Something that tickled me…when you type If We Ran It into Google, the link to this clip comes up before ours. Our linkage to it probably helps that too, but whatever.
Olsen Twins. You’ve made it, ok. We give you that much. You’ve had/have some savvy handlers. But now we’re gunning for you…in Google Search Ranking, […]
Olsen Twins are Running It Harder than Us, Apparently
The News Will Find Us
Brian Stetler (<30 writer for the New York Times) has an interesting write-up that caught our eye on the youth, how we share news information, and its effect on politics.
Jeff Jarvis in his post of the article zeroed in on the same quote I loved so much:
“If the news is that important, it will find […]
Earth Hour
As we slowly become more conscious of how we’re messing up the Earth (see: Antarctica Iceberg), it appears that some of us are making the transformation from a trendy tote grocery carrier (yeah I’m talking to all you owners and fake-ass-still-don’t-recycle users of the Anya Hindmarch “I’m Not a Plastic Bag” tote) to all […]
Matt Mason on the Pirate’s Dilemma
It’s hard for large organizations that move at glacial speeds to compete with individuals taking their content and creating new distribution systems, revenue streams and business models, but the fall of the major record labels taught the rest of the corporate world a lesson. In many cases, piracy it is helping people to innovate and […]
Social Responsibility, Brands in 2008 and the Temple of Doom
To piggy-back on a brief chat I had with Mr. Romanowicz earlier in the week, I really hope that American-branded culture, business and politics are all individually on the cusp of something progressive, innovative, meaningful and memorable. And they better be, as far as we’re all concerned.
Obama’s recent speech on race gave us something very […]
Rick Ross: “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work”
Rick Ross talks about the election, the Iraq War, and George Bush…He has an understanding of some of the issues and most definitely has a point of view, which is much more than I can say for some other folks in the hip-hop community:
He is the one. He is. It’s time for a change. […]
Nokia: Great Ideas in Action
I’m becoming a big Nokia fan. Brian Morrissey at AdWeek points us to Nokia’s new N82 campaign that features a collaboration with CNN, Wallpaper, Lonely Planet and National Geographic. The campaign puts the product in the hands of these media outlet’s staffers…genius - show the product in action…get in good with the […]
37Signals Workplace Experiments
If We Ran It… it would look a little something like this…
Via 37Signals.
Shorter work weeks
Last summer we experimented with 4-day work weeks. People should enjoy the weather in the summer. We found that just about the same amount of work gets done in four days vs. five days.So if that’s the case we could either […]
Behance Interview with Ben Kaufman
We are in love with Kluster and Ben. Ben if you are out there give us a shout. We have a ton of collabo ideas for Kluster x IWRI and Kluster x other brands which you might be interested in.
Anyway…
Behance just started a magazine to help make your creative vision a reality (something that we […]
How Good Marketing Makes for Better Democracy
Working on a political campaign inspired me to join the world of marketing…The Harvard Business Review Press has published the book, Greater Good: How Marketing Makes for a Better Democracy. The work connects the disciplines in 6 ways - any of you who are interested in communications and politics should take a peek.
Drawing […]