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Changing the world – one pixel at a time
17, Jan 2011It’s been a blistering start to the year in just about every quarter. Unless you happen to be a Liverpool fan. Anyway, as the UK economy slowly drags itself out of the mire of the past couple of years, we are seeing the rise of a lot more sites that draw on the power of [...]
Beauty is in the eye of the beholden
23, Dec 2010The Nativity is such a compelling story for a number of reasons, but my favourite is how it challenges our preconceptions. Specifically our notion of status. A human-born deity with the power to change the world comes into being in a setting of abject poverty and humility. He is not a king, nor the son [...]
Friday Festive Fun
17, Dec 2010I set the team a competition to discover the best company Christmas offering. Feast yourself and indulge on the seasonal array of goodies. And let us know which you think is the best. Merry Christmas! Andy 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4911UER9bI&feature=player_embedded 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpTGPBzAT8s&feature=related 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgBUqJzgvBo&feature=related 4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDewRA0E1zo 5. http://awesomechristmascarols.com/ 6. http://merrytwittertree.com/ 7. http://www.adobe.com/special/holidaycard/?2010 8. http://www.virtualholidaydinner.com/ 9. http://www.holidayharmonizer.com/ 10. [...]
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One World. 24 Hours. 6 Billion Perspectives.
26, Nov 2010Earlier this week I came across an interview with Sir Martin Sorrell, where he was talking about the future of advertising. In it he says that content is king. He’s right, but I think that its more than this. Advertising isn’t just about content (rich content though it may be), it is now essential to [...]
Can creativity change the world?
19, Nov 2010TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a fantastic site – a regular source of inspiration. If there is one site that should be part of your weekly digest, this is it. It’s easily digestible, with videos centred on a broad range of topics. No pitching, no sales, just ideas. Anyway, this week’s mail is dedicated to [...]
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What’s inside the big Hyatt head?
12, Nov 2010A mixed bag this week – catering for a wide range of needs. Hopefully there will be at least one thing to keep you occupied (the Ralph Lauren video is well worth a watch). Enjoy Catering for student needs I thought I’d start with a nice collection of links and ideas. Read the article and [...]
Standing out from the crowd
22, Oct 2010One of the points I tend to make when asked to futurecast about where the recruitment industry is headed is that entire process of recruitment needs revisiting. There tends to be a lot of focus on innovation in the channels that are used to reach candidates, as well as engaging new approaches to communicating brand [...]
Friday mail – chick, chick, chick, CHICKEN!
12, Oct 2010No prizes for guessing the theme of this week’s mail . On Wednesday, we were all brought together by some wonderful, morale-boosting news and it would be a travesty not to honour it with a few end-of-the-week online ramblings. So here goes: 200 words on Clokie’s bumper crop of maris pipers. Oh, alriight, alright. If [...]
Application crazy!
4, Oct 2010We’ve gone app crazy at the moment, so I have been looking around for examples of this to help the Digital or Creative teams. The first two links sit firmly in that category, so unless you are interested in coding or the technical aspect of application development, I doubt they are going to be of [...]