Archive for June, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012 by Lisa S.
Dear Maira, Is it OK if I call you Maira? Because I love you so. I love Benjamin Franklin’s fur hat, and your paintings of the hole punches and rubber bands and cherry trees, the one with the sea of flags and the one with Herman Melville eating a fried egg. I love all the [...]
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Tags: art, books, children's books, comics, democracy, design, exhibit, graphics, maira kalman, museum, portraits, reading, seeing, style, The Content Bureau, writing
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Monday, June 25, 2012 by Todd
When you consider an event with the scale and reach of the Olympic Games, you can be sure the branding stakes are high. Every host city strives to forge a distinctive identity, while honoring and respecting more than a century of modern games. Easier said than done? You got that right. The London [...]
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Tags: branding, Comic Sans, design, font, inspire a generation, London 2012 Summer Olympics, london typeface, Olympic Games, Olympics logo, Summer Olympics, Techy Designer, The Content Bureau, typeface
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012 by Keven
I liked the concept right from the start: Buy books in seconds. Download books in seconds. Carry books with you – weightlessly—wherever you go. There’s no getting around it: the Kindle is hot. It’s the world’s largest bookstore, but without the need to herd two little kids across a dangerous parking lot. And did you [...]
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Tags: books, copyauthor, e-books, Kindle, reading
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Thursday, June 7, 2012 by Stacy
Life is filled with tricky decisions. 54% or 72% cacao? Brick or fire-engine red lipstick? Miette, Chantal Guillon, or La Boulange macarons—all in Hayes Valley? The choices can be overwhelming, really. Fortunately, it is very easy to choose the Content Bureau for all your B2B marketing copywriting needs. And there is a foolproof method for [...]
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Tags: B2B marketing copywriting, Content Bureau, marketing asset, marketing rock star, Super SME, The Business of Copywriting
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Monday, June 4, 2012 by Jane
The 2012 print edition of The Associated Press Stylebook has been published. This news may have passed with little fanfare outside the world of publishing and editing but it’s a cause for rejoicing among some of us here at the Content Bureau. The AP Stylebook is nothing less than the bible of editorial resources. You [...]
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Tags: AP style, AP Stylebook, Chicago Manual of Style, Content Bureau, copywriting, style, The Associated Press Stylebook, The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage, The Wall Street Journal Guide to Business Style and Usage
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