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A color photo of the shadows of a railing upon a wooden shingled wall

A color photo of the shadows of a railing upon a wooden shingled wall

#Shadows on a shingled wall. This photo is in full color and was not converted to B&W.

πŸ“· Pentax K-70
πŸ”˜ Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

'Schattenspiele' ('Shadow Play') #FotoVorschlag

#Photography #StreetPhotography #Art #Monochrome #Texture #Architecture #Sepia #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Pentax #P471

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Episode 10-Michaela Morgan Podcast Episode Β· You're On Mute Β· February 29, 2024 Β· 14m

Recruiter #MichaelaMorgan discusses if bad things resonate longer than good things and they do, why, on episode 10 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #resonance #badthings #goodthings #podcast

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Work Wise While we like to think that in some ancient time our feet did walk in a JerusalemΒ of appreciation for the value of higher education, that idea, like most things, is simply the cudgel that one …

We give you 3 really good reasons for reading @garygoldsmith β€˜s #WorkWise – as if his resume (@Heineken ‏, @VW, @espn, etc) wasn’t a good enough reason. Our review: the-agency-review.com/work-wise @artcenteredu ‏ @underhead1 ‏

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The Madness of the Method: Why process matters β€” Martin Bihl You walk into a meeting with a new client or a new agency, and you’re in that honeymoon phase when everyone is attentive and polite and laughs at each other’s stupid stupid jokes. And you’re there so ...

Without #process, nothing gets done. & sometimes WITH process nothing gets done too. My thoughts: www.martinbihl.com/business-thi...

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Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music Reviews of books about people like Ralph Peer invariably take one of two approaches. Either they assume you know the importance of the person in question, and spend their time arguing the merits of…

If you thought the #disruption the #musicindustry was going through TODAY was tricky, check out what #RalphPeer navigated. TWICE. We review #BarryMazor’s terrific #biography: the-agency-review.com/ralph-peer-r... @AcmeRadioLive @ChiReviewPress ‏

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Episode 09-Leah Brier Bienstock Podcast Episode Β· You're On Mute Β· February 29, 2024 Β· 16m

Strategist #LeahBienstock dives deep into her mentoring of younger strategists to answer the question β€œIs critical thinking a skill that can be taught or is it a talent?” Episode 9 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #criticalthinking #strategy #podcast #mentoring

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The Brand Edition On marketing, utility, and roles

How agencies can use their expertise WITH the expertise clients have to create real value for everyone. No, really. My thoughts at #WhyIsThisInteresting: whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/the-brand-... #branding #marketing #advertising @WhyInteresting

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A sharp-dressed man walks in front of a snowy Alamo, 1951. This photo was taken by noted Fort Worth photographer Byrd Williams III and is courtesy the fabulous The Portal to Texas History. Some pretty cool cars there, too!

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Like clockwork.

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#Photography #BNW #NYC #Street #Leica3M #EastCoastKin

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Billboards, Morganford Road, St. Louis, Missouri

#iphonephotography #mobilephotography #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #b&w #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #streetphotography #urbanphotography #nightphotography #stl #stlouis #TowerGroveSouth

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Wait. They are releasing Epstein files to distract Americans from the war in Iran now?

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Episode 08-Bryan Haut

Is happiness a state of being or a memory? It LOOKS like a simple question, but if it were, we’d probably all be a lot, um, happier. Marketing expert #BryanHaut on episode 8 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: open.spotify.com/episode/7l19... #memory #happiness #podcast

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Ugly is Only Skin Deep <a href=" Is Only Skin-Deep: The Story of the Ads That Changed the World”> When I teach an β€œIntro to Advertising” class, eventually we find ourselves arguing about the greatest cam…

What the success of @DDB_Worldwide β€˜s classic #ThinkSmall campaign for @VW has to do with #BabyBoomers. Maybe. We review on @imseng’s #UglyisOnlySkinDeep: the-agency-review.com/ugly-skin-deep

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10 things to Look for in a Chief Creative Officer β€” Martin Bihl Nobody asked me what makes a good CCO, so here you go. Advertising agencies beware.

