February 2012
8 posts
A collection of things I find on the internet...:... →
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The better you write, the higher you go in Ogilvy & Mather. People who think well, write well.
Woolly minded people write woolly memos, woolly letters and woolly speeches.
Good writing is not a natural gift. You have to learn to write well. Here are 10 hints:
1. Read the Roman-Raphaelson book…
January 2012
3 posts
Huh?
December 2011
6 posts
Ghosts in the Machine
Yesterday I began watching the 2010 BBC 5-part documentary series The Genius of Design exploring the history of design. Episode 1, Ghosts in the Machine, traces the birth of industrial design and mass production techniques pioneered in the industrial revolution. Most striking, the so-called ‘x-files’ of Victorian taste revealed (Video here - 28:39) in the distinctive textile patterns...
November 2011
5 posts
October 2011
8 posts
“An advertiser and his agency are very closely bound up with the brand and its...”
The Structure of Conversations
To have a conversation, you have to be comfortable being human —acknowledging you don’t have all the answers, being eager to learn from someone else and to build new ideas together.
You can only have a conversation if you’re not afraid to be wrong. Otherwise, you’re not conversing, you’re just declaiming, speechifying, or reading what’s on the PowerPoints. To...
September 2011
5 posts
analog to digital
I really like the video presentation on Spotify’s new-ish Web site. It does a good job explaining what the service is all about and how you might want to use it. Glorious old vinyl and analog media serve as the starting point for their story, but hey, where’s the 8-track cassette tape above? A lot of people would say mass music consumption began with turntables and vinyl and lived...
WatchWho are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. -Carl Sagan
August 2011
10 posts
WatchInspiring short film on Milton Glaser, legendary designer.
The Words 'Twitter' And 'Facebook' Banned In...
Not really a new story, but in a video report by BBC’s Click programme, France’s broadcast regulator were apparently too busy to talk with Click reporters regarding their decision to ban mention of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter on radio or television - unless they are specifically part of the story. About half way through the story we see a shot of the French...
“Whatever you’re doing, right now, learn to focus completely on doing that one...”
– The Amazing Power of Being Present, by Leo Babauta.
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July 2011
3 posts
“Creativity is coming up with something new by letting go of convention -Kenneth...”
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
4 posts
