Here’s a great Observer article on Generation Y and Web 2.0 stuff. It describes the complexity involved in younger people wanting to be defined by what they do, not what they consume. There’s also some thought provoking views on how tough the young have it in the UK- worries about pensions, can’t afford to buy their first house and mountains of student debt. I especially like the thought of brands eschewing ‘messaging’ in place of ‘hosting conversations’.
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Two things happened to me this week that were linked in an odd way.
First off, on Tuesday I was starving on a train and went to the food bi t for a bacon sandwich. The cue was about 20 deep, people were impatient and their was just one poor girl serving. She worked at the speed at light; heating stuff up, taking credit cards, counting out change and managing to smile all the way through. I don’t think I could have done that.
Then last night my tire blew on the way home. Being totally impractical, I had to get the AA out to change my tire. I can just about check the oil and that’s it.
Lots of people are good at things the rest of us are not, not just doctors or police. People do amazing things everyday, yet we never really stop to think about them.
It’s true in agencies too. My last place fell apart for two weeks when the guy who looked after the building was off sick. For a few days he was the most important person there.
We seem to celebrate the ideas people all the time, but what about the doers? Who speaks up for the studio that saves our bacon week in week week out? Who woulddo the contact report if the suits didn’t? What about accounts? Everyone’s good at something, maybe we should appreciate that a bit more.
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…little things make a big difference. Her indoors was away last night,this was waiting for me when I got home.
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I used to work in Canary Wharf in another life and last week I was back for the first time since 1998. There wasn’t much about then and getting there was a victory,largely thanks to the unreliable Docklands Light Railway. A lot has changed.
Just to wind me up, they finished the Jubilee Line about 6 months after I moved back up North. This week I was amazed how quick it made the journey and how clean and, well, nice it was.
Canary Wharf has turned into one big shopping centre with anything you could possibly want to shop for.
But what really struck me was exactly the same as the first time I was here – the sheer scale and style of the architecture. I soon got used to it and never noticed it anymore, I even used to sit in the staff canteen near the top and not notice that I could see all of London around me.
I left London because the crowds, the tube and the sheer impersonal nature of the place was too much for me. But whenever I go back I get a bit whistful about the life you can have down there.
Is there ever a time when you appreciate what you have instead of what you don’t? Maybe we should stop to smell the flowers while we can.
When I got back home to Leeds, being away made me love home that little bit more for a while. The quiet roads, smiling people, cheep beer, having a garden…. and no London bogies. But by next week I’ll be moaning about speedbumps or something again.
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It just tastes better, I’m not sure why, but it just does. I love the bubbles you get on the surface of a freshly poured cup. You never get that from tea made in a mug.
I’m experimenting with my own blends at the moment. Earl Grey only seems to work on it’s own, peppermint seems make it more refreshing. At the moment, 2 parts English Breakfast to one part Ceylon and one part Darjeeling works a treat.
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Yahoo! Answers have found that Yorkshire people are the most opinionated in the country. Anybody prepared to argue with that? Anybody surprised?
No blogging until Monday, I’ll be in London town or in bed, depending on my health. I woke up with a sore throat and ear infection today. It does make me sound like Darth Vader which is kind of cool.
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The dieting industry worth £4.6 billion a year
20% of all women dieters have a secret stash of food for snacking……….
……….use of liposuction increased by 9.6% last year.
Average time spent preparing meal in the UK, 19 minutes
1 in 10 young people have never cooked a proper meal since they don’t know how
Number of cookbooks owned and never opened is 61 million….
……….and about 5.5 million people get food poisoning each year.
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When Einstein was asked why he never carried a notebook to jot down ideas, the perplexed answer was, "I just don’t have many good ideas".
I can relate to that today, banging my head against a brick wall, trying to make a brief sing.
