Gotta love Muji

And you have to appreciate the sentiment: multifunction is not the same as multipurpose.

Still getting sparks of delight from true and pure insight. Hope all of you are as well.

clipped from jackcheng.com It’s the simplest manifestation of what a day planner is all about: time on paper. The clocks occupy a small amount of space on the page and rest is completely flexible. You can write in your own dates at the top of each page, and you can treat the rest of the space like a blank page. Here’s are some words from the designer, Wong Kok Kiong: Because of the numerous hours in a day (and various other constraints), the lines in a diary are typically very narrow. They are also usually equally distributed (somewhat). But our information is a hierarchy. Some are more important to us. Some we feel happier about. We want to highlight stuff that’s important to us. We want to write things that are more important in BIGGER sizes. Our lives cannot be so easily and clearly divided into equal parcels. multifunction is not the same as multipurpose.

Whimsical

clipped from www.nypost.com NO LOOKING: A Hasidic man averts his eyes yesterday as MariaDolores Lopez rides by on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg. Leaders of South Wil liamsburg's Hasidic community said yesterday that bike lanes that bring scantily clad cyclists - especially sexy women - peddling through their neighborhood are definitely not kosher.

tripod

This is Fazoul. He lives next door. He only has 3 legs, but he totally believes he has 4.

What has Danny been up to lately?

What has Tom been up to lately?

The New Orleans 100

"The New Orleans 100" is a worldwide initiative that will highlight and encourage discussion among millions about 100 of the most innovative and world-changing ideas to take root in the city since Katrina.

After hearing so many of the positive changes and innovative projects post-Katrina, we've decided enough is enough. It's time to put an end to the negative press in mainstream media. We know that the levees broke. We know that our city is dysfunctional. We know that. But do you know about Prospect.1? Or about the influx of young professionals into New Orleans? The world needs to know about the NEW New Orleans. And to quote Brad Pitt, "If you're going to rebuild something, why not rebuild it right?" Amen brother.

To combat top down media during the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we will leverage bottom up tools on the social web (email, blogs, twitter, facebook, digg, etc.), which can reach a combined audience of millions to raise awareness about New Orleans and inspire action to make a difference.

The list will be released on Monday, August 25th - the week of the Hurricane Katrina anniversary. Our goal is to reach 1,000,000 pageviews by 8/29/08. We encourage everyone to spread the word by emailing the list, blogging it, digging it, stumbling it, and yelling it out their windows.

You can make a difference. All it takes is a click!

http://www.alldaybuffet.org/neworleans100

this is where i "work."

my intern's finger got in the way. so i beat him into submission.

and bernie is just awesome. for more details about that, ask barrie.

love, danielli

for the literate

I'm pretty sure you can all read. I was reading the newest New Yorker this morning on the subway and I came across an article that talks about the science behind insight.
It's really interesting.
The title of the article is "The Eureka Hunt."
Just passing along....

I'm a consumer too, in my free time

I love t-shirts. I love them even more now that they can solve the world's problems:

http://www.joytshirt.com/

"Every face on a Joy T- Shirt has been inspired by a real person. When you wear your shirt you are encouraged to think about that person and how your everyday actions can affect others and the world we live in.

After you purchase a shirt you may then upload a photo of your own visage to have your face drawn by hand and worn on the hearts of others. It is about taking an active stance against racism and discrimination while being an advocate for peace and equality... because in someway or another, we are all connected!"

I want to advocate peace and equality. I have to get dressed every day. Look for my face on a t-shirt near you.

30 day Challenge

I'm going 30 days without alcohol.
Starting today.
More details on my blog.
Word.

VBP

My desk...

And I thought you might all enjoy this little gem from my recent travels in Montana...

P.S. I will be at the planning conference. Hope to see some of you!

Fallon

Special guest appeared in mine.
To the right on the wall is a picture of my boss pointing at me with a glass boot he had just finished in front of his face and a handwritten message "Don't fuck this up."

Behancey

Here's mine.
Note the Blue Action Steps.
Yes, I'm productive.
And HBS case study to the left.
Yes, I still read those things.

And for those of you in SF, I'm throwing not one but TWO parties.
Wednesday, July 16 will be Cause for Drinks at Mr. Smith's from 7 - 10 PM.
The next night, on July 17, I'm throwing an event with Behance and PSFK called We Like You at Otis. Tell all your friends.
That's how I roll yo.

My Desk

It occurred to me after seeing a pic of Brandau's office (yes, OFFICE), that it'd be fun to see everyone else's work spaces.

Here's my shitty workspace. Show me yours! Be sure to make note of anything inappropriate or vulgar on your desk. And show your window view if you have one. Bonus if you are in the pic. I miss all of your faces...

On the road to Al Ain

We drove out into the desert, and found...

well, exactly what you'd expect to find in the middle of the desert where it's 117 degrees...

an indoor ice skating rink, of course.

This 'fun park' had barbed wire all around it. We tried to get in, but it was ladies day.

