Month: February 2008
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Life In Six Words
Image courtesy The other day I stumbled upon a charming idea from Larry Smith, Editor of Smith, the US based online magazine, which takes a Hemingway anecdote as it’s inspiration. Back in the 20’s, Hemingway apparently bet ten dollars that he could write a complete story in just six words. He wrote: "For sale: baby…
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The Worst Album Covers…Ever
I’m a big fan of Jeff Bridges. I love his work and he has an excellent website which I’ve mentioned before with some great stuff on it including a link to The Complete Works of Shakespeare (yes, really) and this little gem – a collection of some of the worst album covers you are ever…
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Don’t Hang Up
Image courtesy David Hepworth put me onto this great Radio 4 programme on Russell’s excellent speechification blog. Don’t Hang Up is a journey into the unknown. Presenter Alan Dein goes into a studio late at night and calls random phone boxes around the world, talking to the people who just happen to answer. In the…
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Stop What You Were About To Do…
…and read this. I was going to post something else today, but then I read John’s post and instead I think you should go there and read it too.
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Books As Art
I’m a sucker for a well designed book cover and have often thought of it as an underrated form of design. I think it adds a lot to the book your reading if it has a great cover. It can really set off, or frame, what’s inside. And it can’t be easy to capture all…
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The Great Football Giveaway
Image courtesySome years ago my missus was a marketer for Actionaid, the international anti-poverty agency. As part of the job she went on a trip to Malawi in Africa, then as it is now, one of the poorest countries in the world. I remember her describing the absolute poverty she had encountered, but also the…
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Taking Time Out
Image courtesyEric Picard raised an interesting point late last year about how agencies don’t spend nearly enough time strategising about themselves. He quotes the MD of a UK Digital Agency: "We try to keep our fingers on the pulse of advertising innovation on behalf of our customers – but we don’t hold our finger to…