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2009

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2009 1,799

December 2009

November 2009

October 2009

30 Octnew moleskine drawing: "tried life"
28 Oct"the moment"
27 Octmore thoughts on "evil plans"
26 Octrudy's "sause": social object case study
26 Octthe main point of the internet
25 Octback from toronto: "passion is social"
22 OctNews from Toronto: Psalm 23 Moleskine just sold for $1800.00
18 Octi'm not delusional
17 Octtexas tweetups, stormhoek-style.
16 Octportfolio number three: pre-order
12 Oct"continuity"
12 Octgapingvoid gallery gets a facelift
11 Oct"a business model takes two years"
9 Octparty aftermath…
7 Octthe "commitment" cartoon, 1998
7 Oct@gapingvoid coming to visit your town?
7 Octgreetings from new york
4 Octtoday i spent most of the morning working on "gapingvoid's big monster pimping p …
4 Octif you want more blog traffic…
4 Octo lord
4 Oct"bleed and feed": hey, it works for me.
3 Octthe red zone and the gray zone
3 Oct"art for the real world"
2 Octhow 'cube grenades' are re-inventing the advertising business [at least for me]
1 Oct"a good customer base is the best marketing department there is"

September 2009

30 Sep[pre-publication print offer:] love matters. people matter. everything else is secondary. …
29 Seprandom book sighting in japan
28 Sep"and if only one percent of those people…"
27 Sepwe should be dead: what's your commitment level?
26 Septhe person i was born to be
24 Sepwhy i chose a restaurant over an art gallery for the print-signing party
24 Septhe crazy, unrelenting, over-extended existence
24 Sepshit creek consulting
23 Sepgapingvoid lands second book deal…
22 Sepdrawing fewer big pieces…
22 Sepcube grenade in action…
22 Seplife is too short not to have an "evil plan"
22 Sepinvite for the social event of the year: the purple cow print party, nyny, october 8th
21 Sepi wonder what the market is for gapingvoid t-shirts…
20 Sepframed option now available
19 Sepwe should be dead
19 Separtists are entrepreneurs and marketers, too
18 Sepa story [blue]
18 Septhoughts on being an artist
18 Sepshit creek consulting
18 SepIm not publishing new high rez cartoons on gapingvoid any more
16 Seplondon charity auction: “liver good life”
16 Sepwhat’s your coping mechanism?
15 Sepevil plans & english cut
15 Sep— Gapingvoid
14 Septhe george series
14 Sepcan art have "users"? [revisited]
13 Sepnobody cares. get over it.
13 Septhe twenty
13 Sepglobal microbrand: best made axes
12 Sepmy next book's title: "evil plans: and 39 other keys to building a global microb …
10 Septhe new york print
10 Septhe purple cow print party: venue confirmed
4 Septhe "vanished" print now for sale individually
2 Sepmarfa one is finished
1 Sepnotes on office art

August 2009

30 Aug"marfa one"
30 Aug"big cartoons"
30 Augten questions for shel israel
28 Augframed dinosaur
28 Augthe marfa series
23 Augthe social event of the year: the purple cow print party, NYNY, October 8th
22 Augaustralian moleskine
19 Augportfolio number two update
18 Augi like difficult
18 Augtexas tweetups, stormhoek-style
18 Augthe big, purple cube grenade
17 Augwhat does it all mean, alfie?
17 Aug"ignore everybody" portfolio series number two: signed and numbered, 11"x14 …
16 Aughate you
15 Aug"ignore everybody" video
13 Augten thousand people: the antidote to 'chasing gigs'
13 Auggreyblue 0909
12 Augshortlist: portfolio number two
10 Augcoming soon: portfolio number two
8 Aug"cube grenades" start arriving
7 Augwelcome to the overextended class
6 Augten qustions for chris anderson, editor-in-chief for wired magazine
5 Augupdate: still on- the "ignore everybody" prints, pre-order at $275.00, with a $ …
5 Augstormhoek bottles
4 Augred & black 0907
3 Augboing boing and baked-in sociality etc.
2 Aughow blogging really works: random acts of traction

