More proof that people trust people rather than brands when finding out about stuff. Future aspirations survey from Chartered Management Institute. If you’re a “young manager” fill it in. If you haven’t found Groundswell yet. And make sure you follow Charlene Li on Twitter. And read the blog. And if you have any web 2.0ContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 16.05.08”
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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”
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”
one year on
Who better to interview me than my good buddy Spam the Monkey… Spam: You started this blog a year ago this week, tell us why you started? Nick: [bluurb] stuff and things started about 2.30am when I couldn’t get to sleep in an odd period in my life. I’ve always been inquisitive and liked toContinueContinue reading “one year on”
stuff and things 20.11.07
Ad week article: Is social media killing the microsite? ( Found following armano on twitter who now also has a product page on Facebook where you can get all the nice graphics) And talking of Facebook, here’s some interesting stats from the UK market. Good examples of social media in this post. And being aContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 20.11.07”
mmm, sweet, sweet beer
This is great. Track who you owe beer to. It works using the Twitter platform (which is where I found out about it). There’s also a non-beer version in the pipeline too so you can owe orange mocha frappucino’s too should you wish. Here’s the people who made it. This might trigger me toContinueContinue reading “mmm, sweet, sweet beer”
stuff and things 02.11.07
Informative post on Twitter & super users with lots of off-shoots to other conversations. Some great sound bites on Twitter and synergies between it and mobile for teen audience. Any question answered text service. It costs £1 a pop. Although having your URL as the SMS short code is a nice idea, it’s hardly memorableContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 02.11.07”
