Was it just last week we were here, offering you the highlights from the last seven days of internet frolicking? It's hard to believe it's that time again, but happily for us it is so brace yourself, we have a heap of stuff in store for you - from Don Draper ad campaigns becoming real life commercials, women who rule at UX, and a follow up on those ADORABLE kids who busted in on their dad doing an interview with the BBC. Enjoy!
50 YEARS LATER, HEINZ APPROVES DON DRAPER’S ‘PASS THE HEINZ’ AD AND IS ACTUALLY RUNNING THEM
Mad Men’s beloved ad man might not have scored the big Heinz account in the hit TV show, but the fictional Don Draper’s commercial creativity will soon be seen in real life now that Heinz tomato sauce are actually going to run with a campaign he pitched. So, fake ad pitched by fake ad man gets picked up by real company in real life. A little confusing? Nah, it’s just Heinz doing some smart work appealing to Mad Men devotees and making the most of a pretty good pitch that was just sitting there in TV land doing nothing!
TALENT ALONE WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH (THIS WILL FREE YOUR MIND TO DO ITS BEST WORK)
It’s easy to be sceptical of online posts offering tips on how to encourage creativity (a cynic might be tempted to argue that there are way more thinkpieces on how to be creative than there are examples of true creativity) but this short but punchy piece actually has some wise words of advice, and a couple of killer quotes from greats like Vincent Van Gogh, Salvador Dali, and Albert Einstein.
WHY IS SILICON VALLEY SO AWFUL TO WOMEN
An interestin longread from The Atlantic exploring why Silicon Vallery has developed a reputation for sexism in the workplace. If you found the recent viral blogpost by former Uber engineer Susan Fowler (Reflecting On One Very Strange Year At Uber) an interesting story then this read is definitely worth your time.
A LIST OF 30 WOMEN ROCKING IN UX TO CELEBRATE THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
On a more positive note for females working in tech, we LOVE this list of excellent women working in UX for you to follow on Twitter! Compiled by Paula Macedo for uxdesign.cc to celebrate International Women's Day, the list features designers, authors, speakers, influencers, and entrepreneurs who are shaping and shaking up the UX industry.
PROFESSOR ROBERT KELLY SPEAKS ABOUT VIRAL BBC INTERVIEW GATECRASHED BY CHILDREN
For those who may have missed the worldwide viral sensation that was a couple of adorable kids crashing their dad’s live interview with the BBC over the weekend, you’d better start by watching this:
It’s always nice to check in on normal folks who unwittingly become internet superstars and make sure they’re okay, so this follow up by ABC Online both explains how it all went down on the day, and how the whole family is feeling about their internet celebrity. (In brief, they found it funny, and they’re okay!)
Here’s our favourite meme about it, for the record.
And that's it for yet another edition of Artisan's Fast Five! We dig up lots of interesting and fun things through out the week on our social media channels, so why not connect with Artisan Recruitment on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Lovely.