July 2009

29 Julthe "ignore everybody" prints, pre-order at $275.00, with a $50.00 deposit.
29 Julwho says you can't have it all?
27 Julthe web 2.0 conference
27 Julthe dinoasaur print
26 Julnote to texas twitterers: futile marketing in texas
26 Julstormhoek, terlingua
24 Julheeding the call
22 Juli wanna create
22 Juldumb cat
21 Julambient guitar
16 Julhome again
11 Jultechcrunch party roundup
9 Julsf & nyny
9 Julthe "hughtrain" cube grenade
7 Julunder the surface
7 Juluntitled 469
7 Julart equals cocaine
7 Julevery product
7 Julsmarter wine, cont'd…
7 Juluntitled 468
6 Jula plague
6 Juluntitled 467
6 Jultrying to evolve
6 Juldouchebag nation
6 Julhollywood
5 Julblocked
5 Jul"probably never"

June 2009

29 Junrecession
29 Junthe count of three
29 Jungoogle vs bing
29 Jun'how thingamy will revolutionize enterprise software"
27 Junmore evil plans
25 Junmy next book: “evil plans"
23 Junthe "quality" print now available individually
23 Jundoubting thomas
21 Jungapingvoid is proud to present: THE WORST MARKETING IDEA EVER!!!!!
18 Junthe creative bug
18 Junroad trip?
17 Junnewsletter excerpt
17 Juncube grenade poster
17 Juncdf newsletter cube grenade print offer
16 Jun"ignore everybody" book reviews
16 Jun"a man plugging a book talks to a man plugging a book"
11 Jun"ignore everybody" portfolio series number one: signed and numbered, 11"x14 …
11 Jun"ignore everybody" launches today
8 Jungeorge had a plan!
8 JunGeorge
8 Junif i only had a brain
8 Junsurrounded
7 Junpurple cow pic
7 Junadvertising moleskine
6 Juna wearable cube grenade
6 Junhello from miami
5 Junsocial object: the "dream big" bumper stcker
5 Junthe dream begins
3 Jun"ignore everybody" cube grenades: the new small print series
2 Jungod wants
1 Junjr 001
1 Junthe human river
1 JunNode
1 JunBeer
1 Junare we

May 2009

30 Maycube grenades: the pitch to ad agencies
30 Maytwenty five years
27 Maystupid [blue]
25 May‘cube grenades’: using my cartoons to help your business kick ass
23 Maydreck intolerance
23 May"ignore everybody" prints on their way
18 Maypyramid of…
15 Maythe 'create or die' cube grenade
14 Maycube grenades
11 Maycdf newsletter offer
11 Maywelcome to the hunger
8 Mayon finding "meaningful work"
6 May500 free signed copies of "ignore everybody" now available
4 MayDear God,
2 Maythe cat
2 Maymore hot @stormhoek action in #alpinetexas #futilemarketing
1 Maynote to archair quarterback
1 Maysocial proof: "where the molecules are"
1 Maya marketing 2.0 icon

April 2009

30 Aprputting the "global" into "global microbrand"
30 Aprart, myth and marketing
30 Aprnew work for sale
30 Aprprobably my best interview ever…
28 Aprthe new gapingvoid print: the purple cow "totem": pre-order $495
25 Aprart as 'social marker'
25 Aprmore stormhoek in far west texas
24 Aprsigning prints in miami
24 Aprprints, people and pics
24 Apr"fred 44", revisited
23 Aprdoes art have "users"?
21 AprMarfa
21 Aprmoleskines
16 AprDeepZoomPix
16 Apr"create or die"
15 Apr"Dream Big"
15 Aprthe studio
15 Aprextremely hard
13 Aprthe thing is…
13 Apr"ignore everybody" launches June 11th, 2009
13 Aprthe next gapingvoid print: "create or die": $265 pre-order
11 Aprgapingvoid's secret, evil plan finally goes public…
10 Aprprint update: wolf vs sheep $265 offer extended throughout easter holiday
9 Aprthe white pebble
9 Aprthe survival dance and the sacred dance
8 Aprthe next gapingvoid print: “wolf vs sheep”, pre-order at $265
8 Apri am intoxicated
8 Aprart, the kinetic quality and social objects
7 Aprthe next gapingvoid print: "wolf vs sheep", "love begets love", or � …
7 Aprthe "ignore everybody" cartoon
7 Aprmediocrity sucks
7 Aprmediocrity now howls in protest
7 Aprcreate or die
6 Aprtyger! tyger!
5 Aprsame cross (green)
5 Aprgod isn't dead
5 Aprpsalm 23
4 Aprblue monster israel
1 Aprprint update: signing
1 Aprthe purple cow cartoon
1 Aprculture = culture

