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Tag: Trade School

Horse-Powered Travel Planners and Other Reasons the Indie World Doesn’t Do Boring

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Indie Spin: The one with predictive creator math, a Kentucky Fried three-peat, and a zombie game announcement nobody saw coming.

Record Players, Mob Bosses, and AI’s Privilege Problem

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Indie Spin: The one with nuclear submarine vodka, a fake construction site in Soho, and 83.6% of shoppers who can’t tell your brand apart.

Indie Spin: The one with AI guardrails, creator economies, and why craft just became the new flex

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Indie Spin: The one with prediction markets, agentic AI creative directors, and the death of free spec work

Super Bowl Sermons and the Death of Discount Culture

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Indie Spin: The one with protein theology, AI litigation, and the quiet extinction of “sale” stickers

Indies Double Down on Being Human While AI Rewrites the Rules

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Indie Spin: The one with 100+ predictions, AI agents, and Jonas Brothers taking on algorithm clutter.

Why Three Agency Leaders Threw Out the Executive Playbook to Be More Real

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When authenticity beats polish, everybody wins

When Dunkin’ Renames Your Town

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Indie Spin: The one with municipal makeovers, chief heart officers, and fractional futures

Ranch Dressing Reality Shows and Other Signs of Peak Creative Confidence

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Indie Spin: The one with live dressing cams, AI guardrails, and leadership do-overs

Mischief’s 5-Year Body Reconstruction and Other Pre-Cannes Preparations

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Indie Spin: The one with hot tub resurrections, AI writers getting pink slips, and Dick jokes making Lions

IndieWork: The Ghost of Blockbusters Past

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Plus, civitas scores with Apple TV

Meet An Indie Agency: Trade School

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