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Did you know that there are plans for a National Monument to Martin Luther King, Jr. on the grounds of the National Mall in Washington, DC? You can learn more about it and the design plans at the official site.

Great idea for the interface on this Illustrator’s site.

Kidd. Chip Kidd to be exact. Famed cover designer for over 800 books and such famous authors as Michael Crichton, Oliver Sacks, John Updike, Charles Schulz, and a slew of other notables. Read about him in the Austin Chronicle, check out his interview with Robert Birnbaum, or just google the man. Don’t expect too much from his Web site though…yet.

Welcome to 2007. Looks like we’ve got another great year of Ad Fed Events in store for you. Our next program features Michael Dweck, a fashion and reportage photographer whose latest book titled The End:Montauk, N.Y. (Harry N. Abrams, 2004) has been called “The ultimate homage to the sun-kissed surfing life. Sensuous, seductive and unbearably sexy in its effect,” in the words of The New York Times. Be sure not to miss this one (and bring your photographer, fashion, and surf-obessessed fans) to the American Theater on January 18th. Before you do that, don’t forget that your Addy entries are due (a must-do) very soon — January 10th in fact. Don’t miss this opportunity to show the world your fantastic work. Information on how to enter is available on the front page of the Ad Fed Charleston Site. See you and your work soon and be on the lookout for a new newsletter coming your way!

Don’t Miss this year’s final AdFed program on Thursday, July 13^th at 5:30 p.m. at the American Theatre.

Because…there will be a special musical interlude by a student of the Charleston Academy of Music (CAM) which is the non-profit organization receiving the free AdFed-Ad Campaign this year.

Matthew Kwon will perform a Bach Suite on the cello. Bring a hankie! And then … Volunteer to help with the campaign, which will help increase the scholarships for kids who can’t afford lessons or who have never even seen a cello or violin. Thanks for stepping up as I know you all will!

—Tish Lynn (AdFed – Special Project Committee)

Australia is getting some major buzz with this great ad campaign.

Check out the URL when you visit the “great ad campaign” link above. Long, but you won’t forget it.

If you’d like to make yourself feel better my laughing at the misfortune of others, check out the Business 2.0 list: 101 Dumbest Moments in Business.

Have a great weekend!

If you’ve recently driven over the bridge from Mt. Pleasant towards downtown Charleston, you know what I’m talking about.

If you’re advertising a condo or development, wouldn’t it be a good idea to actually show the actual condos instead of some generic stock photo of two people staring at each other??? That gets my vote as biggest waste of money. Anyone know how much that location costs?

The only saving grace was the fact it tries to drive prospects to a unique landing page. It’s too bad their site doesn’t work with FireFox, though. Might want to fix that — and your billboard while you’re at it.

Earlier this week details emerged about Yahoo!’s plan to reincarnate “The Runner,” a failed reality TV concept from 2001, in a new Web/TV combo approach.

Of course, with Yahoo! being involved, the focus wil be engaging online “viewers” before, during, and after the show.
Not to be outdone, CBS announced they will begin airing “micro-episodes” of ‘The Courier,’ which will be 40-second to one minute long and run during commercial breaks of some prime-time shows. If you miss it, you can have the pleasure of watching it on your cell phone or their Web site.

If you take the time to read the WSJ.com article, it brings up some good questions about the latest scramble of the tech titans to create their own content (or partner with someone else who has it) in an attempt to help the networks find their lost viewers.
Just remember that everyone is in trial mode with these efforts — the long-term viability of watching prime-time TV on your cell phone or 17-inch computer monitor remains to be seen.

What do you think? Will you take the time to follow a show online after watching it on TV?

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