Unrelated to Advertising: On humans and dehumanization
This isn’t related to advertising at all — I’m not even going to try to rationalize any kind of connection like I sometimes do. It’s just important. It’s also a …
Work I Loved: This one article about a passionate HIV researcher
So, yeah, I ran across an article I wrote a while ago, and re-reading it over (like you do) I found myself thinking about how much I enjoyed writing it …
Bonus Unrelated to Advertising Snow Day Content
We’re having a rare snow day here in balmy Birmingham, where the nationwide winter storm has dropped multiple inches of snow on north Alabama. We at Caperton Gillett Creative had …
Happy Holidays from Caperton Gillett Creative
I couldn’t do this job I so greatly love without the colleagues who support me, the friends who drink with me, and the clients who give me a reason to …
Posts I’m Never Gonna Write
Or, more accurately, they’re posts I’m never going to post. Some of them have already been written and mothballed for various reasons. Some I might write out all the way, …
Farewell to our Emeritus Head of Security
On Friday, after a long life and in the arms of his family, Skipdog Teddy Roosevelt Badass Alvis-Gillett entered the halls of Valhalla. Our Little Man and Caperton Gillett Creative’s …
Also Unrelated to Advertising: Positive Olympic Vibes Only
Now, this was originally supposed to be a post dissecting some of the worst ads that came out during the Olympics. And I do still plan to do that next …
Unrelated to Advertising: Rapid-Onset Nostalgia and Sweet Valley High
Late Gen Xers and Xellenials are having a lot to talk about right now, and the rapid-onset nostalgia is strong. Rapid-onset nostalgia (must credit Caperton) is that particular form of …
LGBTQ+ 102: More Stuff About Pride to Know and Share
You’ve almost certainly gotten some very important information about observing LGBTQ+ Pride Month: Don’t use your LGBTQ+ team members as mascots, don’t drop your support for LGBTQ+ people and causes …
An Ode to the LinkedIn Post
I’ve been, as you might expect, spending a lot of time on LinkedIn since I’ve been job hunting. (Reasonable rates, inquire within.) And I guess I’d noticed the one-sentence paragraph …