Planning Conference

Anyone going? Check out the third breakout session...

Burka Burka Burka Burka

In an attempt to show Tom how much I appreciate him, I sent him on assignment to Dubai and Abu Dhabi for the next week.

He will be observing Arabic focus groups and trying not to offend too many people.

I'm pretty sure since he's started we've been in the office at the same time maybe a day and a half.

This works perfectly, except when he sends out all agency emails without runnin' them by me first.

Take this one, on his first day, for example:

Subject: the coolest

planner ever to work here.
compliment my beard and i will buy you a pint of your choice.
seriously. i need to make friends.


That little doozy was quite the hit.


By the way, how do ya'll feel about the planner survey?
Saw that Fallon Planning Blog is the second most read, which will probably spiral downward in popularity now that Tom has to post to it.

Port O'Brien aka. Port O'Face Melting Awesome

This band is so good. Its so good that:
I. Can't. Stop. Listening.

It's so good that I know the words and jumble them up when I'm singing in the shower.

It's so good that I wish to know these people personally.

It's better than average music, and I will gladly give it to you, if only to know that you will thereafter be in debt to me.

Listen to it on Myspace, then hurdle yourself electronically towards me.
http://www.myspace.com/portobrien

Here's a thing.

I assume this is the customary mode of transportation in Minnesota?

I'm moving there.

Next week.

Fallon.

Hope I don't have to cut the poor thing's stomach open and use its innards for warmth...

NYTimes.com - the new social networking site.

Speaking of finding people unexpectedly...

It's disturbing that I can recognize him by the bottom half of his face... (I half hope I'm wrong)... but check out 00:53 of the video... mmmmm African berries:

http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=1615a44db1aa2c70758ae67c12b06cb1f4be9808

Miss Dzurko I presume...

There are many of us, two years out, that have changed jobs.
A good bunch of us have jumped cities.
There have been relationship gymnastics.
Weddings.

And with any move, things get lost in the shuffle.

But isn't it great when something you didn't even know was missing surprises you like a $20 in an old pair of culottes?

From the site: http://www.kwikkopy843.com/about/staff.html

Caroline Dzurko, General Manager

"Caroline has worked at Kwik Kopy since she was 16. She spent her summers during high school and college here, waiting on the counter and working in bindery. Caroline graduated from Longwood University in 1999 with a BA in English. She taught school in Chesterfield County for five years before deciding to come learn the “Family Business”.

She is responsible for the day to day running of the business, and with a strong creative background she is the “go to” girl for your special marketing projects.

When she’s not working, Caroline enjoys physical fitness, camping, reading, slinging beers at the Race track, entering bikini contests, and spending time at her summer home in the Hamptons."

I wish her well.

Dish me up a bowl of that too, Mary

Or, how far we've come...

Nerds.

This is the only pic that we have seen so far - the professional ones should be ready soon!

the sick kids got hitched!

and now they're in mexico! but congrats to everyone's favorite adcenter couple (voted "couple with the most staying power" in the underground poll that never got published).

however, knowing them and their luck, krissie, er, kristin, has probably come down with diphtheria, kevin may or may not have gotten spit on by a gang of homeless mexican eunuchs and one of their oxen drowned while they attempted to ford the river.

have fun lovers and come home safely!

happy birthday, sexy! (or, i dated the wrong art director...)

KICKBALL

Tom loves headbands.

Everbody's favorite cucumber

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sqUspQBq38

According to BBH Art Director Andy Tider, the story goes something like this, "This week I decided to leave my position as an Art Director at BBH New York. This being BBH though, I couldn't just go out with a "goodbye letter". So I spent my last night as a BBH employee stealing everything that wasn't nailed down. On video. Then I sent it to the entire company."

Noteworthy on this blog mostly for the brief mention of an old friend, the owner of a gourd at 1:46.

call me crazy...

remember that project we had to do for charlie where we were supposed to develop a community model. well, if there is any chance you still have your project OR at least have the deck charlie gave us, i'd really appreciate it if you could e-mail it to me. i'm working on developing something along those lines for work and i could use those as a reference.

i know, i know. i'm sure you're thinking to yourselves, "danielli, why don't you just use that awesome rah + monolith + whip presentation you, josh, kumar and brandon made?"

i think you all know the answer to that one.

if you've got them, send the decks to danielli (dot) alejos (at) gmail (dot) com.

smooches!

Welcome to Earth, Millie Lou

Hello All,

I am officially an aunt. 

Miller Louise Chopski was born February 13th. 

I hope you are all doing well and prospering and all that jazz.

Minnesota

BFFs

Congrats, jwb. Give Danny a squeeze for all of us.

Frozen Tundra

Well Hello,
It recently came to my attention that San Francisco, for most of the year, is just too agreeable. It's making me hippy soft. Not good. So, I climbed out of my joyfully static state and jumped ship to Fallon. Where it is (-) degrees much of the year; tough. It also is the same city and building that houses Daniel Burke; near impossible. I imagine this will make me a better person, or at least grant me super powers.

