Here’s a great presentation from the Techno//Marketer himself, Matt Dickman. Definitely worth 40 minutes fo your time. A really well structured presentation with neat examples and good brain food to start the day. And here’s 8 future trends from Leo Burnett in London. Nice to hear a British voice too. And here’s another! This timeContinueContinue reading “future trends in advertising”
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the future of starbucks is you
Starbucks want your ideas to develop their future offering. A really simple concept – ask your 50 million customers what they want. Especially as they’re basically the nomadic home of the homeworkers or those wanting to escape the office. I’ll be interested to watch how the “see” section develops as that’s basically the proof ofContinueContinue reading “the future of starbucks is you”
puma and w hotels deliver a platter of mongolian shoe bbq
I forgot about this when I posted my somewhat lengthy stuff about New York until I found the flyer in my bag. Puma have joined forces with W Hotels to allow guests at this trendy venue to… well, let’s use their words: … bring you the freshest and most fabulous ingredients so you can spiceContinueContinue reading “puma and w hotels deliver a platter of mongolian shoe bbq”
manifesto monday
“Markets are conversations.” Well, we all should know that by now and should be putting it in place in all our work. But this statement originated in 1999. Way back when dial up tones were the norm. The statement came from the Cluetrain Manifesto which was way ahead of its time. This report from TechnoratiContinueContinue reading “manifesto monday”
no. 26 in uk power 150 blogs
In a blatant bit of self-promotion, I really like this post. Spinning Around (thanks for the tag) has pulled out the UK blogs from the Ad Age Power 150 and ranked them. I’m pleasantly surprised (and I’ve moved up from the +500 rank in the overall list). But more importantly, this list also gives meContinueContinue reading “no. 26 in uk power 150 blogs”
don’t you wish your contact reports looked like this?
Link Found on Boing Boing
a round up of sci-fi stuff
I’m liking Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Especially Cameron the friendly Terminator – “I’m a bitch whore”. After the dreadfulness of T3, nice to see a return to form even without Arnie. Some good community content on that site too to extend the experience. However, Flash Gordon on Sci Fi is just shit. I evenContinueContinue reading “a round up of sci-fi stuff”
stuff and things 19.03.08
How Half Life changed gaming Do agencies need account handlers? Interesting debate on Brand Republic. (Thanks to Carrie). My favourite response to the debate premise: Max old chap, silly triangles and re-writing the brief is planning, making sure your ad goes out on time is account management. If you think the assortment of nutcases andContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 19.03.08”
stuff and things 18.03.08
Diesel & Adidas bring you 83 ways to waste your time (via Damiano on Twitter) International web design and flash showcase Times article on how to make the most of a corporate blog with lots of links for examples and reports. Quaker Oats join the digital conversation Cyberpsychology and Behaviour research paper entitled “Distress, Coping,ContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 18.03.08”
visualisations and digital map mash ups
Regular readers will know I love a good graphic so I thought I’d share the above as a cool example of displaying data trends, this example being for US box office. Originally found on Boing Boing. And this web trend map from Tokyo found on Nicola Davies’ blog. Go there where you can find aContinueContinue reading “visualisations and digital map mash ups”
