AdCast: Episode VIII

I was especially happy this evening, as the show was all about some things near and dear to my heart—art, design, and (as always) advertising. For a variety of possible reasons (as I elaborated on throughout the show) Jessica was unable to join us this time, so Vinny Tafuro filled in as guest co-host.

First to join us in the studio were a couple of our fellow Ad 2 members. Jeff Morrow was on for an update of our public service campaign, and a big Ad 2 leadership announcement came from Mai Tran... check out the show to find out what she told us!

Our next guest was a young professional who spans the spectrum of art and advertising in her various pursuits—art director, painter, and creative extraordinaire Kate Whatley of PeakBiety Branding + Advertising. We discussed all the issues a young creative in the industry tends to face, most of all how to maintain the creative spark and stay afloat in the crazy world of advertising.

If you sit around your dingy apartment saying "There's nothing to do in Tampa Bay," you obviously don't subscribe to Eric Sturm's weekly email. "Weekly Options of Tampa Bay" is just one of Eric's many pursuits aimed at informing the community. He came on to tell us about his new book "Access Tampa Bay" and more.

If you've talked with me about what I do, you've probably heard me mention Graphic Design Meetup once or twice. Tampa bay GDMU is another one of Tampa's exciting professional networks, this one (as the title would indicate) aimed specifically at graphic designers in the area. But don't take my word for it; we brought on the long-standing President of the group Brianne King to tell all our viewers why they should check it out.

Film on the internet can mean all sorts of things. Vinny and I took a look at the various types of executions floating around the web today, from viral video to internet-only movie releases.

To wrap things up, we went over all the upcoming events in Ad 2 and around Tampa Bay. Not much to say about that, but it was amusing as always.

There you have it; another grand episode of AdCast goes out to the vast matrix of the internet. I had a blast with this one. Big thanks to Vinny for filling in this month; you'd think he does this kind of stuff all the time. Thanks as well to our sponsors Tampa Digital Studios and La Casa Dolce, because they DO do this all the time.

Oh. And whatever you do, make good choices.

AdCast Links, May 23

Tonight's AdCast references a number of websites and internet movies. The links to these videos and sites are below for your viewing pleasure.

Facebook Infomercial

MySpace Movie

MyTop8: The Movie

Epic 2015

Epic 2014