges
Well, just look at you, work-from-homers! You’ve been working hard to adapt to a new work-from-home environment, and I’m proud of you. (Assuming you’ve actually been working hard to adapt …
12 tools that help me focus when it’s really SQUIRREL
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Kid with ADHD. Kid with ADHD — Want to go ride bikes? I’m allowed to make that joke, because I have what doctors refer to as …
The Queen’s Speech
In these difficult times… I’ve got nothing. Everyone else is starting all their copy with “in these difficult times…” so I thought I’d join in. Wait! I’ve got one: In …
Stay with me here: Maybe all corporate-speak isn’t bad
Corporate jargon is derided universally, with the possible exception of people who insist on using it. (And for all we know, those people die inside a little more every time …