Continuing yesterday’s post about efficiency and Starbucks… more details about the battle cry memo from Starbuck’s Howard Schultz on the AP. If you’re one of those “I need to read it for myself” …
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28 February 2007
More on Starbucks and Efficiency
C is for Coffee
Cookie Monster might have something with that “C is for Cookie” thing, but on Friday it stands for Coffee. March 2nd, 8:30am, Tiny’s (2031 NE MLK). Hope you can join us.
27 February 2007
How Efficiency Can Kill or Support a Brand
Above: Starbucks cups from a recent trip. You can see my wife (cup on the left) is more into the customization aspects than I am. Decoded, the left reads: 1/2 decaf, non-fat, xtra-hot, 1 raw sugar latte. The right: latte. To her d…
21 February 2007
Authentic Commercial-Making
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhoHapa6REM Does it matter if a commercial is made using CGI (computer generated imagery) or not? The above commercial, for Orange, is all “real.” No CGI. More from AdLand:“If ther…
Coffee’s on for Friday, February 23rd
My man Dan is helping me out by hosting coffee on Friday, February 23rd. Same Tiny’s, same time. Dan’s the tall, outgoing guy. Plus, he’s got his new blog up (what he’s calling a “work in progress̶…
20 February 2007
Landau Gets Insights, Lowe-Rogstad Feeling Minnesota
Stephen Landau featured on Design Interact’s InsightsDesign Interact, the online vehicle for Communication Arts, is currently featuring an interview with Stephen Landau, self-proclaimed “co-everything” at Substanc…
Don’t make me take off my Flashbelt…
Substance’s own David Lowe-Rogstad will be visiting beautiful Minneapolis, MN in June to present at Flashbelt. Here’s what we think he’ll be talking about… and no, I have no idea what is up with our “…
19 February 2007
Coffee Recap, February 16th
Had the pleasure of sitting down with Shaun and Jessie on Friday, share some coffee, and drool over Shaun’s delicious-looking panini. Not only did Shaun lend me Zag by Marty Neumeier (thanks Shaun!), but we talked about the f…
18 February 2007
Death to blogs. Long live blogging! (Part 2 of 2)
(For those coming in late, here’s the link to Part 1 of 2) Let’s change what “blog” means. Better yet, what if we stopped saying “blog” when what we actually mean is “sharing and writing an…
15 February 2007
Coffee Reminder, February 16th
Quick reminder that coffee morning is actually coffee early-afternoon on Friday. We’re mixing it up and moving to 1pm. Same place, Tiny’s, on NE MLK. I’ll actually have to leave early, so if anyone is interested …
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