Year: 2007
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Get Me A Place…Now!
Missed this one first time around: The Viral Learning Centre…
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Forbidden Lego
God I wish I’d had this as a kid. Instead of building crappy cars whose wheels fell off I could have been putting together a ‘high velocity automatic Lego plate dispenser’ or a ‘paper plane launcher’. Or howabout this medieval stylee catapult for seeing if your little sister’s Sylvanian family can fly: From two ex-Lego…
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The Gentle Touch
I saw a presentation this morning by self styled "chubby grocer" (great moniker) Mark Price, MD of Waitrose. There was something quite unique about the way he described the approach they have to their communications. It’s been about 10 years since Waitrose ended their advertising drought (for about 100 years the partnership believed that investment…
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Redefining Marketing
MAD posted on Friday on the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s attempt to redefine the role of marketing. Believe it or not, the CIM’s definition of marketing has been the same for over 30 years. It was way back in 1976 (the same year as Chopper bikes, Punk, The Muppets, Starsky & Hutch cardigans, and the…
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Moving House
It may be a bit quiet around here for a few days as I’m moving house tommorrow (yay!). Back soon though. Image
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No Contest
Marcus is a man of rare wit and intelligence but in The Smiths vs Boney M humdinger there really can only be one winner…especially when it comes to sleeve artwork. Vote for The Smiths here
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Remake, Remodel
Business models are changing everywhere. New models which incorporate the new world order are particularly interesting. I like the way this one decribes a model based around consumer involvement, collaboration and open source – it’s a nice analogy: The ‘Beekeeper’ modelThe Bee Keeper creates an environment that is attractive for bees: accommodation and a natural,…