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Industry Tax

February 15, 2023
I spend a decent amount of time thinking about how we can make the advertising industry more accessible to people of all walks of life. Maybe it's my background in sociology, but it's become …

Money on the Table

January 31, 2023
I got annoyed with a post I saw on LinkedIn yesterday looking for a CD/ACD who was willing to work for $67/hour, an absurd rate considering the amount of work they probably wanted. But …

General Update

January 24, 2023
If it seems like I've mostly only been messing around on LinkedIn, well that's kind of accurate. But only kind of. Since late November I've been teaching a Campaigns class over at book180, an …

The Big Game

January 24, 2023
The other day I was thinking about the chaos that would ensue if someone actually got a copyright on "The Big Game," the euphemism commonly used by advertisers during The Super Bowl because they …

Well that escalated quickly

January 4, 2023
This morning I was sitting on my couch and just started typing out a thought that entered my head and before I knew it I'd written a full column. My college opinions writing teacher, …

Reddit Domination

December 19, 2022
This morning I posted a photo I shot of Venice, CA over the weekend on Reddit. It ended up as the top post in the Los Angeles sub. To be fair, I did do …

Feed Donations

December 8, 2022
At the end of November LinkedIn was flooded with layoff announcements, and I wanted to help. Because of The Side Show my LinkedIn is connected to tons of creative leaders and recruiters throughout the …

Portfolio Tips

November 14, 2022
I wrote a post on LinkedIn with 5 things people should be doing based on analyzing the analytics of my site. Apparently people thought it was helpful.

HOA Hijinks

November 3, 2022
I clearly take our neighborhood's HOA Facebook group very seriously.

Bennett IV Ga update

October 10, 2022
Late last week the student newspaper at The University of Georgia asked me to write a guest column about the Bennett IV Georgia campaign. I happily obliged. You can find it here.