WHO’S DOWN WITH NJP
July 28, 2011 • 10:39 pm • POSTED BY jtonderaWe are! And from the mean streets of Baltimore, we recommend Jesus Christ (Bail Bonds).
Archive for July, 2011
I’LL DRINK TO THAT
July 26, 2011 • 9:51 am • POSTED BY bradleyAs both branding practitioners and Philadelphians, we’re all–trust us–acutely aware of our distorted image among the nation at large. It goes a little something like this (all together now): “Cheesesteaks, Ben Franklin, and Rocky, oh my!” And sure enough, the Tin Men who populate the New York–ahem–national media have opted to trot out the wheezy [...]
Digitizing Books with CAPTCHA
July 22, 2011 • 2:34 pm • POSTED BY jtonderaDid you know that every time you fill out a two-word CAPTCHA, you’re helping to digitize books? A CAPTCHA is a program that can tell whether its user is a human or a computer. We all encounter these on the web, and spend about 10 seconds filling out a CAPTCHA each time. Worldwide, that’s 500,000+ [...]
“DIDJA HEAR” WITH 160OVER90 GOSSIP COLUMNIST PARK HILTON
July 20, 2011 • 2:52 pm • POSTED BY Kyle ArangoKeeping the rumor mill cranking, Park Hilton is spreading the latest news, gossip, tweets and things randomly shouted out. Here’s what’s currently going around at 160over90: According to copywriting intern Thomas O’Brien, “[Executive Creative Director] Jim Walls was once a member of the early ‘90s rock band Blues Traveler. Or maybe it was Hootie [...]
Retail Red Card
July 14, 2011 • 6:14 pm • POSTED BY David BurdenAs of 2008, there were 1,457,000 registered female youth soccer players in the country. Estimates put the number at over 1.6 million this year. I am a father to one and a coach to eleven. I’ve been to tournaments where 9-year-old girls are playing in $200 footwear and $150 Dri-Fit embroidered uniforms and with $120 [...]