In recent months, we’ve printed the Alfred logo on stickers, handy little keyboard brushes and we’ve made our own bowler hats to wear at SXSW Interactive in March. Yet, I think this trumps them all; Alfred user and good friend Zettt created a giant bowler hat in Minecraft and shows it off on video. Even [...]
Summer love: Jack & Rose in the garden
If you’ve come here tonight looking for brilliant marketing insight or the usual stuff, you may be disappointed. Meanwhile, if you’re looking for fluffy-tailed kitty cats frolicking in the garden, then you’ve come to the right place! This is what summer should be like If you’ve not yet met Jack and Rose, here’s what they [...]
Where creativity comes from
It’s Friday, you’ve been giving it the beans all week, working that little brain of yours to the bone (figuratively, let’s hope). You need a boost for that last mile before this evening’s G&T while watching mindless TV (or maybe your evening is more exciting than mine…) Don’t tell everyone, but I’ve found one of [...]
My Omni and me
A few weeks ago, Andrew and I wanted to get a couple of beanbags so that we could slouch right in front of the TV to play Lego Indiana Jones (which was a rocking game, btw!). We ended up ordering a couple of pear shaped brown leatherette bean bags. But by some most bizarre coincidence, [...]
Gary Vaynerchuk: Tech World 2008 = Hip Hop 1985
Gary Vaynerchuk, for those who don’t yet know him, is the guy behind, in front and all around Wine Library TV. He’s a raving looney, a totally loveable geek but most of all, a rough diamond of community relations amongst the world of overly polished marketing bullshit. He says things as they are and has [...]
Star Wars story told by a 3 year old
Because I know you all miss my posts while I have no Internet access at home due to the house move, I’ll provide you with comic relief in the form of some of YouTube’s cream of the crop. Everyone loves Star Wars. Everyone loves kids. Everyone loves YouTube. (sort of.)
Let it snow!
Just a short video of the snow today. Lovely big snowflakes falling softly while we’re comfortably sitting indoors.
The Secret Strategies Behind Many ‘Viral’ Videos or why Dan Ackerman Greenberg is an idiot
[Disclaimer: I realise the last thing I should be doing is giving this guy more visibility and mentions on the web, but his original article, as well as his follow-up REALLY rubbed me up the wrong way and I need to vent it out.] When I took on my first marketing role, some years ago [...]
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