Comments on: recenty overheard:

By: David Burn

David Burn — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:43:44 +0000

Agencies and agency people don’t invent stuff

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 05:25:50 +0000

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?

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 04:45:14 +0000

Yeah… him and David Burn

By: David Burn

David Burn — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:04:03 +0000

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

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 22:18:58 +0000

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

By: Bruce DeBoer

Bruce DeBoer — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:51:31 +0000

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

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:05:36 +0000

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.

By: Gerard van Schip

Gerard van Schip — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:43:31 +0000

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

By: Yipee

Yipee — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:45:39 +0000

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.