James Michener's book Kent State: What Happened and Why came out the year after four students were shot and killed there by the Ohio National Guard. This was a time when memories of the event were still pretty raw. Our own Brad Warthen, who was in college at the time, wore a T-shirt around... read more →
Apr
10
Apr
04
We can identify with Allan Ripp's lament about LinkedIn in The Wall Street Journal. An excerpt from his op-ed piece, headlined, "Dear LinkedIn: I Love You, Please Back Off": So, when did LinkedIn go from being a professional networking tool to being a giant nudge? I speak of the constant... read more →
Apr
03
So, we were checking The Guardian for news, and saw this image, and, being a fan of Sargent and Whistler, et al., we clicked on it. That led us to this story about an exhibit showcasing Paris in 1900, which mentioned La Belle Époque, which caused us to wonder whether 1900 was properly considered part of that period, which caused... read more →
Mar
31
We can definitely identify with Bob Garfield over at MediaPost. After a wide-ranging Web search for the perfect pair of sunglasses, he finds that he can't get away from them now: (E)veryplace I go on the World Wide Web, the sunglasses are following me. Like a bad penny or a... read more →
Mar
26
The reviewers loved HTC's One smartphone when it came out last year. But HTC had trouble selling them: Although its HTC One smartphone last year was lauded by reviewers – and indeed was judged as the best smartphone at Mobile World Congress in February – the company still struggled with sales. The Taiwanese smartphone maker... read more →
Feb
28
A blog over at The New York Times notes that making decisions on the basis of what's trending on Twitter can sometimes miss what's actually happening: The greatest challenge of Big Data — especially social media — is separating the signal from all the noise. A study by the Pew Research Center, for example,... read more →
Feb
24
Russia may have won the final medal count in Sochi, but ADCO dominated the 2014 American Advertising Federation of the Midlands Awards gala Saturday night. Go see the list: three golds, six silvers and one "Best of." As follows: Best of Interactive – ADCO, Richland Library Online Annual Report Gold ADDY... read more →
Feb
06
This past football season, TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, was giving back to the SC Center for Fathers and Families (an ADCO client) through the TD Bank Touchdowns program. With every touchdown the Gamecocks scored, TD Bank would make a contribution to the center to assist with its mission... read more →
Feb
03
According to the buzz, this was a kinder, gentler year for Super Bowl commercials. The buzz is right. The ads were less sexy, less edgy, more warm and mushy. Also according to the buzz, the best of the lot (or one of the best) was the Budweiser ad with the... read more →
Jan
17
Which were your favorite commercials from the 2013 Super Bowl? That's easy. The tougher question is, Which ones worked? "Worked" defined as actually having helped sell the product, that is. Communicus conducted a longitudinal study to find the answer to that question: Some surprising findings emerged. For instance, many pundits... read more →
