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- AdRants
- Marketing and Advertising news with attitude
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- Cartoons drawn on the backs of business cards
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- From glitz to glam and back again
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- All the good stuff--art, fashion, music, culture.
- PSFK
- Trends, product innovation, happenings
- Springwise
- Innovative business ideas from around the world
- Russell Davies
- a man with a big brain and a furious curiosity
- Y-Pulse
- cool stuff for gen-y
- SideWalkLife
- Dave Nottoli keeps it real in NYC
- AdCritic
- Keeping us up-to-date with the latest spots
- EnGadget
- The inside scoop on the latest technology
- The Cool Hunter
- he hunts the cool. and he's pretty good at it.
- In Our Time
- Melvyn Bragg hosts a weekly panel dicussion on the big ideas in social, cultural and scientific history
- Welcom To Optimism
- A window into the goings on at Wieden & Kennedy London
- Espous Magazine
- Artsy magazine published twice a year featuring "fresh, unmediated perspectives on contemporary culture"
- Tokion
- Hip magazine with a plethora of pop culture fodder
- PAPERMAG
- Pop culture source for arts, books, film, music, fashion, tv, and media
- Trendwatching
- Monthly reports on new trends, plus a searchable database of trends. Helps shape your thinking on what's new.
- TED
- Thought-provoking presentations on technology, entertainment and design
- Pitchfork
- Based in Chicago, these guys write the latest music news and reviews.
- Epinions
- Loads of free qualitative research
- touche! PHD
- Our colleagues in Montreal offer us some sharp observations from north of the 49th
Recommended Reading

- HUGH MACLEOD brings you The Hughtrain. A manifesto on brands, blogs, and the now of advertising and marketing which is posted as an open-source document. Very cool.

- Michael Newman (Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney) offers some simple tips on thinkig differently

- Sticky Wisdom - How to innovate successfully and grow your business

- Vance Packard's classic look at Madison Avenue's golden age.

- Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

- Learning From Las Vegas: Robert Venturi, a renowned Philadelphia based architect, offers a unique perspective on how architecture and media can work together for greater effect.

- The Hidden Power of Advertising - A precisely argued monograph that debunks many of the myths surrounding research

- Edward de Bono explains why Creativity is a powerful tool for business and shows how you can use lateral thinking to succeed
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Ads We Love

- Minnesota State Lottery bear

- Abuse seems to be a theme lately. First, it was last week' boxer-themed One Man Fight video for Amnesty International. This week it's ambient (OK, OK, we'll start using that term) placements near the top of Boston T (subway) station stairways that read, "

- The paint ad from Fallon London

- Tea Partay (from YouTube)

- Low-budget isn't bad if you can be smart. Campaign spot for an Argentine presidential candidate.
Weird & Wonderful
- Boing Boing
- A directory of wonderful things
- Overheard in New York
- Some random reasons to love the Big Apple.
