Progress is usually considered a good thing. Mostly it is, but sometimes it can be a double edged sword. Of course there’s the usual examples, like nuclear power, or the combustion engine, but maybe there’s other, less obvious implications we don’t consider. Sometimes we can get caught up in the thrill of a new innovation…

I’m a bit dazed and confused after a week of sleeping, eating, reading and drinking, but I’m here. I’m most confused by learning that Rob Campbell has a pair of pert breasts, but let’s set  that aside for now. I need to blog about the PSFK conference and I need to get myself sorted for…

I’m supposed to be on holiday, but… I had a good day at PSFK yesterday. I’m supposed to be blogging about it (they let me in for free), and I promise to do so when I get back next week. For now though, it was well run, the venue was ace, and the speakers were…

You may have noticed I keep going on about heroes. Now David Beckham ISN’T one, for a host of reasons I shouldn’t need to explain. However, you’ve got to admire the way he’s bounced back again. Back in 1998, after THAT World Cup sending off, he was probably the most hated person in the country.…

Famous Rob Mortimer has been searching for that elusive job for a (too!) long time. But he’d better get a move on since his little brother has started his own blog about branding and stuff. If it wasn’t for the fact that Junior is still a student, Mortimer should be very worried, not to mention…

It was a relief to discover that I’m not a poor man’s Bruce Willis after all. Rob was less than kind in confirming this though, and now he’s got his brutal colleague Andy calling me the GI Jane of advertising. It’s enough to make me take another blogging holiday. But I’ll just quietly plot revenge…

Next up in the easy cooking stakes is Pea soup. I promised Simon this a while back, sorry it’s taken so long. This really is easy, and so tasty. Not to mention perfect for veggies. The sweetness of the peas really comes out. All you do is choose how much you want to make, choose…

Forget Kevin Bacon, people just keep cropping up. This week I was chatting to an art directing freelancer I used to work with. She was telling me how her writer is pregnant, and we caught up on running swimming and other stuff. She knows Simon really well, and Gemma – both Northern Planning summit regulars.…

Piers from PSFK has been kind enough to ask me to come their London conference on 1st June. If you can make it would be well worth your while – just look at the speakers below. If you can’t I’ll be posting about it anyway. In any case, their site is always well worth a…

I’ve been accused of looking like a poor man’s Bruce Willis in this picture. They’re wrong aren’t they? Say they are. Please.