Hip Hop - the music and the business - has been struggling over the past few years. According to Fox News, “though music sales are down overall, rap sales slid a whopping 21 percent from 2005 to 2006, and for the first time in 12 years no rap album was among the top 10 sellers of […]

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There has been much written about virtual worlds (VW’s) and Second Life in particular.  As there is with anything new, many of the articles deal with what is easy to understand or what is wrong, thereby not really providing a full and useful picture of the opportunity.  This is not to say that what these […]

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The New York Times reports the town of Smyrna, Tennessee has posted life-size, corrugated plastic cutouts of cops holding speed guns at busy intersections in town:

From the AP report:
The idea for the posed patrolman came from Jim Gammon, whose sign company sits on busy Front Street. He suggested it as a way to slow drivers […]

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In past posts here on Ideacity and many from industry colleagues, we’ve talked about how the huge shifts in the creative marketing landscape are “re-wiring” the way we think, our daily work and the creative we produce.
With some random inspiration from an art exhibit that’s rolling through Texas this month, the thought occurred to me […]

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I had to go pick up a replacement part for a breast pump on my lunch break today.  This is what my world has been reduced to in the matter of six weeks.  On the upside, I got to drive one of the best roads in Austin, North Lamar, while listening to the radio.
You’re probably asking […]

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