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International Symbol or Visual Puzzle at the Cliffs of Moher

I missed two blog entries last week due to an annual golf trip to Ireland.  This year, we went to the West, in County Clare and the Galway area.  After playing a gorgeous round at Lahinch and before an unbelievable … Continue reading

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86 Gourmet

Conde Nast’s announcement that they were shuttering Gourmet magazine after nearly seven decades of glossy publication came as a shock to many.  I can’t pretend that I am so accomplished or interested a cook that it affects me directly any … Continue reading

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Apple Moves Over Two Billion Apps In Eighteen Months

According to a press release from Cupertino yesterday, Apple’s App Store delivers roughly 6.3 million downloads a day or a head spinning seventy-three apps per second.  You can now choose from over 85,000 programs, up over twenty thousand in the … Continue reading

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This Is A Metaphor For Something…I'll Take Suggestions

The punchlines almost write themselves…but I’d prefer yours.  Anyone? By Dennis Ryan, CCO, Element 79 Bookmark It Hide Sites

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Clouds Don't Come Free: What Twitter Costs You and Why You Might Want to Rethink That Bargain

Perhaps the biggest accomplishment of American jurists has been reducing our vivid national tongue into an indecipherable mind-numbing wall of impenetrable boilerplate.  Which is a form of job-protection I guess but otherwise adds precious little in the way of common clarity … Continue reading

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The Turncoat…

As we were heading home from a gloriously sunny Labor Day weekend, I saw this tree. Look, I like trees.  A lot.  Anyone who’s been to my house knows I have an almost embarrassing penchant for paintings of trees.  After … Continue reading

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A Monday Morning Visual Quiz

Look closely at this photograph.  Check out the color, the rich lighting and resolution, those freaking awesome goggles.  How old do you think it is? Would you guess fifty-seven years?  This portrait of a railroad worker taken in the roundhouse … Continue reading

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Exhibit A: One to One Selling

Last Thursday, around Noon, I got an e-mail from Bob Garfield, the advertising critic for Advertising Age.  Rather cryptically, he wrote:  i know payback is a bitch, but here’s your chance to reverse roles:  thechaosscenario.net I’ve known Bob for a … Continue reading

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Shots From the Road: Friday

     As The Ancient Greeks Said, “Know Thyself” I-94, IL   By Dennis Ryan, CCO, Element 79   Bookmark It Hide Sites

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Shots From the Road: Thursday

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