Year: 2013
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Scoop the poop up
Monmouthshire County Council have a nice little twitter campaign launching for the weekend asking why don’t people scoop the poop up? #stpu It’s lead by some meme styled photos of dogs looking bewildered and laughing at their owners behaviour and is a good twist on dog mess from the pet’s perspective.
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*Santa* is a concept, not an idea
Communications agency (or “brand language consultants” the URL of their about page reads) Quietroom have released a set of brand guidelines for *santa* just in time for Christmas: www.quietroom.co.uk/santa_brandbook/. As well as Santas values, promise and brand journey, you can also find out how to live the brand, who is occupying *Santa*’s space and the curve of…
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John Lewis and John Lewis
The John Lewis Partnership hasn’t been fortunate enough to claim the @johnlewis twitter account, it was snapped up by another John Lewis from Blacksburg, Virginia. The co-operative had to settle for @johnlewisretail, but they didn’t cause a fuss, and @johnlewis has recently been given the title of “The most patient and polite man on twitter“. His…
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Real retro iphone gaming
One of the biggest uses of smartphones is gaming, (60% of owners play games, 67% of time spent is playing games and 80% of app revenue comes from games) and now you can play on your phone without draining the battery. PureGear have created a range of phone cases with old school ball and maze…
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Dear John (Lewis)
The John Lewis Partnership hasn’t been fortunate enough to claim the @johnlewis twitter account, it was snapped up in 2007 by another John Lewis from Blacksburg, Virginia.They had to settle for @johnlewisretail. But they didn’t cause a fuss, and @johnlewis has embraced his fellow John Lewis and has been given the title of The most patient…
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Do long hours get the best or better of you?
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/24735256[/vimeo] Jason James at We Are Mamoth writes about the culture of working long hours, and what those 45 hour weeks really mean. His first point goes straight to the money: If you’re salaried, you’re working for free. After 40 hours a week, every hour you work adds $0 additional dollars into your pocket. But…
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Android apps open up to web search
One of the main reasons I rarely recommend a mobile app for a council service is that any information contained within the app is only available within the app – it can’t be found by google or other search engines. But that’s changing, with apps built for android 4.4 including app indexing which will allow…