Santa Beatboxed, Christmas Pickled, Agency Gratified

Steve Hall

Dec. 15, 2008
1 min read

– Santa gets his Christmas beatbox on in Bring the Toyz.

– The folks at Firehouse bring us The Christmas Pickle.

– Mobile answer service Cha Cha is happy it’s market share has grown from seven percent to 28 percent in 90 days.

– HandPickedAds lets “search, view and rate the most gorgeous advertising photos … discovered in some of the most respected magazines in the world.”

– How about some common sense when it comes to the client/agency relationship?

– Oh look! It’s Digg for the ad world!

– The FWA has opened its public vote for the 2008 People’s Choice Award.

– “For festive fun, just click the image, select your gender, upload a mugshot and tweak the results using the magic dials.” (Sorry, just way too tedious to check out every single holiday card)

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