I wrote this essay to help an agency find a #ChiefCreativeOfficer. But it occurs to me that you could also use it to evaluate the quality of an agency you were considering joining. It couldn’t hurt: www.martinbihl.com/business-thi... #advertising #creative #advertisingagencies

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Crocker Galleria, San Francisco

#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #architecture #sanfrancisco #nikon

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Paris #photography #blackandwhite

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Empire of Sin A brand is a promise that a particular product will fulfill the particular need of a particular consumer. And its strength is measured by how reliably and thoroughly it does that. Now, there are lo…

.@garykrist brings a new approach to thinking about #NewOrleans in #EmpireOfSin. We hope our review does it justice: wp.me/P23AlC-12A

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Episode 07-Nic D'Amico Podcast Episode Β· You're On Mute Β· February 29, 2024 Β· 16m

Is there truth in relationships or are there only perspectives? And if so, how do relationships survive? Photographer & entrepreneur #NicDamico fills you in on episode 7 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #truth #relationships #podcast

05.03.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Programmed By Fellows with Compassionate Visions: Some Thoughts on Constitutional AIΒ  β€” Martin Bihl It's no secret that AI has been generating hallucinations - but have no fear, here comes Constitutional AI which will keep an eye on what AI produces. Or will it? Or said another way, who codes the wa...

If #AI uses the internet to generate content & if there’s a lot of crazy stuff on the internet, then some of it will wind up in your copy. How do you make that not happen? www.martinbihl.com/business-thinking/constitutional-ai #artificialintelligence #constitutionalai

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BREAKING: New York City reports the lowest levels of shootings, shooting victims, and murders ever recorded for the first two months of a year. Major crime is down nearly 8% citywide, burglary hit a record low, and retail theft dropped 25%

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It remains true that Arsenal are the biggest threat to Arsenal not winning the title.

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Episode 06-Cameron Weston

Marketing expert #CameronWeston dives into what the difference is between loyalty, friendship and love on episode 6 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: open.spotify.com/episode/4chf... #love #loyalty #friendship

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A Beautiful Constraint There are many ways a person who does not consider themselves creative reveals that they do not consider themselves creative. But the one that has always stymied me is this one: β€œI don’t want to te…

If you re even remotely engaged in #creativity, read it. We review @eatbigfish and @markcbarden's @ABConstraint wp.me/P23AlC-12h

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Interview with Martin Bihl Martin Bihl is the Executive Creative Director of LevLane – an advertising agency in Philadelphia and has worked with national and local clients for a number of categories and in his spare time, he ru...

I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to answer ALL the questions @museaward asked me, but I certainly had opinions about all of them so….: museaward.com/winner-inter... #creativity #marketing #writing #awards @IAA_Awards

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Happywork Someone once asked Woody Hayes, the old irascible Ohio State football coach, why his teams rarely passed the ball. β€œThere are three things that can happen when you pass the ball” he allegedly said,…

A consultant tries to fix a company more screwed up than yours. Probably. We review @ChrisReimer’s #Happywork wp.me/P23AlC-10K

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Episode 05-Olivia Kenney

Nature vs nurture, give and take, and the metaphor of chiseling away in relationships – Olivia Kenney talks about whether you make your life or others make it for you on episode 5 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: open.spotify.com/episode/7d3o... #podcast

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I Wish That I Knew What I Know Now: Career advice from people more successful than me β€” Martin Bihl We like to think we have a master plan. We like to think life is linear. We like to think we know what we’re doing while we’re doing it.&nbsp; But we also know that pretty much none of this is true . ...

If you asked really #successful and smart people what one piece of advice they wish they’d gotten when they started, what would they say? Stop wondering, I already asked some and here’s what they told me: www.martinbihl.com/business-thi... #careeradvice #business #advertising

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Three Windows on Morganford Road, St. Louis, Missouri

#iphonephotography #mobilephotography #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #stl #StLouis #TowerGroveSouth #streetphotography #urbanphotography

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Episode 04-Lance Thomas

The difference between envy and jealousy and what we can learn from them. #OriginAgency Principle #LanceThomas explores this and other things on episode four of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: open.spotify.com/episode/4TYo... #envy #jealousy #art #podcast

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