No Drama = No Attention TOWIE Made In Chelsea Keeping Up With The Kardashians Geordie Shore Not only would I rather wipe my arse with sandpaper than watch any of the above tripe, they’ve informed a generation that it’s perfectly acceptable to trade any ounce of dignity and self respect for minimum wage. They’re full of drama, false or otherwise, […]
Those status updates Just think about this next time you’re hovering over the post button. People who post Facebook status updates about their romantic partner are more likely to have low self-esteem, while those who brag about diets, exercise, and accomplishments are typically narcissists, according to new research. Brunel University via Science Daily
Technology is not the demon, it is our social psychology Ofcom released its Communications Market Report 2016 last week. According to the report, UK digital consumption patterns have reached an all-time high, and trends for more universal access are bullish. Yet rather than celebrating the web for bringing the world’s information to our fingertips, coverage of the report focused on what it called “connectivity creep”: […]
Making time for family Saw this in Esquire a while back. Joe Biden very clearly explaining that making time for family is important… And then we have these guys… At dinner w our greenskeeper who missed his sister's wedding 2 work (luv loyalty 2 us) "No big deal hopefully she'll have another someday";) — Donald Trump […]
Declinism There is not more news. The world is not a worse place. There is just a bigger media driven fight for your attention. And a few billion cameras.
Monday 8th August Don’t live next to a builder People in 4x4s will not move out of your way on single track roads When you stop work, stop. Plug the leaks, they’ll sink you eventually Get up every day before 7am Growing pains – it won’t be comfortable, embrace it Get a dog Walk the dog Live somewhere […]
Is that what God does? He helps?Watch this video on YouTube It’ll blow your mind. Mr Robot. And it’s got Christian Slater from Broken Arrow… many a happy childhood memory there.9/10
Friends I don’t trust people who say they have a lot of friends. It’s a sure sign that they don’t really know anyone. Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Leftovers The Leftovers. That soundtrack. Those crazy storylines. Go watch it. 9/10 Watch this video on YouTube
Nobody wants to read your shit I read this book a while ago, it’s called Nobody wants to read your shit by Steven Pressfield and it’s brilliant… Then the other day Dave Trott posted an excerpt and it all came back to me… I love this, Steven says it’s the most important lesson he ever learned, and he learned it when […]
Happy Mediums A lot of advertising has become plagued by clichés, category norms, comfortable territory and accepted ways’ of doing things. Unfortunately for brands who have fallen victim to this, similarity is the road to obscurity (and a huge waste of marketing budget) as they become lost in the crowd Finding happy mediums, familiar territory and compromise’ might keep […]
It’s ok to… We’re hiring quite a lot of new people at GDS, and that’s brilliant because there are so many new brains and new skills and new faces to get to know. It’s also difficult. It’s difficult for those newcomers to know what to expect, and what’s expected of them. Of course they get told all the […]
Brexit Pt II I’m hesitant to post anything about the referendum. I respect all of you for whatever you voted, it’s your democratic right to do so, our forefathers fought to give us that right. Just like the Labour/Tory situation, one side felt morally superior and were more willing to post their views publicly. A majority, albeit a […]
