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keith byrne

Maybe this is who we are.

Like a lot of people around these parts, I’m a bit dazed by what happened last night. And like a lot of parents, I had to explain why Trump…

1 min readNov 9, 2016

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keith byrne

Using the word matters matters.

I couldn’t help noticing the number of big brands using the word matters in their tag lines. (Full disclosure: We nearly sold a tag with…

1 min readSep 23, 2015

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keith byrne

The wisdom of dragger captains

I just finished a wonderful biography of the New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell and am now re-reading some of my favorite pieces. This…

1 min readSep 15, 2015

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keith byrne

Death by a thousand pillars

I’m just going to say it. I hate pillars.

1 min readSep 10, 2015

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Death by a thousand pillars

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keith byrne

Joseph Mitchell

I’m in the middle of Thomas Kunkel’s biography of the great New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell. (It’s a quick and worthwhile read, if you’re…

1 min readSep 9, 2015

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keith byrne

Fall

Today is the first day of school in New York City, and, even though, I’ve been out of school for a good many years now, the rhythms of the…

1 min readSep 9, 2015

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Goodbye Tumblr. Hello Medium.

For those of you keeping score at home, I’ve been sporadically writing on Tumblr for the last couple years — less so recently.

1 min readAug 17, 2015

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keith byrne

Self-loathing

I remember when I was 17 or 18, I was home on Long Island looking for a summer job and answered an ad for a local tire company.

2 min readAug 13, 2015

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keith byrne

I quit.

If you work in the ad business — or any other — these are words you’ve probably dreamed about saying more than a few times.

2 min readAug 13, 2015

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keith byrne

keith byrne

I’m a creative director in NYC. These are my half-baked scribblings on advertising, writing and life in general. Past: Equinox, R/GA, Ogilvy.

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