Author Archives: Nicholas Gill

cloud like substance

  I read something some time back that essentially proposed that our digital lives are like clouds. And our ‘digital me’ acts just like clouds; some overlap into each other, some are fully formed shapes, some just wisps, some contain thunder and lightening and some contain beautiful things like snow. It’s possible that some daysContinueContinue reading “cloud like substance”

spam the monkey races with coulthard

  Faces For Charity is the Red Bull Racing team’s charity. But more important than that, for £10 you can get your mug on the side of their cars for the British Grand Prix! So Spam the Monkey gets to fly round Silverstone at nearly 200mph. Woo hoo! (and feel good as he’s done somethingContinueContinue reading “spam the monkey races with coulthard”

fakebook – it’s only rock ‘n’ roll

  Unsigned band, The Bribes, have just mildly annoyed about 4,000 Facebook members. Trading on the tirade of abuse that 2012 logo is getting, the band set up a fake facebook group. And then in a dastardly turn akin to the butler in Scooby Doo removing his mask, revealed that it was a ploy forContinueContinue reading “fakebook – it’s only rock ‘n’ roll”

socially (ir) responsible advertising | part 4

A smorgasbord of offerings here. And remember, this is taken from a UK perspective of what would frighten the old grannies here. Hymen Tightening Gel? Good lord. From an agency in Dubai. And we know it’s hard to get good techies anywhere so lets roll out the old “sex sells” mantra with a loose punContinueContinue reading “socially (ir) responsible advertising | part 4”

greatest hits – pass it on

I feel a bit like Girls Aloud being asked to do this by Philippe as I’ve only been going since March this year and therefore a few single releases being cobbled together to make a greatest hits album. Anyway, I’ll mix my album with a bit of what’s popular in the charts [people have readContinueContinue reading “greatest hits – pass it on”