March 2009

25 Margapingvoid commissioned prints
24 Marmediocrity now howls in protest
24 Mar"hey kids, it's dinosaur time again!"
23 Mardesertmanhattan is finished
21 Marpainting update
21 Marwhat do middle seats on airplanes and the current recession have in common?
21 Marjohn t. unger, artist and global microbrand
19 Marbluetrain prints arriving!
15 Marhello from sxsw
10 Mar"ignore everybody" launches june 11th, 2009
2 Marthe next gapingvoid print: "corinthians", $250 pre-order
2 Marprint update: only four left!

February 2009

27 Febholiday cottages in austin etc
25 Febsigning the bluetrain prints…
24 Febprint update: "we need to talk" to be the next limited edition
23 Febsecond gapingvoid print in the works, or, why i'm not going down the gallery route
23 Febrecessions
23 Febgo! go! go! go!
23 Feb1 corinthians 13
23 Febshe loves me
21 Febdream big. alpine, texas. andrew suber.
21 Febcrazy, deranged fool: founder's brewing, grand rapids, michigan
20 Febdear crazy, deranged fools, i'm starting a newsletter, part two
19 Febdear crazy, deranged fools, i'm starting a newsletter
18 Febdear crazy, deranged fools…
17 Febsms: important thoughts
17 Febdream big. alpine, texas. blacksmith.
17 Febthose crazy, deranged fools…
17 Feba love letter to god, part two
14 Febthe assimilated negro
13 FebPhoebe
13 Febmoleskine label
13 FebPortal
13 Febmind heart
13 Febgrey spaceship
13 Febexcites
13 FebMeta
12 Febdream big. alpine, texas.
10 Febreal men 2.0
10 FebJoy
10 Febsave fifty
10 Febwikipedia moleskine
10 Febi am a negro…
8 Febpeople matter. objects don't.
8 Febeuphemism
8 Febinterview with harry, alpine, texas
8 Febsignature
8 Febyou are
8 Febvalidate
8 Febuntitled 466
8 Febuntitled 465
8 Febthe insanity
8 Febstarship
8 Febnot dead
8 Febi want for nothing
5 Febintroducing futilemarketing.com
4 Febabout the blue monster tattoo guy losing his job at microsoft…
2 FebBsg
2 Febthe adventure has begun…

January 2009

31 Jankidnapping fish & dogs with the hardvard lampoon
30 Janstormhoek tasting at harry's tonight
29 Jan"ignore everybody" galleys arrived in the mail today…
27 Jan"ignore everybody" galleys for twitterers
26 Janten questions for mark o'donnell
24 Jandesertmanhattan update
23 Jan"bluetrain" print almost ready to ship
18 Jangreetings from the road…
11 Janthe future belongs…
5 Janthe final print: putting it up on ebay…
5 Janok, back to work…
4 Janthe myth
4 Janhot action
4 Janhipster
4 Jancalifornia
4 Jankhaki power!
4 Jantheatre
4 Januntitled 464
4 Jandesertmanhattan update
4 Janthe mess you make
4 Janpaid my dues
4 Janbillionaire
4 Janwest texas mountains
4 Jan1997