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Beer Desks, The Golden Key & Generative Fill Hack | AD&P No 2

“Sam Altman got booted from OpenAI” … my jaw dropped. The man who successfully launched the most successful product in history, creating over 90B in value in a few months got fired?! How is that possible?

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Digital Typewriters, Fake Tequila & Podcast Bros | AD&P No 1

Where do you get inspired? Not just for advertising, but more broadly? Often inspiration is bucket-filled drop-by-drop from unrelated sources. The most extreme example of this is Nike’s “JUST DO IT” tagline was inspired by the last words of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who was executed in 1977.I’m going to try not to go that off the rails but …