Year: 2007
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New Wave, Bossa Nova, David Hepworth and Frank Sinatra
Typical. No posts about music and then 3 come along at once. As well as the NME’s contribution to comms thinking below, here are another couple of music related nuggets combined in one edible portion. First up: Mix classic British post-punk new wave sounds with Brazilian inspired bossa nova and what do you get? A…
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Comms, Radiohead And The NME
I did a talk with a big creative agency yesterday. I took Conor McNicholas, the editor of the NME, in with me to talk about the ever-changing music industry. The parallels with the comms industry are considerable and relatable. Both are witnessing challenges to established business practices and traditional modes of distribution, both are witnessing…
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Sustainable Fashion
Rebecca Earley is no ordinary fashion designer. As the Associate Director of the Textile Futures Research Group at the Chelsea College of Art and Design, her focus is on the reuse and recycling of fabrics and the reduction of "the vast amounts of water, energy and toxic chemicals used in their production". Whilst I was…
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Shop Local
New from Friends of the Earth. This is certainly an issue round our way as I suspect it is in most neighbourhoods. Includes the cheeky use of a certain strapline at the end…
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Blog Action Day
When I signed up to Blog Action Day sometime ago 3,500 blogs were a part of the initiative generating a claimed reach of over 3 million people. The concept behind it was gloriously simple – as many blogs posting on one issue (the environment) on one day (today) to raise awareness, create some noise, hopefully…
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Chuck Close
Heard an interview last night on Radio 4's Front Row with Chuck Close, American painter and photographer (self-portrait right). His story, and his work, are just amazing. He initally became known as a photorealist, painting works with such inconceivable attention to detail it is practically impossible to tell them apart from a photograph. In 1988…
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With Age Comes Wisdom
I saw a presentation recently from Bill Tancer, who runs global research at Hitwise. Bill (who was very engaging) touched on something which I thought was fascinating (and to be honest, quite unexpected) when talking about Wikipedia. It seems that there is quite an imbalance in the age demographic of those who view Wikipedia and…