It's the Weekly What? for Friday, July 15th.
(Also: It's pizza day!)
Summer gives up after only one week, calling weather in the Pacific Northwest "too changable." Tag team of clouds and rain move back, spreading gloom.
Hey, it was nice while it lasted. Apparently it's time for back-to-school sales and long pants. We're just too depressed to be very funny this week. However, we've got a whopper of a newsletter for you this time around. Our roomful of an infinite number of monkeys has been busy combing the internet tubes for interesting things and they've come back with a TON! Check 'em out! (The links, not the monkeys.) Then head on over to our Facebook page and answer the Weekly What? question: "How would you describe yourself in three words?"
We'll see you there!
Design, not decoration
Here's a blog article from a little earlier this year, but we're linking to it again as it compliments the articles on DIY advertising and the myth of unlimited choice in logo design. Read more >>
How do you put a brand new ship into the water?
Apparently you just give it a great big push and dump it right in. Check out this video of large ships being launched. Several times the ship appears as if it's going to flip right over! Watch... if you dare! Ker-sploosh!! >>
Some basic "Do it yourself" advertising advice:
Via our friends at The Zella Company comes this useful list of basic self-promotion and advertising "do's and don'ts." Read more >>
You can also find loads of additional advertising, marketing, and branding tips and information on the MDS blog.
Quick tip: Sorting lists in MS Word
Make Word do some of the work-- Here's a quick "how-to" that'll show you to sort simple lists. You can also sort by words other than the first one on each line. Imagine you have a list of names first name/last name. You can sort by the last name without having to retype your list. Get sorting >>
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have...
...The facts of life! How about Emergency! Or Diff'rent Strokes? Ah, 70's TV shows. All the memorable intros are here. Pick a decade! Zoinks, even the 1990's! Did we really dress like that? Go and watch >>
Live action "Angry Birds" game
In this promotional event for T-Mobile and their line of smart phones, people could walk up to a booth, pick up a smart phone and play a round of "Angry Birds." The game was translated into real-life action immediately, complete with exploding green pigs! The live band is our favorite element of the show. Wheeee! Ka-pow! >>
You can also watch a the "behind the scenes" video showing how it was conceived and executed. Watch how it was done >>
Office fridges.
Yep, we think you all know what that means. Fuzzy green left-overs. Creamer custody battles. Passive-aggressive notes. Enter >>
Love and happiness in the Facebook age...
We actually sat in front of the computer for an HOUR trying to think of something pithy to intro this story on a failed Facebook "romance" and the resulting lawsuit. But we just couldn't come up with anything. You'll just have to read the article >>
Logo design: "More options are better, right?"
Sometimes "more" is not better. It's just more... more junk, more poor choices to sift through. More time wasted. This blog post is a great summary of one of the pitfalls of cheapo on-line logo "design factories." Read more >>
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