Category: life
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25/04/10
I'm still reeling from the experience of running the London Marathon yesterday. I'll not bore you with the detail but to paraphrase something Tom said, all the willpower/goodwill/support and general humanity on display was truly humbling. I want to say a few thanks: to the girl outside the pub at mile 5 who offered…
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Unproductivity
How much time in businesses is spent fulfilling unproductive corporate practices that add little value? I'd guess it's a lot. And I'm guessing you think the same. I'm sure you recognise Matthew Parris's vivid description of the curse of e-mail, the kind of electronic turmoil generated by copy-in and reply-all which have meant that our…
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#VLM10
I don't make a habit of asking for anything on this blog but I'm making an exception for something exceptional. In less than two weeks time I shall be running the Virgin London Marathon for the PSP Association, a small, little-known charity that does amazing work with the sufferers of Progressive SupraNuclear Palsy –…
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Only Dead Fish
So. I have some big news about me. After 14 years (yes, count 'em) at IPC Media, I have decided to leave and start up my own business. This has been no small decision for me. IPC is a great business with some great brands and some great people. But the desire to do my…
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On Listening
I love this. I love it not only because it's a great idea, well executed, but because it's important. On Christmas Day, right around the time of the Queen's speech, teenage Britain delivered its own message to the nation. It was the culmination of The Teens Speech project from Barnardo's, that has seen teenagers up…
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2010 And Beyond
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." John Cage I'm not really a fan of prediction lists. This time of year there tends to be a surfeit of them. But I think Seth Godin has it about right when he says that the two most important…
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Goodbye 2009
Christmas Day might be over but hey, it's still the festive season. I can't believe that in amongst all the awful agency christmas videos (why?) I missed this festive charmer from LBi. Fifty old agency cell phones upcycled to form an interactive art installation that you can play live. Lovely. Says its creator James Theophane:…
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The Race That Was
A sweaty and knackered me After the race that never was, the race that was. Yesterday I ran my first marathon. When I had to pull out of doing the London Marathon earlier this year due to illness I was massively disappointed, but I set my sights on doing another one before the year was…
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Gone Fishing
I'm taking a well-deserved break for a couple of weeks but normal service will be resumed before you know it. Have a great couple of weeks. Back soon.