June 29, 2005

recenty overheard:

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Two blog­gers drin­king beers.

Blog­ger One: “Adver­ti­sing is fuc­king dead.”
Blog­ger Two: “Man, adver­ti­sing is so fuc­king dead it’s no lon­ger even that fun to read about how fuc­king dead it is.”

Yep. And “Death of Adver­ti­sing” is no lon­ger that inte­res­ting to write about, either.
The world has moved on etc.

9 Responses to “recenty overheard:”

  1. Yipee says:
    June 29, 2005 at 12:45 pm

    Thank fuck for that. One less tired hobby horse for you to bang on about then.
    Not sure Goo­gle sha­rehol­ders would enti­rely agree (mkt cap c.$85bn) nor WPP, Havas, Publi­cis etc. but if two blog­gers say it then it’s pro­bably right.

  2. Gerard van Schip says:
    June 29, 2005 at 1:43 pm

    If wri­ting about adver­ti­sing is dead… why are you wri­ting about it then?

  3. hugh macleod says:
    June 29, 2005 at 2:05 pm

    Old habits die hard, Gerard ;-)
    Yipee, my opi­nion is not only infor­med by blog­gers:
    http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/001637.html
    So… bought any Havas stock lately?
    Heh.

  4. Bruce DeBoer says:
    June 29, 2005 at 2:51 pm

    OMG — what are us folks who get paid for adver­ti­sing going to do? Make suits? Naaahhh.

  5. hugh macleod says:
    June 29, 2005 at 3:18 pm

    I dunno Bruce, how about “an unen­ding chain of one night stands and sui­cide pacts”? ;-)

  6. David Burn says:
    June 29, 2005 at 5:04 pm

    Man, Steve Hall’s gonna be bum­med when he finds out that his blog is no lon­ger much fun to read.

  7. hugh macleod says:
    June 29, 2005 at 9:45 pm

    Yeah… him and David Burn ;-)

  8. hugh macleod says:
    June 29, 2005 at 10:25 pm

    btw I still like rea­ding Adrants… but I don;t feel nearly as con­nec­ted to the busi­ness as I did, even 3 – 6 months ago.
    Think about all the really cool, world-changing, paradigm-shifting ideas that have exci­ted you in the last 3 years or so.… Be honest, how many of the were inven­ted inside a typi­cal MAdi­son Ave­nue agency?

  9. David Burn says:
    June 30, 2005 at 2:43 pm

    Agen­cies and agency peo­ple don’t invent stuff