I love coffee, espescially that wonderful smell when you open a fresh packet, but it’s not the same as tea. It has no ritual for me. Don’t get me wrong, I like Starbucks, I like the way it’s given good coffee to everyone, but it feels rushed and homogenised. Coffee signifies business, being quick, a…

British thinktank Demos is paid to come up with new ideas, some slightly ridiculous, some brilliant. That’s the nature of ideas, you need to have lots for some to be amazing. Here are three I like. Libraries in airports Hairdressers as advisors to local councils (who talks to more people about live issues?). Politicians should…

I’ve always thought that agencies either fall into the Good or Evil camp. They’re either inspiring places that care about their people as well as money, or faceless dungeons where people are expendable. This post from The Scamp is a tale from The Dark Side.A familiar story of an account director fired on the whim…

..there’s nothing finer than blowing bubbles.

I was at yet another wedding this weekind and missed a chance to go walking with the The Fools on the Hill. I’ll make sure I go next time, and not just to get a free ‘I pity the fool’ mug.

Disturbing picture of a giant baby, courtesy of the Guardian.

.. is that you lose your vanity. Last Thursday I forgot to pack a t-shirt for the gymn and ended up training in the one I was wearing. I ended up a cross between an extra from  Chariots of Fire and a reject from a 1970’s  PE class.

Just found out that we lost that pitch because we were small. Apparently, we were at least as good as the big European agencies , but we lost out because we weren’t part of a big European network. We’ll still get some tactical work though, and wait for the dinosuars to cock up. Being optimistic,…

Don’t be fooled by the ‘House of Pain’ pose, if you haven’t got a Stu, find one quick. A Stu is: 1. A copywriter who can’t spell. 2. Someone who you can learn from if you haven’t been formally trained. 2. A sounding board for anything you need a chat about. 3. Someone to throw…

I really want to love this great creative work. It earns attention, it’s interesting and it manages to not be urban spam. Before I do though I need to know two things: 1. That they’re targeting people who haven’t got to the point where the mortage, kids, debt and stuff mean that the nature of…