Archive for the “In Praise Of:” category
The Key to Being in a Creative State Is To Avoid Interruptions
by Mark Wanczak on August 27, 2010
This and more in John Cleese’s excellent speech on creativity.
Everything From This Point On Will Have A Story
by Mark Wanczak on August 18, 2010
Amazing idea from Tales of Things.
This Is The Car You Buy Because You Can’t Buy A Bald Eagle.
by Mark Wanczak on August 3, 2010
I spotted this in Car & Driver last week and it was the best thing I read in the entire issue. Has anyone written better, more consistently awesome copy than W+K in 2010? It’s not even close.
Coca Cola Sets Skateboarders on Fire
by Mark Wanczak on August 3, 2010
To promote its new energy drink, Burn, Coca Cola hired a few pyromaniacs and kids who can skate.
Super Mario Brothers Will Never Die (Part II)
by Mark Wanczak on July 15, 2010
More real life interaction with old school video games, this one has great tunes to go along with it. Don’t skip the credits. I have a feeling there’s a lot more on the way. Gnarcade from Mike Benson on Vimeo. (…)
Why I Write in the Mornings
by Mark Wanczak on July 13, 2010
George Tannenbaum over at Ad Aged has a eloquent post that’s reminded me of the beauty that is early morning creativity. There’s something special about waking up a little bit before the rest of the world (or your time zone), driving (…)
John Cleese: Americans are Stupid (and he’s right)
by Mark Wanczak on July 12, 2010
Super Mario Brothers Will Never Die
by Mark Wanczak on July 11, 2010
As millennials who grew up pounding the NES d-pad mature creatively, we see perhaps the most popular video game ever made transformed into forms we could have never imagined while we repeatedly blew into the plastic cartridges and tapped the reset button. (…)
The Best US Soccer Commercial Comes After We’re Out of the World Cup
by Mark Wanczak on July 2, 2010
Better late than never, I suppose. Thank you, indeed.
Donovan and Company Crosses The Atlantic
by Mark Wanczak on June 7, 2010
Love this. For posters of the other World Cup teams, go here.