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George Parker: why social pimping is all the rage in advertising – but not with me!
If you remember, in last week’s episode, I explained the balls out, diamond hard, number one tactic to be unfailingly…
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George Parker: why top-notch bullshitting really matters – just look at the history of ‘branding’
In which our hero continues his tour of the computer industry with observations on, among other things, the art of…
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George Parker: How I put Qwest on the map for JWT (pity the client then went to jail)
Moving on from (Silicon Valley) douchenozzles… Now, it’s time for intrepid freelancer George Parker to meet The Prince. His name…
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George Parker: of Leonardo Da Vinci, Philippe Kahn and various other Silicon Valley types
Two Parkers for the price of one this week (holidays and all that, normal schedule returns w/c August 5). George…
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George Parker: life among the douchenozzles and princes of the computer games industry
George is still in Silicon Valley, among the douchenozzles (with an occasional prince – but not this week). For new…
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George Parker: how even I failed to keep a giant computer account for a Big Dumb Agency
In which our hero continues his odyssey among the once-mighty tech companies of Silicon Valley and Houston. Unlike the New…
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George Parker and the PC revolution: how Xerox gave Steve Jobs the keys to Fort Knox
“There’s an extra heavy vehicular loading situation on the Bay Bridge” droned the voice of the traffic dude floating out…
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George Parker on location: drink, drugs, girls and a near-death experience
The world’s most shagorifically expensive TV shoot. Part Two. All too soon it was time to hit the road for…
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George Parker: how I tried to save Dorland’s biggest account with the world’s most expensive shoot
The world’s most expensive TV shoot. Part One. A year into my tenure as the Dorland’s “Agency Fireman” I was…
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