Archive for the ‘Agency Culture’ Category

WWJCVDD?

Jean-Claude Van Damme, aka the Muscles from Brussels, has had a very busy and lucrative career as an—I would venture to say and also be prepared to defend this claim—Action Hero. Hailing from Belgium, Van Damme began martial arts training at a very young age and even competed in some European martial arts tournaments, which [...]

Here Be Hoboes (Hobos?)

If you haven’t gotten a chance to read John Hodgman’s ridiculous and factually-fictionesque Areas of My Expertise, you should check it out. It’s the kind of book that an intelligent youth like you would probably keep in your handbag for ease of read on the train, or sittin’ at the park. I keep mine on [...]

No Time Sheets? I Say Paddle ‘Em!

  Before we opened this place I worked at a handful of agencies. And they all dealt with the same problem … time sheets. The agency perspective is always something along the lines of, “Please everyone, we need you to do your time sheets so we can bill our clients accurately and on-time so all [...]

Ping Pong Showcase: Johnny Huang

Johnny Huang is a Chinese-Canadian table tennis champ currently living in Toronto. He took first place in the 1996 Olympics, and has since been regarded as one of the world’s best. He plays for a Belgian club called the Charleroi, and has played pro in Germany, France and Japan. In ’96, Johnny Huang came out [...]

Paddle Puzzler

Adam Flanagan’s Paddle is hidden (somewhere in the Agency)! Can you decipher the block above to help him find his trusty Satori Butterfly? GOOD LUCK!

A Structure for Blog Postism

Esteemed anthropologist, author and blogger Grant McCracken wrote in his essay Blogging: What It’s For: Some people are entirely without themes and pretty completely episodic. Others are the captives of a few mighty themes and their slavish repetition. All of us hope for a sweet spot: a body of smart and various themes that organize [...]

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