Squeak of the Week

Entries from August 2008

Zig putting ads where?

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments

A guerrilla outdoor campaign takes the hot issues debated on the airwaves of Toronto-based CFRB 1010 directly to the streets of its home city. Questions such as "Don't gay couples have the right to be as miserable as straight married ones?" and "Is Toronto a world-class sports city - at losing?" are posed not only on traditional billboards and TSAs, but also via ambient guerrilla postings everywhere from bike racks to the laps of panhandlers.

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Tags: Seeds of Inspiration

Latest Microsoft Browser Fuels Fear (Advertising Age)

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Microsoft's newest browser is still only in beta, but it already has the advertising world in a tizzy. Its "InPrivate" set of features on IE8 out this week has publishers, marketers and industry advocates worried that it could block their ability to distribute, track and even monetize $21.2 billion-plus internet-ad industry.

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How to… get into advertising

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

By that Weebls fella.

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P&G Takes Laundry Brands In New Directions (Advertising Age)

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Procter & Gamble Co.'s Tide is branching into dry cleaning, fashion and more as it looks to innovate in new areas amid an economic downturn and changing consumer demands regarding laundry.

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How to draw anything (in 1 step)

August 25th, 2008 · No Comments

A while back, I asked users to email me illustrations they just could not finish due to their own personal weaknesses, or to send me any illustrations for general critique on areas that could use improvement. So that maybe I could find a common thread in all of our inabilities. And it dawned on me. All of our problems could be solved with one simple technique: Draw a dog covering the thing you can't draw.

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