Category Archives: thoughts

zitty to pretty

Great copy line, shame the website is a little tricky to find using it on Google. Shame they also didn’t continue the nice illustration style either and the content is quite poor when the primary audience is zitty teenage girls who have short attention spans. Surely something more imaginative than clearing pretend spots (which lookContinueContinue reading “zitty to pretty”

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 weeklyContinueContinue reading “keeping the old ticker going | we did it”

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 competitionContinueContinue reading “robbie williams’ shorts”

socially (ir)responsible advertising

Couldn’t get away with these ads for Flirt Vodka in the UK drinks market as it promotes sexual promiscuity & drinking. The caption says “she’ll be choosing for a long time” – filthy minx. More examples here, here, here and here. And this TV campaign for the King of Condoms in France has some slightlyContinueContinue reading “socially (ir)responsible advertising”

football 2.0

Emmel has beat me to it. Interesting idea to get 50,000 people to stump up £35 and then buy a footy team. AFC Bournemouth tried a similar thing as the first community club but they didn’t have 50,000 trying to work out why we have no decent left-footed players in the country. Would we haveContinueContinue reading “football 2.0”

it’s all about upgrades – even in jail

We all like something better than the next person. If they have a standard card, we want a Gold. And then Platinum. And if we’re really lucky… black. This loyalty/upgrade/privilege routine is so ingrained in our consumer psyche that its stretched into many parts of our lives. But who would have thought it would enterContinueContinue reading “it’s all about upgrades – even in jail”