Well it’s that time of year again, time to rejoin our friend Don Draper and the cast of Mad Men. I for one think this is one of the best written shows of all time, but maybe that is just the ad man in me.
Last year to promote the debut, Mad Men rolled out “Mad Men Yourself”, which was great! This year AMC has gone the route of helping staff the newly formed Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce with a job interview. See for yourself here – http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/job-interview
Mad Men starts Sunday July 25th on AMC.
There has been a lot of talk about the best ads of the year so far. Many believe the Wieden + Kennedy Old Spice ads are the best, especially with the recent social media responses, but I totally disagree, I would like to nominate the Sherwin-Williams “Paint Chips” campaign created by McKinney. With this campaign, McKinney is clearly focused on the brand, demonstrating the ability of Sherwin-Williams paint to match your world surroundings.
A friend of mind posted a link to a blog article about a graphic designer making a poster for a lost cat, it is honestly one of the funniest things I have read in years. I found the original website that it came from and there are plenty more hilarious bits. “Yeah that’s not what I was looking for”
I use Apple products everyday, I use Adobe products everyday, “Why Can’t We All Just Get Along”?
I understand that Apple views Flash as a resource hog and for the most part I agree, but what I don’t understand is why they are taking such a stance against a company that helped Apple get to where it is today. When Apple was a computer company, Adobe was their brother from another mother. Apples were built for professionals, Adobe developed software for the same professionals, if it were not for their work together they would both be footnotes in the world of Microsoft!
Is Flash misused by 90% of the web designers out there? YES. But the other 10% is being punished for using Flash. I never realized how many sites use Flash as a backbone in the right way until I was using my iPad to purchase some tickets on StubHub. Without Flash support the site is not usable. Shame on StubHub not having a less advanced way to look at and purchase tickets. But I must say I am much more ashamed of Apple, how can they think that every web developer out there has the time or resources to redesign every site out there to comply with their standards!
We Apple Computer users (and now mobile device users) chose to not be tied down by Microsoft setting computer standards. History seems to be repeating itself with Apple taking on the role of Microsoft, such a letdown.
I must say I am really enjoying the new ad campaign but together by Draftfcb for Miller Lite. So far there are only two in rotation, but there should be at least another three before it ends.
