Archive for 'Miscellaneous'
Tesco for free speech!
I know it’s a bit off topic, but this did make me chuckle. Guess what’s for sale on the Tesco website?
Full StorySpending too much time in London internet cafes?
I am. I’m absolutely fed up to the back teeth with sitting on uncomfortable chairs for hours in Costa Coffee with crawling, 5 quid an hour internet waiting for my next meeting. But I’ve found an alternative! Last week I finally went to check out The Hub in London. It’s a co-working space just behind [...]
Full StoryA little bit of Thursday wisdom
From Seth’s Blog: The two reasons people say no to your idea “It’s been done before” “It’s never been done before” Even though neither one is truthful, accurate or useful, you need to be prepared for both. Great stuff, as usual.
Full StoryIt all started so well
After finding out that Stef Lewandowski looks a bit like Sam Fox (apparently) I thought I’d give the “My Celebrity Lookalikes” viral a go. It was going great to begin with – Val Kilmer, Matthew Fox from Lost, even Richard Gere. Not bad. But then look what happens right at the end. Please, someone tell me I [...]
Full StoryA few interesting links for Wednesday afternoon
How to make spam into art. Genius. Our friend John Xela from Birmingham / Manchester based Type Records is currently the featured artist on Allmusic.com, one of my all-time top ten websites – congrats John. New website launched today: Creative Birmingham. Definitely one for the RSS reader if you’re from round these parts .
Full StoryEmily Quinton – “Under Control” Exhibition Opening
I just wanted to congratulate Emily on a fantastic exhibition opening last night. Great attendance and everyone who came was very impressed. The exhibition was an exploration of personal and documentary experiences of eating disorders and recovery. I think it’s incredibly brave of Emily to have done this show and so publicly “come out” to [...]
Full StoryViral Marketing Article
Here’s a draft of an article written for the IdeasFactory website. Comments and suggestions would be appreciated. (Target audience are independent creative people or small businesses) — Viral Marketing Almost everyone now receives “viral” emails. Every day most people receive jokes, games and increasingly video content passed on by their friends. But how could this [...]
Full StoryA Global system for creative shared practice
I find myself to be continually amazed about how often creative people have to reinvent the wheel when it comes to how to run their businesses. As a team who went through the process of setting up a design agency, it was almost impossible for us to find any information on how others had set [...]
Full StoryMy first post
Finally, here’s my blog. It’s taken me a while to get around to it but I’ve finally sorted it out (Thanks Charlotte for giving me the final kick up the bum that I needed!) I don’t quite know where this is going to lead but I think the main thing for me is that it [...]
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