January 2012
1 post
My 2011 →
I had an absolutely fantastic 2011. I started traveling, leaving in February this is what I’ve done: You can view the whole list of places I’ve been here. I’ve been wanting to go on a trip…
December 2011
2 posts
October 2011
1 post
My kind of planning →
There is always a lot of talk around the Plannersphere town about different types of planning and new types of planning, I guess it’s a part of our trade to discuss and define what we do…
September 2011
4 posts
Return of Beersphere - in London! →
Hello London planners! It turns out I am unexpectedly coming back to Europe for a few months, and just before leaving I will be meeting with a bunch of Singapore planners for a…
Beersphere Strikes Back - in Singapore! →
In the grandest of Beersphere traditions initiated by Faris, come and meet other Singapore planners for a drink or three on Friday 7th October at Mulligan’s in Clarke Quay, Singapore!…
The importance of Multilingual SEO - or lack... →
This is the second email I receive from this gentleman, here is his email and my reply. Just one question, am I being unnecessarily mean? Or is it relatively measured? To:…
Qatar Airways Fail - A friend's unfortunate quest... →
UPDATE (8th September 2011): The E-marketing manager for Qatar Airways just contacted me directly by email and is going to take care of contacting my friend in order to resolve her…
July 2011
1 post
Foursquare Specials in Kuala Lumpur →
While I was in Kuala Lumpur a few weeks ago, I had wifi connection and thought I’d fire up Foursquare and check in. I was slightly surprised to see the Specials yellow icon show up with…
June 2011
2 posts
Youth in Kunming →
I’ve caught occasional glimpses into youth in the different countries I’ve visited and as I know it’s often a fascinating group of people to many brands and marketers, so here are a few…
Farewell - The Old Yunnan Hotel! →
While walking in Kunming a few months ago, this wall struck me as quite interesting and made me think of a few things on how we view new, old and how these qualities are associated…
March 2011
1 post
10 days on the road →
As I wrote it in a letter to someone yesterday (I’m enjoying this letter writing by the way, 6 sent so far ;), I’ve only really been on the road for 10 days (not counting Hong Kong) and it already…
February 2011
2 posts
Wandering planner →
As I said in my previous post, I had a lot on my mind once I got back from Tanzania in December last year. You may know this already, I’ve made some pretty radical choices for…
November 2010
1 post
London fundraising event →
We held an excellent fundraising evening last week in London, on Wednesday 27th October. Everyone had a brilliant time and it was great for several of us going on the trip to Tanzania to meet up…
September 2010
1 post
Giving away footballs in Tanzania →
In the very exciting news category, I’m going away on a fabulous adventure to Tanzania in November this year with The Great Football Giveaway.
If you haven’t heard about them before,
August 2010
2 posts
My favourite brands continued - Skittles →
I thought I’d pick up on a theme I wrote a few posts for when I started blogging, you probably guessed by now, about my favourite brands and why I like them.
So let’s talk about …
Put dot io →
I hadn’t heard about Put.io yet, so I thought you might not have either. Kai and Kalam told me about it last week and said it the fastest service they’ve come across. I’ve tested…
July 2010
2 posts
Foursquare, location based services and all that... →
Foursquare and location based services are all the rage in marketing town these days, and a few interesting articles were just released about it. Notably Forrester pleased me in advising…
Frantic →
I had quite a lot of things going on lately but blogging has not been one of them so time to stop lazing around on that front. The two or three faithful readers I have left will certainly…
June 2010
3 posts
March 2010
3 posts
WatchAwesome presentation
February 2010
1 post
Stop to smell the roses! →
Contrary to vastly exaggerated rumours of kidnapping in South America or even death, I am actually very much still alive and kicking; I just haven’t been doing that much here. Nor on Twitter, not…
November 2009
7 posts
Twitter is the new TV [but a lot smaller] →
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To some extent, I think this little scenario may be familiar for most of us: I opened my email this morning and had another 5 emails from my dad. A funny image…
My Dungeons & Dragons CV →
I saw a post from Gavin today about Sean McNally who designed a Dungeons & Dragons CV which definitely looks pretty cool. Given I did the same with a different design of AD&D character sheet…
WatchAwesome presentation about time from @Bud_Caddell
October 2009
5 posts
AR in a banner with BK →
It doesn’t happen very often but yesterday I came across a pretty cool MPU while browsing the Internet (So not from a link or a blog about advertising ;). It’s an ad I spotted on College Humor,…
RockArt Brewery vs. Corporate BS →
Matt Nadeau of RockArt Brewery is facing the bullying of a much larger corporation. Seriously check out the video and hopefully choose to boycott Monster Energy drinks after that - there are plenty…
Do little breaks make a big difference..? →
You may have seen the Eurostar’s advertising campaign called ‘Little breaks make a big difference’. Beyond the posters I’ve seen in the tube, activities are being run across…
FourSquare in London - the new thing I might annoy... →
I got really excited this morning. I arrived in the office a little early and the first thing I saw in my inbox was a message from FourSquare announcing that London was open to the…
Eyebrowse →
I recently started participating in an interesting experiment called Eyebrowse created by students at MIT. In their words:
eyebrowse is an add-on for firefox that lets you easily record,…
September 2009
6 posts
My first Prezi →
Prezi has been on my radar to try out properly for months, I’d seen the videos and read about it but hadn’t yet done a whole presentation. As for a lot of other people, Umair, …
Banner feedback on Amazon →
I might be slow for never having noticed, or perhaps it just proves the extent to which I generally ignore the usual online display advertising, but Amazon offers users the possibility to give…
Advertising Panasonic TVs →
As I posted a few days ago, I’m judging on a panel for the Panasonic Next Generation Talent and sent back my judging form back today. In short, here are a few opinions I have included in there:
I f*cking love One & Other →
Such a shame, I had heard about the Antony Gormley’s One & Other project a few times before it started and then once again in July, but somehow managed to pretty much avoid it over the…
Next Generation Talent: 09 Edition first... →
I wrote about Next Generation Talent at the end of last year, a competition organised by Panasonic where students are given a brief to create an advert for one of their products. It was set…
August 2009
8 posts
Trying to figure out... →
WordPress. I’ve decided to move my blog and self host it on a WordPress.org platform. I’ve been thinking about it for a couple of weeks and thought why not. So now I’m experimenting and…
I f*cking hate Pizza Express →
I f*cking hate Pizza Express. You may have already figured that out from the title. Most of my friends or people I tell don’t get it and I think they’re insane. It’s insipid, their food…
Avatar Day →
I was invited last minute to go see the 15 minutes of clips from Avatar at the IMAX in London for Avatar Day. It’s the new James Cameron movie that will be released in December this year and has…