While flipping through The Wall Street Journal the other day, we came across a headline that grabbed our attention — and triggered our collective imagination. Apparently, thanks to the efforts of Sing London, a U.K.-based public art studio, 27 of Chicago’s iconic statues will speak to passersby via the mobile phone.
AWSI: An Awesome Week for ‘Amphibious’ Pitcher…
June 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
We heart the ambidextrous pitcher for the Oakland Athletics and have been watching him closely since spring training. He has spent most of the season in the ball clubs’s Triple-A affiliate (Nashville) until Friday, June 5, when he was called up to help out the A’s as they battled the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park…
AWSI: Apple Bashing; Samsung Won’t Let Up…
June 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
We remember seeing a cartoon years ago that was captioned “Last Act of Defiance.” In it, a mouse was flipping off a bird of prey that was swooping in on him. Funny how that visual stuck. When we were flipping through The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, we stopped at page A7 to admire a very “blue” full-page ad with the title “NOT ALL SMARTPHONES ARE CREATED EQUAL.” Okay, you grabbed us.
AWSI: Things We Didn’t Know We Needed…
May 31, 2015 by Leave a Comment
We’ve been talking about Active Exploration (AE) as something we all should be doing (E for Everyone). It isn’t limited to magazines and other publications. Print ads and those “free standing inserts” from the Sunday paper can easily stimulate the curious mind and generate some ponderables.
AWSI: Active Exploration – Part 3
May 24, 2015 by 1 Comment
In our Active Exploration post (Part 2) we teased / mentioned “another San Diego discovery.” Here it is. The picture of a vintage mid-century Volkswagen Beetle convertible with a surf board poking out of its top was an eye-magnet. What’s essential here IS invisible to the eye.
