Category: media
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Google Firestarters 7: Remix Culture – The Event
"Remixing is not scary, or depressing. It is empowering" The Firestarters events that I curate for Google are all about inspiration, challenging thinking and provocation and for our latest event on Remix Culture we had that in spades in the form of an excellent talk by writer and film producer Kirby Ferguson. Kirby is the…
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The Squared Report November 2012
"There is no question that this is the most exciting time to be in our industry" Nicola Mendelsohn You may well recall that I'm involved in the brilliant Google Squared programme. Run in partnership with the IPA and Hyper Island and designed to address the shortage of digital talent in our industry, the programme involves 60+…
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Post Of The Month – October 2012 – The Winner
A good showing for George Prest's excellent post but something of a one horse race in this month's vote. Well done to Jennifer Hohn, whose Denver Egotist post secured a runaway number of votes and it is of-course entered into the Hall Of Fame. Thanks everyone for taking part.
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Post Of The Month – October 2012 – The Vote
Thanks everyone for the nominations. Our vote this month is between: Time To Confront The Mental Illness Taboo In Our Industry by Anon Advertising Is Dying, Long Live Design from George Prest Lucky by Andrew Hovell Stop Making Sense from James Caig Communications Planning in 2013 from me Why We Can’t Solve Big Problems by Jason Pontin How To…
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Post Of The Month – October 2012 – Nominations
Nominations for Post Of The Month for October are now open, so if there's a great post you've read that was posted in the month of October please nominate it by dropping the link into the comments below. As usual, I have a few of my own favourites (along with a nomination I've already received) as a…
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The Evolution Of Digital Display
I've been following John Battelle's thinking on the future of digital display. Earlier this year he wrote a long post on the so-called 'death of display', the rumours of which have been greatly exaggerated. Yet whilst display on the web continues to grow (for example, at more than 10% y-o-y in the UK according to the…
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NewsWeek and the Death of Print
"Exiting print is an extremely difficult moment for all of us who love the romance of print and the unique weekly camaraderie of those hectic hours before the close on Friday night. But as we head for the 80th anniversary of Newsweek next year we must sustain the journalism that gives the magazine its purpose—and…
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Communications Planning in 2013
The good people at WARC are keen to encourage people to start thinking early about planning themes for 2013 and so have asked me (along with a few other ad bloggers around the world) to put down a few thoughts on the subject. Tough to do justice to such a broad and forever shifting entity…
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Post Of The Month – September 2012 – The Winner
Noah Brier's excellent talk on the interest graph for brands took an early lead in this month's vote for Post Of The Month, and despite a good showing for Tim Malbon's post on lessons learned at MadeByMany, it proved an unassailable one. So well done Noah – you get the props of your blogging peers…
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Post Of The Month – September 2012 – The Vote
Thanks all for the nominations. Our shortlist this month is between: The Interest Graph for Brands from Noah Brier We Are Five Years Old. Here’s What We Learnt by Tim Malbon Graft and Craft: What Makes a Planner from Martin Weigel While I was Sleeping – A Tale of Modern ‘Manufacturing’ by Chris Thorpe Startup = Growth from…