Year: 2008
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The Hidden Cost of The War In Iraq
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Making Content Pay
I was asked to do a piece for this week's New Media Age which I thought it would be worth sticking up here. It combines some short responses to individual questions about ad targeting, content, ad-funded models and mobile (restricted length on some big subjects probably means it doesn't flow as it could but then…
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Wario Land – Shake It
Can't stop watching this – it's brilliant.
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Modern Branding
Good concise presentation from Adrian at Zeus Jones who, as I've said before, really do get it. This reminds us not only how prescient John Grant's thinking was and is, but also finishes by questioning whether it's possible to create truly different products with the same processes, disciplines and people, and even whether our customers…
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56 Leonard St, Tribeca
Liking this from 'A Daily Dose of Architecture'. A lot. A new development by Herzog & de Meuron (them of the bird's nest) in Tribeca, NY. Just look at that. Most skyscrapers are all smooth lines. This is, well, it's almost pixelated. Like the sort of towers you'd build out of lego as a kid.…
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Think Tank
Yonks ago Russell used to do a thing called Post of the Month – people nominating what they thought were the best posts of the past month and then opening it up for a vote. He stopped doing it sometime ago and I kind of miss it not being around. It would always throw up…
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Opportunity
"Don't look for the next opportunity. The one you have in hand is the opportunity. We are always waiting for the perfect brief from the perfect client. It almost never happens. You're probably working on a job or project right now and saying 'This is boring, let's just deal with it and get it over…