Monthly Archives: May 2009

How Does “Up” Rank with other Pixar Movies

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Todd Chandler

We just saw the lat­est Pixar film, “Up.” I am amazed at how they con­sis­tently pro­duce such com­pelling sto­ries. There isn’t a bad film among the ten that they have cre­ated. I was curi­ous about how my chil­dren viewed Up … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Just Following Orders

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Todd Chandler

I was told to take my “stubby lit­tle human fin­gers” and share this on my “bliggety blogs, facey spaces and tweety pages.”

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All Thumbs!

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Todd Chandler

Today at the eye doc­tor, the young guy who was going over the cost of my con­tacts was using his thumbs to punch num­bers into the cal­cu­la­tor. It stuck me as odd, because it looked like he was tex­ting some­one … Con­tinue read­ing →

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What Did You Learn Today?

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Todd Chandler

I’m a big fan of the show Morn­ing Joe. The show is on MSNBC, and since we don’t have cable, the only time I get to watch it is when I’m trav­el­ing. Recently, I caught the end of the show … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Brand Alignment | Part II Some Examples

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Todd Chandler

Here are a few follow-up exam­ples to the recent Obser­va­tion Paper on Brand Align­ment. First, exam­ples that are in per­fect align­ment: “The most ded­i­cated and nicest drive through clerk I have ever met,” says a cus­tomer describ­ing a loyal Jack … Con­tinue read­ing →

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How to Grab Someone’s Attention

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Todd Chandler

I just started read­ing The Lean For­ward Moment by Nor­man Hol­lyn (thanks to Karyn John­son for rec­om­mend­ing it). It’s all about how visual sto­ry­tellers can cre­ate moments that get the audi­ence on the edge of their seats. Straind’s music video … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Todd Chandler

I love this Mother’s Day data visu­al­iza­tion from theonion.com. What really makes this humor­ous graphic spe­cial for me is that the num­ber of flow­ers has more to do the length of the phrase than per­cent­age listed. Clas­sic! And here’s one … Con­tinue read­ing →

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What Makes a Great Monologue?

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Todd Chandler

Last night we watched Rata­touille for “Fam­ily Movie Night.” I like that movie more every time I see it. One of my favorite scenes is where Anton Ego reads his review of eat­ing the dish of Rata­touille, cre­ated by a … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Brand Alignment

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Todd Chandler

Two weeks ago I got stuck in Atlanta when the air­port got shut down after the con­trol tower was struck by light­ing. It was a zoo. Lots of tired, angry peo­ple were being told to stand in line and remain … Con­tinue read­ing →

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