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Learning and emotion

Bronze — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:02:52 +0000

“There is no learning without emotion”
- Plato

Sistemas complexos

Bronze — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:45:06 +0000

“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.”
- John Gall

A lie can get halfway around the world

Bronze — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:44:15 +0000

“A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.”
- Mark Twain

Advertising as art

Bronze — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:43:04 +0000

“The future of advertising isn’t writing better slogans or using cool photography or video.
It’s creating interactive stories people can explore over their phones, on the web, maybe even through a flash drive hidden in a bathroom.”
It’s a new art form.
— Frank Rose, Wired

Invention of ROI

Bronze — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:00:49 +0000

“I know that half of my advertising budget is wasted, but I’m not sure wich half.”
- John Wanamaker

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Long live consumerism

Bronze — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:00:38 +0000

“It is our job to make women unhappy with what they have.”
- B. Earl Puckett

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Profitable

Bronze — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:00:34 +0000

“I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes…”
- Philip Dusenberry

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Rise of cynicism

Bronze — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:30:17 +0000

“What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.”
- Vilhjamur Stefansson

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Cycle of sameness

Bronze — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:42:50 +0000

Comic por xkcd.
O que me fez lembrar das palavras de Mark Twain: “Don’t let school ruin your education”.