The Details of Character Creation
I love to learn about all the little things that go into creative pieces that you may not realize are there. When it comes to high quality creative expression I have found that there’s always more that goes into it than most people realize. Fans and connoisseurs are usually the folks who take the time […]
Privately Owned Museums and Micro Theme Park Experiences
Check out the Spy Museum — a privately owned museum in DC. The museum is cool because, well, it’s filled with spy stuff. What’s interesting about it is that it’s privately owned. “The Malrite Company, developer of the International Spy Museum, is the successor to Malrite Communications Group Inc. founded in 1956. For more than […]
Copywriters Getting a Little Too Smug
I recently got the following mail from the folks at starwarsshop.com: Dear Hillel, As you have likely heard, the title to the highly anticipated Indiana Jones IV movie has been unveiled: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. As with Indiana Jones movie titles in the past, this one has generated a lot […]
Is this really necessary?
How many ways do I need to navigate through an article on the Boston Globe’s website? Apparently at least three according to the folks at Boston.com. Never mind the point that these artificial page breaks serve no purpose other than to generate more page views which don’t really benefit advertisers, and just pad the Globe’s […]
Princess Power
Photo by Randy Stewart. You may think this is a horrible reinforcement of gender-specific stereotypes. You may think this is a horrible waste of money. You may think it’s great. I’m not saying that we’re flying our four-year-old princess-crazed daughter across the country to do this stuff, but I am fascinated by the entire enterprise. […]