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“Change is the only constant. Hanging on is the only sin.”
-Denise McCluggage

There’s almost no such thing as a good ‘Coming Soon’ page, but if you’re going to put one up you might as well include an animated GIF. Karlssonwilker’s home page takes the visitor back in time to the late 90’s, with their own twist and surprise on how cool 256 animated colors can be.

Facebook was their idea. Then Zuckerburg stole it and made his own. Allegedly.
Much in the same way Bill Gates “ganked” Steve Jobs. Allegedly.
The twins have gone from obscure unknowns to pistachio pitchmen. Good to see them poke fun at the Zuck.

We’re thrilled to get the opportunity to create some recent P.O.S. material for an Idaho icon: Stinker Stores. We teamed with Boise-based creative Dusty Schmidt to help promote that the fuel store chain will now redeem Albertsons Gas Rewards. In other words, you just shop at Albertsons to earn Fuel Rewards points that you can [...]

Big thanks to Rizen’s own Ron Baker on seven iconic, original pieces of theme art for Ignite Boise. As Ron tells it, the latest one created after reflecting on the shear number of presentations that have been given at Ignites. 6 events X 15-16 presos = 100ish talks.
His hope was to inspire a new batch [...]

“I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do.”
-Steve Jobs

Last week, we shared the Winter Breakaway Sweepstakes details on behalf of Southwest Idaho Travel Association (have you entered yet?). Well, the airport display was installed this week and we just had to show it to you.
If you happen to be at the airport between now and late February, have a seat on the lift, take a photo and [...]

Reasearchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine released a study in the journal Addiction.
They’re trying to figure out if mentions of alcohol brands in rap songs constitutes advertising. Why? Teens listen to rap music and “It is illegal to direct advertising at anyone under the legal drinking age of 21 in the U.S.,” [...]

With our client, Southwest Idaho Travel Association, we developed the Winter Breakaway Sweepstakes. The winner gets to fly to Boise for 4 days of powder-packed skiing (or boarding) at Bogus, Brundage and Tamarack.
The big winner will be chosen by February 6th. Winners will also be selected for resort goodies, lessons, rentals and other prizes monthly through January [...]

Working with the Idaho Wine Commission, we know there’s some fine wine coming out of Idaho, but it’s always nice when experts back up our claim. On Monday, eight judges, including a “Master of Wine” candidate and the Boise Co-op wine manager sipped on 170 Idaho wines and awarded 12 with gold medals (including 2 double gold medals).
Sawtooth Winery’s 2010 [...]