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WHAT'S NEW?

A word of warning. I'm not updating this site as often as I should at the moment. So you might want to go straight to my two blogs to check out what I'm up to. Or to my other side projects: FutureScoping and The People Project.

 


May interviews now online and free to view
(next interviews coming August 08)

Futurescope 78 trend report (16.09.08)

New article:

Once Upon a time (Chartered Institute of Marketing)
(See more here)

Latest 20 Living Brands posts:

Sept 13th - Vote for truth
Sept 13th - 10 things we didn't know (37)
Sept 11th - For sale: Higgs Boson particle (nearly new)
Sept 11th - I met the Walrus
Sept 11th - The olympics were great, but…
Sept 11th - I hate physics
Sept 10th - Big Bang Day
Sept 9th - The fourth screen
Sept 9th - What to look for
Sept 9th - Ask Us Anything
Sept 8th - Create Not Hate (in Japanese)
Sep 6th - 10 things we didn't know (36)
Sep 5th - The need for tangibility
Sep 4th - Everything you think about advertising is wrong
Sep 1st - Behind the scenes at the Arsenal
Aug 30th - 10 things we didn't know (35)
Aug 27th - Create Not Hate
Aug 26th - 10 things we didn't know (34)
Aug 21st - Beautiful British Columbia
Aug 17th - 10 things we didn't know (31-33)


Latest
20 Just One Small Thing posts:

Sep 15th - A pax of art
Sep 12th - Use less water
Sep 3rd - Create Not Hate
Apr 23rd - The Stuff of Life
Mar 20th - The story of stuff
Feb 13th - Greener gadgets
Feb 11th - Where mobiles go to die
Nov 13th - Mobile recycling
Nov 6th - Cheap wind
Oct 24th - Measure your electricity
Oct 18th - Spread the nice
Oct 16th - A year of living generously
Oct 15th - Bloggers united for the environment
Oct 10th - Making the most of wrong numbers
Oct 9th - Did we free Burma?
Oct 5th - Make it last
Oct 4th - Free Burma
Oct 3rd - Pack up for troubles
Oct 1st - When people stop buying the job's done
Sep 25th - Pink power


New music recomendations:
(sorry - this bit really is out of date!)

The Killers - Sam's Town
The Zutons - Tired of Hanging Around
Kasabian - Empire
Scissor Sisters - Ta Dah

Guillemots - Through the Window Pane
Keane - Under the Iron Sea
Ray LaMontagne - Trouble
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Razorlight - Razorlight


Recent books:
(As is this!)

The Brand Innovation Manifestio - John Grant
The Wisdom of Crowds - James Surowiecki
Everything Bad is Good For You - Steven Johnson
The seven basic plots: why we tell stories - Christopher Booker

(More recommendations here)

 

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