keeping the old ticker going | we did it

  Thanks to all the kind people who sponsored me and Jude, we have raised £562 for the British Heart Foundation! We did the sponsored walk last night - all 6k of it. We walked because Jude's knees are not so good (long story) which is ironic considering the battering mine took on a weeklyContinue reading "keeping the old ticker going | we did it"

a tale of two pieces of direct mail

I don't get that much direct mail these days so I do genuinely get excited by nice pieces of work. Not that too many have come through my postbox of late. But in the last couple of weeks, two contrasting bits of mail did arrive. Both personalised postcards so they should get to the pointContinue reading "a tale of two pieces of direct mail"

a product of free will?

Or just devoid of any distinguishing features? The love/hate or ugly/beautiful positioning for the new Volvo C30 is a bit limp to say the least. Having spent many hours locked in focus groups for new vehicle launches in the past up and down both the UK and across the spectacularly different opinions of Europe, itsContinue reading "a product of free will?"

forget david, gordon or ming (!) – vote me | bloggers choice award

  First up, I'll admit I nominated myself because I really, really wanted to have this funky little graphic dude holding my blog in his digitised paws. I've been waiting all weekend for the image to be processed. So, that may be wrong but it doesn't actually count as a vote so I still haveContinue reading "forget david, gordon or ming (!) – vote me | bloggers choice award"

robbie williams’ shorts

  I finally got round to watching the TV special recently after it had been on our Sky+ box for a while and was impressed by how up and coming directors had made excellent short films inspired by the new Rudebox album. Even more impressive are the videos created by regular folks on the competitionContinue reading "robbie williams’ shorts"