(I'm back)  

Going away for a bit. Important family stuff needs to take over for a while. See you later. At some point.

More 5 songs in 5 days. Today it's The Beatles, Here There and Everywhere. The first track we played at our wedding. Matters more more now, ten and a half years later 'Here making each day of the year'. That's her. I bloody love Revolver too. Balls to Sgt Pepper or the White Album.  

It was the first of our children's swimming lessons after the Easter break. I love these Sunday mornings. Will and Evie have their separate lessons – make me nervous about their growing aptitude and the 6am morning training sessions that might entail when they're older – and we all have a play. Good family time.…

My little boy has recently turned 5 and started school. If that wasn't enough, he has his own football team kit and happily chases the ball with his little friends every Saturday morning.  I wasn't ready for this picture. He's all grown up.  I still remember the first time we brought him home like it…

Well it’s a sad day today as Rob Campbell shuts down his blog indefinitely. It's not because of this video……..   It’s not because his employer has told him to. It’s not because the odd bunch that comment have finally got to him. It’s not because his best friend has asked him to cease and…

I really like Tales of Things. Basically, digitally tag an object and add people's stories behind it . It's not incredible digital tomfoolery, it's bloody simple. Most things are.  I first came across it reading case studies about the Scottish National Museum and Oxfam. Now you can pretty much tag anything.  I feel I want to…

I was asked by someone recently what planning was like in the North of England.  Someone from a very good London agency, good clients etc, looking for a better quality of life.  Here's what I said…   What you need to prepared for, in general, in the creative side of things at least, is that…

I found myself loving the new Silicon Valley comedy. While the satire was a little obtuse, it already feels funny and warm and neatly skewers the hubris of digital folks who claims to saving the world, making it a better or whatever. They're not. Obviously.  It also made me want an advertising version. Mad Men…