Month: September 2010
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Journalism In The Age Of Data
"The ability to take data – to be able to understand it, to process it, to extract value from it, to visualize it, to communicate it – that's going to be a hugely important skill in the next decades…Because now we really do have essentially free and ubiquitous data. So the complimentary scarce factor is…
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Wiedenisms
Rules we live by: Advertising is a weapon; be careful where you point itCreativity comes out both endsDon't act bigDon't say it, be itDo something people will loveFail harderFind people who make you betterGet rid of the crap.Hire wrong.Independence is everythingLet goNo sharp stuffPatience and progress are f*cking hardShut up when someone's talkingStay foolish.The work…
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Buying Footballs
So, as you're no doubt aware by now, me and seven likely lads (Sam, Willem, Hugh, Matt, Darren, Steve, Thomas) from the advertising and media industry have got together over the blogosphere and decided to go to Tanzania in November and deliver footballs to some of the most disadvantaged kids in the world as part…
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Design Thinking, Agile Enterprise
The slow death of Dopplr was a sad thing to read. Whatever the reasons behind it, the atrophy of such an elegantly designed and executed idea is a cheerless thing to behold. But unfortunately it's symptomatic of something of a pattern (MySpace, Bebo, Friends Reunited). It's no accident that strong design thinking played such a…
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iPad Light Painting
This is way cool. A collaboration between Dentsu London and Berg on Making Future Magic. And Beeker worked on it. And you can read more about it here and here. Lovely. Making Future Magic: iPad light painting from Dentsu London on Vimeo.
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Update On Tanzania
So, it's been just over a week since I wrote about my odessey to Africa. When I wrote that post, I thought it would be amazing if 2 other people from the industry volunteered, so that we could make up a team of 3 to go and deliver footballs to some of the most disadvantaged kids in…
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Agile Planning
A collection of blog posts on the theme of agile planning and digital transformation from Neil Perkin