You may be reading this and asking yourself- so how does this benefit me? Fair enough. If you live in NYC, I will now be forced to visit your vile concrete slab once or so a month. I will invariably buy you some drinks or trinkets. Boon to you. For the rest of you with the good sense not to live in Satans' Whale Eye, you now have a adviser to steer you successfully through such thorny topics as- Why do people ice fish? Isn't Prince from Minnesota? What is it like to live so close to North Dakota (does it even exist?), and other hot-wire topics of the day.

So, I think we can all agree this is the best thing for us. Well done. I knew we could do this.


P.S.
Oh, and about the blog belonging to me- that's just silly- but YOU posting every now and again would be ice dragons.

This blog owned by Brandau

until further notice.

Portfolio Night 6

Watch Boyko promote Portofolio Night on this link:

http://portfolionight.com/aroundtheworld/

Glory Days

The only reason Danny wasn't in this photo is because he was rushing to the hospital with a broken finger.

Orange slices, Gerard's knee injury, and the ladies with 40's.

The best packaging in the world

Recruiting

http://signmeupstan.com

Can't let Mike have all the fun...

It's a nice place with really nice people. It's a new arena for me, interactive that is, but as the world turns more to the web I think it's a good skill to master.

For the time being, I'll be running the PhRMA and Georgetown U. accounts. So, if anyone needs to know the next time Montel will be on the Partnership for Prescriptions RV let me know...I just can't seem to get away from those RV's.

Miss you all and hope to see everyone soon!

NYC

Today is my last day of work at Trumpet.
This weekend is Mardi Gras.
Next week I drive back to Virginia.
Valentine's Day, I'll be in NYC.
I'll be working at Behance.
I'm officially out of advertising.
Holla!

Happy B-Day Little Spoon

It appears that our resident (used to be) bearded deadbeat has dodged the sickle for another year. He's, like, the only 40 year old I know that has abs.


Class it up.

Carrier?

Are you a carrier today?

Can't wait to wear a shirt, in San Francisco, that features a biohazard logo and proclaims me as a 'carrier'. I'm sure that will elicit exactly the wrong response.

Can't wait to see if they put the logo on bomber jackets.

Can't wait...

It's official

Most of you have probably already seen this, but...

Today's Adage has an article announcing the new VCU Brandcenter.

http://adage.com/article?article_id=123007

Happy Birthday Bones!

I still remember the first day of Adcenter when everyone had to go around the room and introduce themselves. And you said, my name is Alison Bonner NOT Boner. And that is when I thought to myself, I want to be that girls friend. And then you said that you went to Virginia Tech, and I said, nevermind.

I hope that you have a FABULOUS birthday. I miss you roomie - please move back to the proper coast away from those hippies immediately.

Howdy

Tom sent this to me. He is using it in some sort of deck- for what I don't know. He refuses to post it. He also owes me dollars. Over 100 of them. Deadbeat.

http://www.yhchang.com/DAKOTA.html

We thought it was a Bukowski poem. Turns out, its Ezra Pound.

Boyd thinks that the breakneck pace of bits is the artists attempt to convey chaos, which is integral to the feel of the piece.

I just really really (two times) like it.

If you do too- check out a few of his others. Deadbeat really likes "the end".

Groovy/fn

But certainly not on my list...

What we missed...

Pics of the new BrandCenter:

http://vcu.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=36502565&id=10703357

2007 WRAP-UP

Going off Josh's post, let's get some updates from everyone with these questions:

1) Where do you live? Where do you work? Do you have a significant other?
2) Anything great happen in 2007 you want to share?
3) Any big plans-career/personal wise for 2008?
4) What did you miss most about the Adcenter?
5) Uhhhh, leave something creative/funny/interesting/innovative here

I think it's about time for a 2-year anniversary in..... Richmond, Virginia. I know you guys want to check out the new Adcenter. We should make a weekend out of it.

December Wrap-up

Hello.
Since I have completely exhausted my small and feral group of friends in S.F. with how much I dig No Country for Old Men- I have decided to extend it to you.
I imagine that most of you have had the pleasure of seeing this movie (and hopefully Juno as well), and that you would be first to rise up and agree that it is one of the masterpieces of our time; if you haven't seen it please consider it a holiday request from me.

On a related note, by my estimate I have read between 20-30 books this year (still working out my favorite), and bought oodles of music (Dan Deacon best show, Midlake most repeatedly listenable band), visited a slew of airports (Charlotte #1/Austin #2), and generally been a bombastic consumer of pop culture (cardigans are the new sweater). So, by corollary, most of you have done the same.

So spill them beans. What's the best?

Oh-I really like this picture.

virtual haircut

This is pretty awesome. You have to be wearing headphones for it to work. It's called holophonic sound. Simply put, "It's really just stereo, but it exploits your brain's ability to figure out the direction and distance of sound."

I recommend the virtual haircut and the matchbox one. Oh, and close your eyes.

here.