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My 2011

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:41:37 +0000

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…

Photo

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:31:38 +0000

Photo

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:23:32 +0000

My kind of planning

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:38:39 +0100

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…

Return of Beersphere - in London!

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:11:49 +0100

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!

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:20:24 +0100

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 thereof

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:31:17 +0100

The importance of Multilingual SEO - or lack thereof:

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 to change her flights

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:10:45 +0100

Qatar Airways Fail - A friend's unfortunate quest to change her flights:

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…

Foursquare Specials in Kuala Lumpur

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:20:05 +0100

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…

Youth in Kunming

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:07:58 +0100

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!

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:59:39 +0100

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…

10 days on the road

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 23:15:15 +0000

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…

Wandering planner

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:21:26 +0000

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…

Remove your underarms booboos at Strip.

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:25:48 +0000

Remove your underarms booboos at Strip.

London fundraising event

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:41:21 +0000

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…

Giving away footballs in Tanzania

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:08:30 +0100

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,

My favourite brands continued - Skittles

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:19:15 +0100

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

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:30:43 +0100

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…

Foursquare, location based services and all that jazz

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:22:27 +0100

Foursquare, location based services and all that jazz:

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

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:49:18 +0100

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…