Zeus Jones Upgrades Their Site

Zeus Jones of Minneapolis is kicking it up a notch in the agency website department. Their new site features live feeds (twitter, delicious, etc) from employees, something called "From the Head of Zeus Jones", and basically a whole bunch of information and fun stuff that is putting most other agency sites to shame. Agencies take note: no flash intro or lengthy mission / vision statements. Rather it's a real time look into the agency along with a source of some interesting info about Zeus Jones that you'd expect on a site. In other words, I actually want to come back from time to time to check it out and see what's changed.
(via AdFreak)

Hey Whipple, Squeeze This Author Luke Sullivan in Minneapolis

If you find yourself anywhere near Minneapolis around May 1st you'll want to head down to the portfolio school Brainco to see Luke Sullivan, author of "Hey Whipple, Squeeze This" and group creative head at GSD&M in Austin. Sullivan will give a presentation about the new chapters in the 3rd edition of his book in addition to doing a book signing. For details and to RSVP go to the Brainco website.

Never heard of Brainco? They're a portfolio school just outside of Minneapolis. I spent a weekend there in February for a creative workshop and I can attest firsthand that it's a hip little joint. For some reason it seems to fly under the radar for most people when they think portfolio school, but for some reason I think that Brainco is just fine with being a hidden gem.