Creative stuff and Music Listening

Okay, it's 4:30 Friday afternoon and I'm lumping together 2 topics because that's the way they were sent to me in an email this morning from Adweek.

Look for Friday Finals around 6 this evening and then more Saturday & Sunday.

Time to take my daughter out for her quarter century birthday!


Weight Watchers' Tales of the Tape
A translucent sculpture of a woman glistens in the afternoon sunlight in a downtown park. The public exhibition is part of McCann Erickson's new work for Weight Watchers.more >

Pafenbach Joins Hello Viking
Alan Pafenbach, the former Arnold managing partner and executive creative director who helped shape Volkswagen's lauded "Drivers wanted" campaign, has joined virtual agency Hello Viking as partner and chief creative officer. more >

Analysis: Feminism's Next Wavehere
Adweek's ad critic Barbara Lippert takes an in-depth look at Sarah Palin, and asks if the GOP vice presidential contender is the ultimate modern woman -- or her polar opposite. more >

Profile: Jennifer Parke
Boombang's Jennifer Parke saw the true potential for marrying advertising and product design early on. more >

Mark Dolliver's Data Dose

The rise of newer technologies for accessing music hasn’t extinguished the appeal of radio, finds a Rasmussen Reports poll. Asked to cite the device they use most often for listening to music, 42 percent of respondents said it’s radio (with another 9 percent picking satellite radio). Twenty-five percent mentioned a CD player, 14 percent an MP3 player and 5 percent a computer. Sixty-nine percent “rarely or never” download music; 5 percent do so at least once a week.