Poppy Day - we will remember Huge hat-tip to Niall Cook at Hill & Knowlton. I was halfway through writing a post about Remembrance Sunday when I noticed this Marketing Technology : We will remember them flash up in the bottom of my screen. Niall, you've said everything I wanted to.

11.11.05 11:19 Permalink / 1 Comment / comment

Get your bullshit deflectors See my councillor's blog. Hat tip Guillaume de Gardier

26.8.05 11:05 Permalink / 1 Comment / comment

Fair and balanced media coverage? Guy Clapperton: About these bombs... makes some pertinent points about the disturbing nature of a lot of the media coverage about the capture of the alleged bombers.

4.8.05 08:02 Permalink / 1 Comment / comment

Make Google AdWords not war Slashdot reports "Canada and Denmark using Google as Battleground". The story is that an advert staking Denmark's claim to Hans Island links back to the Danish foreign ministry. One in the eye for the Canadian government's claim. If only we'd had the internet and the Falklands War might have been entirely different with both sides bombing web sites instead of ships and people. (Note the ad no longer appears but my guess is that it is a victim of Slashdot and it has simply gone over its budget quota).

31.7.05 13:14 Permalink / comment

Good design means making it work Anil Dash makes some good points in How Do We Judge Our Tools?. I don't have any interest in the tool he is talking about (Quickbooks works for us) but I do agree strongly that we should always remember to focus on the benefits. Who cares if it's AJAX or Ruby on Rails? It could be put together with sticky tape and nails for all I care, just so long as it does the job it is meant to, better, faster and cheaper than what it replaces.

28.7.05 09:56 Permalink / 1 Comment / comment

Too Much Coffee Man: to-do list Thanks to Lee Hopkins for this cartoon: If you like it then head over to Shannon Wheeler's Too Much Coffee Man website and buy something! While you're at it why not subscribe to Lee Hopkin's podcast which looks at business communications and psychology.

7.7.05 06:56 Permalink / 1 Comment / comment

London Olympic Victory Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. The Olympics are coming to London. Thanks to a fantastic job by the bid team Seb Coe, London Mayor Ken Livingstone and Prime Minister Tony Blair. UPDATE: Cool, note how my 'Back the Bid' banner has automatically updated to 'Thank You'. Good use of internet campaigning.

6.7.05 12:51 Permalink / 2 Comments / comment