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Proponents of crowdsourced news call the Arab Spring breathing proof that citizen journalism is both powerful and functional. The democratic liberalization of the web, they argue, has democratically liberalized the states (and people) that now have access to it. Composed of mostly locals, the “citizen journalists” of the Arab Spring used sites like WordPress and […]

Welcome to Death of an Ad Man, where we celebrate the industry Stephen Leacock once described as “a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.” *** Despite my admitted ineptitude when it comes to using them in day-to-day life, I find the recent simplification evolution of our language into GIFs and emojis absolutely fascinating. In the […]

The ‘Fallacy of the Talking Killer,’ as Roger Ebert once put it, has been the downfall of many an inspired ne’er-do-well. Instead of just killing the hero/pushing the big red button/hopping in the getaway car, the bad guy lets their ego get in the way of their flawless plan and rats foiled again. However, there’s […]