Forget wikipedia, watch videopedia instead. 5min.com has short, instructional video clips on a whole lot of stuff. (source: iconoculture) Swap the plane for the train & get a first class ticket with Virgin Trains. The bearded one likes green stuff. Interesting that despite staggering out of Euston tube station each day onto the main concourseContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 15.06.07”
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stuff and things 14.06.07
I love this image of social circles that I found on bnox courtesy of Philippe. Explore the links in the bnox post, you will be rewarded. 60% of British bosses dream of sex during powerpoint presentations. See, it does make you go blind. “Abby is suffering a painful bum from being over-spanked” is possibly oneContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 14.06.07”
leave…
… a mark. You may remember that Hugo Boss had sent me an email a while back & I ordered a sample. Well, the only one that wasn’t sold out. Anyway, it pitched up last week. In a somewhat over-the-top dm piece. The copy is particularly alpha male, e.g. “To leave a mark or impressionContinueContinue reading “leave…”
stuff and things 13.06.07
I want one of these. The guy who created it is a finalist on the ITV series, Tycoon. And my wife works with someone who’s selling them. And it’s in my lounge! But it needs batteries and I don’t have any. The excitement level is huge. The key question is: can I adapt it toContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 13.06.07”
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”
oh dear
London 2012 needs to be more “street” and appeal to the “kidz” and be all “yoof” and things. This monstrosity doesn’t really say Olympic Games for me. The Olympics is once every four years, a celebration of the peak of human athleticism, something that participants have spent their entire life leading up to. TheContinueContinue reading “oh dear”
social media gone wrong
It’s always a struggle to get your hands on good and bad examples of corporate social media type things when in deck mode. This iMedia article has them both including the Wal Mart debacle and the PSP fake blog cock up. As an addendum to that one, apparently they thought the only reason itContinueContinue reading “social media gone wrong”
talking, not quite walking
Recent review of marketing manager type folk from Forrester shows that the old ways are still prevalent and that while there’s lots of discussion and good intent, trial and actual usage is still a way behind. In a candid chat with a former marketing client a few weeks ago, she let me know that herContinueContinue reading “talking, not quite walking”
hopes and dreams
Round up of social media launches. Beautiful example with Members Project from Amex by Digitas in US (disclosure time, I am Digitas London now, the artists previously known as Modem Media) allowing cardholders to share their project ideas, vote and then the best bit, Amex puts the project into reality. A great example of gettingContinueContinue reading “hopes and dreams”
it’s nice outdoors
This is a great example of a clear proposition being executed in a highly creative way to make a huge (literally) impact in a usually staid medium. Source: building brands.com
