I hate Mondays. They start slowly for me and rev up as the day goes on. Thanks to a badly argued article in this month’s Adline, today is different. If you work in a UK agency outside of London you’ll have heard of Adline. If you don’t, it’s the trade magazine for agencies that never…

Apparently the billboard covers a bridge that was being repaired. So much more interesting than a normal special build. Although it doesn’t tell me much about Adidas, at least they’ve taken the time to do something to interest me.

You probably know about Bono editing the Independent last week. I just can’t help but feel that it’s a bit of a missed opportunity. He didn’t pull any punches in his choice of articles but since he was editing a middle class, liberal newspaper, wasn’t he preaching to the converted? Wouldn’t it have been better…

We spent our Bank Holiday camping in Ripon.                                                                                                                                       …

I’m in, everywhere smells of paint. In case you’re wondering, the monstrosity on the window sill was won at a ChildLine raffle (I work on some of their stuff for free, well worth the support), she’s not allowed in our garden, but I’m too fond of her to consider the bin . 

We’re all moving around this week. My new home is a nice quiet corner with a window. I’m hoping they’ve put me there because they want me to do some thinking in relative peace. Of course, they may just want me out of the way.

At Personal DNA you can create your own profile. Apparently I’m a benevolent inventor. Thanks to Planning from the Outside for the reference.

If you’ve got a lot of experience, perhaps you think you’ve got a lot to teach young people joining your industry. Be prepared for the fact that they may have things to teach you. That’s the good thing about youth, it has such an unblinkered, fresh approach to stuff, without the baggage the rest of…

This idea seemed quite nice at first. In Australia, you can put your logo on nightclub pass out stamps. On reflection I thought it was more Urban Spam, but since there’s a public smoking ban coming to the UK, maybe it could be useful way for cigarette brands to connect with young smokers. Anyway, what…