conscience

My father was always aware of right and wrong. He had very defined moral guidelines. And yet, he was respectful and open to differing points of view and new ideas. I hope he passed those same traits on to me. I hope, if nothing else, he gave me a conscience. To my father, this site is dedicated to you.

The crew of Apollo 11.

Celebrating in NYC at The One Show interactive awards. From left to right. Brian Williams, art director. Great designer, smart as he looks. ...

Mr. Rollback.

His name is Darrell Owens and he's a real associate at Walmart. Father of two, part time college student, working two jobs, we found Dar...

Over the moon.

Last night, the team won two gold pencils and one silver at One Show Interactive. Don't wake me up from this dream. We are so out of thi...

Still hard to believe.

That George W. Bush was the President of the United States for EIGHT years. When I came across this video we made for the Kelly Awards a cou...

We all love Mike.

Mike Hughes has been my boss since 1992. I have learned a lot from him about making better work. But more than anything, I've learned ho...

Shining light on the homeless.

Spend time in Santa Monica and you will come across a dozen homeless people on the way to coffee in the morning. It's harder to find th...

Some more directing.

A new campaign for the reel, featuring PING's testing robot and the grandson of the man who invented him.

Houston, we don't have a problem.

We are humbled by the news that wechoosethemoon.org was just chosen site of the year by the FWA. Thank you. Congrats to the combined team of...

1/18/2010. A good day to remember.

How far we've come. And how far we need to go.

Design for Obama.

Last night at Taschen, Spike Lee signed copies of his new anthology, Design for Obama. One of the posters we did for the Obama Virginia Stat...

Verbal warfare.

Walmart sells more video games than any other retailer. Last year for Madden 09, we created a "Smack Talk" rivalry between two gam...

Steve, the Dad Gamer, securing the home front.

Nick, the Single Guy Gamer, finding inspiration.

A little thing from the world's biggest company.

We all know that the little things in life can add up to make a big difference. That has been the driving force behind our strategy for Walm...

He was our insurance policy.

The healthcare debate continues. But there was no arguing Ted Kennedy's passion for universal care for all. He was a great man and we wi...

3 went in 1969. 1.25 million went in 2009.

We landed on the moon last night! According to Google Analytics, over 1.25 million unique visitors jumped onboard wechoosethemoon.org from l...

Are you going to the moon?

As part of the 40th Anniversary of the landing on the moon, we're going to celebrate by going back - in cyberspace. On July 16th, 2009, ...

We are doing it because it is hard.

1962. John Kennedy declares America is going to the moon. And we're going to do it not because it's easy but because it's hard. ...

A world with more birthdays.

Cancer has become so much a part of our lives, we have become somewhat numb to its dangers. We've gotten to the point where maybe we hav...

Golf pros are funny. Really.

Had a chance to do more directing in February. We cast in LA, shot four spots in one long day in Phoenix, edited in LA. The spots are runnin...

Obama wins. Again.

A couple of things Conscience produced for the Obama campaign recently won cannonballs at the 2008 Richmond Show. We made these posters for ...

A busy start to 2009.

Been neglectful of posts. Busy as snot, as they say in Minnesota. This is a series for PING's 50th anniversary, A half century since Kar...

Back in the saddle.

My first "advertising" work since returning from the heart attack. Was really a kick to work with a new partner, Nancy Hannon, one...

The joy.

This photo says it all. The joy on our faces, captured moments after CNN projected Barack Obama as the next President of the United State. T...

The vols.

We supervised an Obama staging location from the deep Richmond/Southside for most of October through Election Day. So many things stand out ...

The staff.

I had a heart attack in July. I'm recovered and back working. But the nearly 3-month break from my agency job allowed me to volunteer al...

The Obama creative explosion.

Wasn't it amazing to see all the unofficial Obama ads, music, video, paintings, viral, clothes, content? The guy unleashed so much creat...

Taking the leap. Kinda.

I've been fortunate to direct a couple projects the last year or so. It's something I'd like to do more of. (Join the club, righ...

The fierce urgency of now.

I have been spending as much time as I can volunteering for the Obama campaign here in Virginia. I'm doing whatever they ask: phone bank...

We are all connected.

Richmond is a pretty insular Southern town. But The Richmond Forum is an outstanding speaker series that attracts leaders and thinkers from...

Kids say the greenest things.

Getting 450 people at an ad agency to become more green is challenging. Slowly, we're changing behaviors. We're recycling more pape...

Where did you get those big ears?

A new web home for PING.

PING GOLF has been a client since 1996. The game has seen a lot of changes since then. (We were still selling wood "woods" back th...

JFK wins at The Kelly Awards.

The 30 best magazine campaigns of 2007 have been selected and the "Ticket" campaign for The JFK Presidential LIbrary has been chos...

After eight long years, hope.

Finally, it looks like Obama will survive Hilary and begin his campaign against John McCain. What a blessing to have a leader of his grace, ...

Saving the planet on a budget.

It's not easy. Just Google Wal-Mart and let the bashing begin. Making commercials for a brand like this is not for every creative. Some ...

Lucky to be there.

The first spot I directed for MASN, the regional sports cable network, has won two Gold Awards in the Baltimore Addys. It now heads to the R...

The anti-ad school.

Nancy Rice, One Show Hall of Fame member, has a pretty novel thing going in Minneapolis. She is teaching the advertising craft to undergrad...

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