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Too Much To Tweet: Remakes
I’m Trying to Keep An Open-Mind, Really, I Am: Heathers The Remake You’ll notice that nobody in the world of literature is asking John Green to reimagine Wuthering Heights for a new audience, but apparently when it comes to movies, nothing is sacred. Sure, there are the occasional decent, and even sometimes good, remakes;…
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Drives Me Happy
Commuting doesn’t have to be the torturous event depicted in the beginning of Office Space. I mean, in the five plus years of commuting an hour each way to work and school, I can still count the number of times I’ve been passed by an elderly person using a walker on one hand. Although it’s…
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Too Much To Tweet: SaaS
I've Got A SaaS Problem The SaaS industry is a multi-billion dollar walking stick that grows by incrementally degrading our intellectual capabilities. Many consumer facing and B2B software companies push their products as 'groundbreaking new tools and features' while they are really just providing micro-modifications to our work process; honing in on very specific and…
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Too Much To Tweet: QR Codes
QR codes are like the word “fetch,” it’s not going to happen. So please, marketing world, stop. I remember someone saying, “QR codes are the solution to a non-problem.” Besides being the opposite of aesthetically pleasing, they make engagement more difficult. Who wants to launch an app to take a picture of something to…
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It’s More Than Just Coconut Water and Ping Pong
What is Culture? Merriam-Webster defines culture as: the set of shared attitudes, values, beliefs, and practices that characterizes an institution or organization and is manifested in behavior. Simply put, it’s the outward facing set of agreed upon standards, and it represents all of us who are in this together. It is organic, living, ever-changing and…
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Amazon: The Expedition Of The Future
With Amazon’s recent acquisition of Whole Foods, they have set into motion an expedited battle of our times, pitting an e-commerce titan against the last relatively untouched brick-and-mortar retailers out there: grocery stores. Additionally, they are positioning themselves on a faster collision course with the likes of Walmart and Target. Aside from the ramifications this will…
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Seriously, Thank You
I recently bought a pair of Bluetooth sport headphones for my long runs. I love listening to podcasts when grinding out miles early on the weekends. Podcasts are more engaging than music to me, I don’t know what’s coming next, and sometimes I catch myself arguing out loud with the hosts. Podcasts take my focus…
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Too Much to Tweet: The Children
Here at Civilian, summers are cherished for one reason and one reason alone: there are no “Children.” Allow me to explain. Right behind our office are great places where some of us like to go to grab a quick, inexpensive lunch. When we moved to our current location, we would stroll out of the office…
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The Life Cycle of a Project from an Accepted Protege View
In any career, especially Advertising, it’s a great day when you see a project through—start to finish. As an intern sometimes that is not always the case, being a part of projects here and there and somewhere in between. Not to mention trying to familiarize yourself with clients and the do’s and don’ts of agency…
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Would You Pay to Use Facebook?
A recent post from Nationalreport.net made rounds this week titled, "Facebook To Begin Charging Users $2.99/mo Starting November 1st". Naturally, the internet exploded. Users from all over expressed their outrage over the social media kingpin capitalizing on their growing 1.3 billion person user base. But we can all rest easy for now. The article was…
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