When I was a kid, we had lots of art supplies — crayons, markers, colored pencils, water color paints, even pastels — and the holy grail of elementary school drawing: Mr. Sketch scented markers. Unfortunately I never wanted to use them for fear they’d run out of ink. Yeah I clearly had some issues. Well [...]
We found a height-to-age-estimator on the wall of the kids section at H&M. Poor Bryn, according to the chart, she’s only 13. -Nick
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Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace was recommended in The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. Author Gordon MacKenzie was a 30-year veteran of Hallmark, and offers up a unique perspective on navigating the corporate landscape and climbing the proverbial ladder. It’s clear from the very beginning this [...]
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The following are the best of the best of Shoes ‘R Us member usernames. These are not personally identifying in any way. I’ve made some slight edits, and inserted the text as images to protect them from spiders/spambots/other bad guys, and to maintain their privacy as outlined in our privacy policy. And just like the [...]
Backcountry.com is a great company because their employees are really passionate about all things outdoors. But apparently their advertising team is passionate about something else too, as evidenced by this email ad I received last week. So creative… great copywriting guys. -Nick
It was the summer of 2005. I can’t remember the exact text message my friend sent me, but it was something along the lines of: “Up $5k for the month.” What?! I knew immediately what he was talking about: affiliate marketing. Here I was having just moved all the way across the country to start [...]
