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Politics & Social Media: Together forever?

In the past few years social media has become a larger part of politics then I ever could have imagined. To start, I’d like to… Read More

The Rise of the Mobile Gaming Industry

With the average iPhone user playing 14.7 hours of games each month it’s no surprise that the mobile gaming industry is expected to double by… Read More

“What My Media Professor Never Told Me”

The first six years of my career in this crazy world of Advertising were spent in Media. I love Media. Everyone says “Media is the… Read More

WordPress 3.4 Beta!

Today WordPress released its version 3.4 beta and I have to say I’m impressed. The additions and improvements are small but I can tell that… Read More

The Strategy of Channeling Your Inner Child

“Creativity shouldn’t be seen as something otherworldly. It shouldn’t be thought of as a process reserved for artists and inventors and other ‘creative types,'” according… Read More

Bad Men.

Newsweek magazine did a front-page story on the return of Mad Men this week, and in an inspired bit of creativity, turned the clock backwards… Read More

The Dirty Secret Behind User Data Collection & Tracking

By Dr. Sean Carton, Chief Creative Officer and Professor of the Practice at the University of Baltimore Privacy’s always been a big concern on the… Read More

Don’t Lose Your Smartphone.

Via BoingBoing, a report by Symantec is out studying the consequences of losing a smartphone. According to the study, it’s… Read More

Effective Brainstorming

By Pete Meacham, Director of Marketing Brainstorming sessions, free association exercises, judgment-free idea incubators–don’t these sound like situations for effective collaboration and bold creative solutions?… Read More

In which I have come to hate updating OS X

I get to wear a lot of hats at idfive; everyone here does.  One of my favorites is pseudo-IT-guy…  or at least it was until… Read More