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Hot Dog Day At DDB Canada
When I joined DDB, more than 3 years ago, one of the things that struck me was a sense of togetherness of camaraderie and of shared purpose. This culture has been developed over many years, first as...
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What is the Creative Process Behind a Music Video?
One of my first office jobs was as an admin assistant in a booking agent’s office. The office of four cast the production side of ads, music videos, West End shows, TV shows and movies. I think that...
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Radar DDB 10am One Thing: Feedie
The following is this week’s 10am One Thing which I wrote for the DDBlog 65% of Americans eat out once a week, taking millions of photos of their meals. What if, instead of sharing pictures of their...
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When your colleagues and industry lavish praise and accolades on your work
You should be like: Thanks, but no big deal. Via The White House on Tumblr
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Secret Anti-Abuse Ad That Only Kids Can See
Saw this on Gizmodo, via Facebook, and thought it was an incredibly smart solution to a tough problem – how can you empower an abused child to call for help if their abuser is standing next to them....
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When You’re Wrong, You’re Wrong
A few days ago, I read the Digiday article about Oreo’s social media agency, 360i, putting 13 people on the credits for that tweet in an awards entry. …and I posted, via Buffer: How Many Agency People...
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Why are you still here?
I’m reading the Steve Jobs biography and one of the stories that really struck me was from Tim Cook. “[Cook] convened a meeting with his team, and the discussion turned to a particular problem in Asia....
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Corporate Strategy Documentation
Another one from the Steve Jobs biography, combined with some serendipitous publishing from HBR. The Apple corporate strategy, via The Register: The Disney corporate strategy (click to enlarge), via...
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Planningness 2013 Highlights
I believe it was Eric who turned me onto the Planningness conference and the prospect of a hands-on, working conference where attendees actually, y’know, interact with other attendees to do work and...
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Its better to be a friend
I really love this from Robinsons, an iconic concentrate in the UK. “Its good to be a dad. Its better to be a friend” Shame it wasn’t for the orange barley line though, my personal favourite!
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Mobile Usage Statistics and Predictions
The Internet was a transformative way for us to access information and develop connections that will stand the test of time. However, the portal through which we access that pool of information, people...
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A Love Letter to London
Whenever people ask me if I miss London, after 8 years away, I usually say that I miss the people but I don’t miss the city that much. Recently I’ve been feeling a little homesick – maybe it was the...
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Are Experiments the New Campaigns?
There’s no quantitative research that I’ve done for this but I can’t shake the feeling that almost every interesting campaign I’ve seen, especially out of Scandewegia, has been positioned as a social...
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Sometimes I don’t think Twitter “gets” me
Or maybe they know me better than I know myself. Its hard to be sarcastic when you’re second guessing yourself…
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Transparency as an Advertising Trend
I read Amir Kassaei’s tweet: "Today's smartest advertising style is tomorrow's corn." #DDB #canneslions— Amir Kassaei (@AmirKassaei) June 16, 2013 (he’s our global chief creative officer at DDB) and...
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Vine shares on Twitter drop After instagram video launches
Sometimes, what is about to happen is self-obvious, even to a duffer like me: @KALLAIRD @teamHARRELL Instagram just killed vine.— Ed Lee (@edlee) June 20, 2013 The proof: Via All Twitter.
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What the British mean
Its hard being in another country. All the cultural references you used to be able to use as a heuristic device when forming attachments with friends and colleagues are gone. The words may sound the...
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404 error not found on MySpace
Love the 404 error page on the new MySpace…a 4’04″ mix tape. This sort of genuinely human user interface is sorely needed around the web, just like awesome landing pages. In a rapidly clean and some...
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