ok…it’s time to laugh at ourselves and our creative industry, i think this is some of the funniest (and so painfully close to home) comic blurbs i’ve seen in a while. businessguysonbusinesstrips.com has a great view on the business of interactive and creative. as the site description states:

For people who live in quiet desperation. For those out there who live to justify their redundant and unnecessary corporate positions. For those who earn a lot of money and have no idea what they’re doing. This is for you.

enjoy..and thanks radian, for passing this link.

barring all political, social and environmental strife that china is going through - and i know people A LOT smarter than me will be discussing these points for a long time - the opening ceremonies of the 2008 beijing olympic games were truly a wonder to behold! it really was a masterful presentation of history, accomplishment and might.

even though i thought the athens 2004 ceremonies were spectacular, these were undoubtedly the best opening ceremonies ever. yes, it’s hard to a greek to say that, but the truth is the truth. now i’ll just wait till the dvd comes out on out on blu-ray to see them in HD, that way i’ll be able to view with better clarity the fireworks cgi.

this is 2008…does anyone believe they can get away with stuff like that? between that and the skiing ostrich on youtube…it’s hard to trust our own eyes these days. regardless of all that, the synchronized mass within ‘the bird’s nest’ was visually very cool! so, in case you didn’t get a chance to see them in their entirety, or just wanna see the fake pyrotechnics one more time, go to http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=0808_hd_oc_au_en198

so where do you start when you’re buds with two other creative powerhouses?

actually, the beginnings go back 12 years ago when myself, danny armyn and vincent higgins all worked at young and rubicam. right away we clicked and have have remained friends since. my other 2 close friends, were gina cruz and christer manning. christer is a partner at foundry9 and gina is now my wife (go figure…you do keep good friends close). vincent is a partner at bluefuse design corp with jason grotrian and danny is a partner at cult360 along with jeff rothstein and joe jelic.

where it goes from there is a very creative space indeed. besides the fact we live & work in the new york city vicinity where art and creativity are at every step down the street, getting us in a room together is creative overdrive.

ok..that was just a shameless plug for our friends…but if you really want to see a great art show, go see the prefab homes show at MOMA.