July 2009
3 posts
Behind the Scenes at Brammo
A glimpse behind the scenes as we work on Brammo at CP+B. Putting together framing out how to rebuid the website and the Spool Up Sound contest. The challenge: What sound do you give to a bike that is silent?
May 2009
12 posts
Welcome to the People’s Republic of Boulder
– a local
Racial Stereotypes in Today’s Advertising:...
An Essay I wrote for missing Jan 16 Friday Forum
Many of the racial stereotypes from slavery in America were carried into the branding of products created post-emancipation, and several of these examples wield great brand equity to this day. While the associations of these brands with their stereotypical origins have been made less obvious, some scholars argue that their continued presence...
April 2009
3 posts
I always thought software was a leisure suit.
– Jon Kamen, @Radical Media
Creative Technologists: So what do we call...
Traveled up to NYC recently to interview, with Razorfish and Digitas among others. One thing i learned: learn what they call you before you go in. At Digitas “Interaction Designer” is the name of choice. This is NOT to be confused with “Interactive Designer.” Interaction includes wireframes, IA and the like. InteracTIVE is on the Flash development end. I had not been using...
November 2008
9 posts
I’m not sure that selling vacum cleaners door to door isnt a bad job.
– Fenske
Blog for the city of Eagan →
Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill pail.
– George Orwell
Mac or PC
Are you a Mac or a PC? I’ve been making the transtion from PC to Mac. My previous work was all PC based. But now I switch back and forth, since I have certain programs on one side and some on the other. The harddrive is partitioned. Just like my brain. I think with the left and the right. Just like my computer. Sometimes its difficult to go back and forth. Sometimes it causes a crash.
Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t...
– John Wanamaker
http://www.stumbleupon.com →
The Daily Things We Do
The daily things we do, For money or for fun, Can disappear like dew Or harden and live on. Strange reciprocity: The circumstance we cause In time gives rise to us, Becomes our memory.
- Philip Larkin
A poem that is true, and with great economy of words.
This is the new blog for Colin Eagan. Colin is a masters candidate student at VCU BrandCenter.