Tao of FAU

You Mad Men Quote of the week -- "If it's bad, don't use it."

2009-10-19T00:50:18Z

If I had too few quotes last week, I have too many this week. We got to see three really rough meetings this episode: the first between the Creative Team, the second with the client and the third between Account and Creative. The ongoing plot lin...

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Your Mad Men Quote of the Week -- I got nothing

2009-10-05T03:59:58Z

Really? One scene in the office? OK, no ad related scenes = no ad related quote from FAU. Sigh. I suppose this show had to have a crappy episode at some point. Still, there were two interesting non-ad related lines: - "There is an old rule in...

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Your Mad Men Quote of the Week -- "This is not going to help"

2009-09-28T04:06:28Z

This one needs little introduction. Sterling and Draper get on to the elevator in the morning and after exchanging pleasantries this ensues: Sterling: Ogilvy wrote a book. I got the galleys. They want a quote or something. Advertising is al...

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Your Mad Men Quote of the week -- "It's about letting go"

2009-09-27T03:00:00Z

This was a big one. Last weeks episode of Mad Men was stunningly brilliant on a number of levels. But once again, I found a moment of pure truth for those of us who actually work in the biz. Here is the set up: the British firm that purchased Ste...

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MA Men

2009-09-15T22:09:05Z

My disdain for all things Boston is well noted. So is my love for Mad Men. So you can imagine this caused a little internal conflict: For the record, I thought this was brilliant (especially Joey McIntyre as Rogah). As the guys at American Copyw...

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Your Mad Men Quote of the Week -- "I don't like that guy"

2009-09-15T02:59:52Z

A lot of times advertising is about finding new opportunities, new products, new markets, new target audiences. And sometimes advertising is about making the most out of the hand you are dealt. And when you are sharing the title "Head of Accounts"...

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Your Mad Men Quote of the Week(s) -- catching-up edition

2009-09-13T04:16:19Z

To call this a dormant blog is an understatement. There is way too much going on including a pending move to a new house and a lot of business travel (more on all that later). That said, I feel most guilty that I have neglected my basic responsib...

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Your Mad Men Quote of the Week -- too many quotes

2009-08-24T03:29:49Z

There were at least four brilliant quotes on Mad Men tonight. I'll dive into all of them tomorrow, but with limited comment I wanted to give you one of the four tonight: Clients don't always know what's best. -- Peggy Olson Amen to that.

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The FAU theorem

2009-08-20T03:32:36Z

Number of posts per month = amount of free time - total billable hours (topic that interest me) There is an inverse relationship between how often I post and my billable hours. Thus, while my employment is mostly secure, my ability to comment on ...

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Your Mad Men Quote of the Week -- "That's my life"

2009-08-18T00:30:53Z

Once again I see shades of my own experiences in this show. Before Mad Men, when people asked me what I did for a living I tried to explain my job in terms of what I did. "I work at an ad agency, but I am not a writer or a designer. I'm in Accoun...

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