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Al Green on 125th Street
OK, call me a lefty ideologue who laps up whatever nonsense the Democrats put out but I’ve been watching the Romney v. Gingritch thing and I just don’t understand how these massively un-presidential types think th...
Dear Lovefilm, please fix your VOD proposition.
Dear Lovefilm, thanks for taking the time to compose such a thorough response explaining what you are doing with your customer proposition.
Are TV shows the latest social objects?
I worked on a project called “Fanbases” last year, a project to build a publishing hub that would allow brands to place themselves in the centre of relevant, fan-driven conversations.
Open-source manufacturing gets real
Invert the polarity of the neutron flow! from Morten Hjerde on Vimeo.
Mornington Crescent
CU-2 never ceases to surprise me. The other morning he corners me and demands we play his new game he’s just invented. He spends at least 15 minutes explaining what dots mean and how you rub random bits out with y...
In our story,Filed under things I didn’t know about the Royal Mail
Wow, it’s a voyage of discovery… Turns out the post office (RMG for royal mail group) runs a ginormous logistics operation in the Netherlands (it’s called G.L.S.)
Unbelievable recruitment crazy nonsense
Recruiters continue to amaze me. This just came through on a list I follow.
What does Daddy do all day?
CU-1 and HEF are always wondering what dad does all day. Well, the lovely Ian over at Internet Retailing just sent me this pic of him asking the questions at the recent IR Etail expo at the NEC.
Group buying (redux)
I know it’s a little embarrassing, but what’s the point of having ideas if they have to stay locked up in a drawer…
Should I commission more strategy work from agencies?
Should I commission more strategy work from agencies? This item cross-posted to Goodlookslikethis Dug’s work blog
Small world (Leeds United, 28 May 1975)
So I took a cab to #GSJLeeds yesterday and the driver and I got talking.
In our story,CU-2’s pirate ship
Once upon a time manufacturers actually manufactured stuff. This thing is amasing, it has hundreds of little parts (down to carrots and dueling pistols and a plank to walk) a crane that moves, canons and jolly rog...
Loving my new Mitas E10 tyres -- -)
Kevin at http://www.sbwmotorrad-bmw.com recently fitted some Mitas E10’s to the GSA. I think I may have been his first customer to go with these hoops so he sent me an email a couple of days ago asking how I was d...
Gen-Y goes shopping
Lovely infographic from getsat (Get Satisfaction) re Gen-Y purchasing behaviour:
Modern Marketing - Blog by Collaborate PR & Marketing -- Shiny Shiny Syndrome
James has a great new post on the management of innovation in business and the obsession with the new. He calls it Shiny Shiny Syndrome
Designjam
Thinking some Hemel Visual and UX folk might enjoy designjamlondon.eventbrite.com tickets go on sale at 13:00 today (in 6 minutes)