• I had to hold back from calling this post “Welcome to Hell”, but I have to admit my day wasn’t quite as bad as I expected. I spent it in Croydon, queuing, waiting, hoping, stressing and finally getting my Indefinite…

  • You know what, I think I’ve got brand envy. It’s a bit like penis envy, but it’s specific to marketers rather than men (though men working in marketing can have both, I imagine). I envy the innocent brand. There, I…

  • I forgot to link to my last few articles written for Shiny Shiny, so here they are. This week: Be Safe, Part II: Woman looking for man, lots of money, nice car, washboard abs Last week: Be Safe, Part I:…

  • This sounds like the alarm clock from hell. “Hit the snooze button on this carpet covered Clocky and it will scoot off on its pram wheels, seeking out a suitable hiding place (which will inevitably be right under the bed).…

  • Possibly one of the most amazing videos I’ve ever seen. Watch it here or go check out the original in full size. Feels very Bjork’ish…

  • So we all know that Microsoft have now announced that “Vista will be released when it is ready”, so don’t hold your breath, you’re likely to go grey before we see it. But how are the existing features coming along?…

  • I truly love advertising campaigns that get noticed without being driven by a big budget, like the Logitech QuickCam YouTube girl or any good ol’ virals, but I’m also a sucker for the likes of the Bravia superballs and the…

  • “80 years of life is a number that is easy to grasp. If you broke down the number of days and used people to represent them, it would fill a large hockey arena. That’s a number that you can grasp,…

  • I’ve been happily showing off pictures of Sammy the cheetah, but it’s time to post a few of the other photos of our friends Alex and Eric’s wedding in Germany this weekend. Discovering where a friend grew up, who and…

  • In late 2005, out of desperation and after a few months of feeling like I couldn’t make head nor tail of the JCB-loads of projects I had on, I ordered and read David Allen’s Getting Things Done. I’d first heard…