The Eyes of a Powerful Man and My Cringing Inner Self

What makes us different? A bold question that leads to so many more, on so many different levels. What is your drive to succeed? Few have power, while several are employed to clean the streets. There will always be someone more important or powerful than you.

Everyone has influence in varying degrees. Wield it wisely, right? And watch closely how it affects you. For you are alone in your decisions and responsibility, your situation is your own.

You have no time. That makes us all the same. No matter how much we achieve, time makes us all insignificant in the end. Nothing is permanent. Given enough time, the faces of those with power will always change. What is your purpose? In the end, it is not a question of willingness but a question of how far you will go to achieve that purpose, what you will sacrifice and the consequences you will face.

It is your burden. Please try to avoid hypocrisy.

The New Starbucks Ads

Have you seen the new Starbucks 30-second spots? There are three of them by agency Wieden & Kennedy, Portland, Oregon. They received rave reviews by AdAge's Garfield and I must say I am inclined to agree. (http://adage.com/garfield/post?article_id=122340) We just completed our final proposals for my Advertising Competition class and I can only hope that our suggestions would render something similar. Two thumbs up for an advertising-free company who managed to extend the feel of their brand rather successfully into a new media (for them) marketing campaign!

I also thought those of you who frequent the Hill might get a kick out of the content of this particular ad... ;-) But seriously, it's very well done. Way to show the product benefit guys!

France in Black & White

Nothing like a little snow...

Yesterday, Missoula had a bit of a snowstorm.

Take Flight 2

I tried to embed this video I uploaded to YouTube in my website and it hasn't worked yet. So, the video is here instead. I'm currently using Nvu (open source software for mac's) to create my website and it doesn't like the code.

This video is the second of the "Take Flight!" series and my favorite of all the videos I've created so far. It is, however, a little old and I can see several things I have since improved on (as far as editing and shooting go). I have also upgraded to a new camera. Still... Just something about this one makes me like it. It also happens to be one of the smallest videos in terms of size, so it lent itself well to being the first to get uploaded.




Success!

Wiki vs. Website

Wow. So creating a wiki is ten times easier than creating a website. There is not as much control over design, but when you just need to put together something simple fast, a wiki is the way to go. The colorful one is the wiki that I created in a few hours of wandering around the internet. The white one with the words "Error..." is the website I've been working on for over a month. Definitely something to keep in mind...