The news recently broke that the National Pork Board is replacing “The Other White Meat” slogan with “Pork: Be Inspired.” Yes, it is shocking and surprising. Surprising because it is hard to believe that classic slogan is nearly 25 years old (Here’s a link to a story about it from… more »
The Amusing Countryman…
March 9, 2011 by 1 Comment
Ezra Dyer wrote an amusing review of the 2011 Mini Cooper Countryman that still has me smiling days after I read it. His remarks are hilarious. Here are a few examples: Description of the the Countryman’s interior “it looks like something that other companies may cook up for a concept… more »
The SF Earthquake of 1906 in Color (?!)
March 9, 2011 by 1 Comment
Here’s something to try to get your head around… the 1906 San Francisco earthquake in color. Carl Nolte’s story in the San Francisco Chronicle talked about how the Smithsonian Institution has discovered rare color photographs of the ruins of San Francisco from the 1906 earthquake. Taken by photography pioneer Frederick… more »
Getting to Know the Author: S&S Paves the Way…
March 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Here’s an interesting concept that The Wall Street Journal’s Jeffrey Trachtenberg wrote about on Monday. Publisher Simon & Schuster (S&S) is using video interviews to promote its authors. It isn’t what you think. There’s an element of interactivity involved. The authors are answering reader questions sent by email. But the… more »
Another First of Note — Recording Voices Out of Studio.
March 6, 2011 by 1 Comment
In an interview with The New York Times, Gore Verbinski talked about his own fashion risk — instead of recording voice actors individually in a studio, he produced their dialogue by having them act out their scenes together. What he described as motivation by fear, I call really, REALLY, smart…. more »
