Category: What maketh the man
-
So much brand communication when it comes to food is all about family and groups. Yet about a third of adults in the UK are single. The obvious point is why this isn't looked at a little more. Less obviously, even if you're attached in some way, there's some mileage in a conversation about eating…
-
I'm not sure it's the done thing to admit to, but I'm really looking forward to the final series of Lost. It begins on Friday. It's gone a little bonkers at times, but I've grown to love the characters, the maddening twists and the endless sub-plots. Multi -stranded, multi-platform entertainment feels like the norm these days,…
-
Not long until I'm leaving. Funny situation a notice period. Can't start anything, letting go of other stuff bit bit. It's like sloughing off skin. There's a lovely symmetry to my time here. It started with women's hair, loosely linked to fashion, very funny in the light of my lack of hair and even bigger…
-
I've blathered on about tea here and there for quite a while now. I've even got shirty about tea advertising. And enough is enough. This is the last post about tea for a considerable time I hope. First, here's an another observation about that Yorkshire Tea advertising. I stress, I have no idea about their data or objectives, but I have a view on…
-
I'm in the middle of reading Andre Agassi's 'Open'. As you might expect. Apparently he wrote it himself and if so, that's amazing. It's a beautiful, tautly written book. Sport is so much more than the performance, it's a freakish, lonely life. This book captures that. Anyway, at the heart of the book is a contradiction.…
-
I went to see some of my friends play in a band this week. I've known some of them since school. I'm pleased to say they were very, very good. But that's not what made me happy. They're in their thirties, they are Dads, employees, boyfriends, husbands. But for an hour or so, they were five men totally…
-
Context for why can be found here. During over two years here I have: Had my baby boy and grew up a bit. Shared a hotel room with a female colleague, 9 months before she had a baby. Taken more clothes on a trip abroad than a girl. Fainted in hotel. Failed at a…
-
It's funny. The people you know best, you never see the whole person. What's my wife like at work? I haven't a clue. What are my favourite work people like at home? Don't know entirely. So it's with pleasure I share Gemma's Interesting presentation from 2008. It's very good. She's a planner in Leeds, but…
-
Yesterday was a day I won't forget in a hurry. It consisted of three major themes.First, I am an idiot (but you already knew that). We've had more than a bit of snow in the last few days, but I decided to set of to work anyway (that's a drive from Leeds to Manchester). It…
-
It has certainly started well… Supporting Leeds Utd is a little bit similar to liking Prince…years of waiting for him to make a decent album, you get the odd glimps of hope but he always lets you down and makes you feel worse in the end. Finally, after years of pain, Leeds have made me…
NORTHERN PLANNER 