Business jargon shows what people would be rather be doing
Liz Ryan has written a piece at forbes.com titled “What Business Jargon Says About Us“. I found two things particularly interesting. Firstly the fact that most jargon relates […]
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Telling a story over time.
Firstly, lets get this out the way: I don’t condone grafitti, but do enjoy street art, and think there can be a happy medium. In London’s E1, a street artist […]
Read moreSell the moment, buy the moment!
Just what we need, more tweets filling our timelines with messages from companies trying to “engage” with people through with tenuous links to an anniversary, event or religious […]
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You care, but do you care enough to do something about it?
A small London based charity The Pilion Trust have released a fundraising advert based on a social experiment testing the public’s opinion of poor people (contains swearing). Like […]
Read moreThe advert for every company and no company
This stock video advertises why you shouldn’t use stock video “Stock footage brand Dissolve puts its product to good use to call out lazy marketers peddling empty ideas.” […]
Read moreDesigning the dull stuff.
When people think of designing a website, not a lot of thought is often given to the user experience of the privacy policy, legal disclaimer or other “dull” […]
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Present the story of data, not just data
Managing Partner and Vice President of Services at The Henderson Group, Terry Gault has posted a list of the 10 most common rookie presentation mistakes on the Prezi blog. […]
Read moreScoop 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 […]
Read more*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 […]
Read moreJohn 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 […]
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