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A few weeks ago I came in to our offices at 36 Southwark Bridge Road, just between Borough Market and Tate Modern, and was confronted with scaffolding and a plain white hoarding. My immediate thought was that this was an awesome blank canvas... So rather than procastinate around and think it was a good idea and have a bunch of grand schemes as to ...

Dan Sumner at Microsoft seemed quite intrigued by a presentation I made the other day on a couple of trends that came through our friends at the Future Laboratory. The Slash/Slash Generation was one. More on this another day, but the one that captured his imagination was ''The Design of Womenomics''. What The Future Laboratory were saying is ...

Last week, a creative called Paul Arden lost his battle with a long-term illness. While you might not realise it, you probably know the man’s work even though you may not recognise the name. Remember the hundreds of people walking from the sea to converge as a big smiling face for British Airways? Or the iconic branding device of a slash in ...

Yes, it is pretty. And even now, people are fascinated by it if you have one. But boy, am I glad I didn't buy one. I have been trialling one for the last few days. I have learned to live life near a charger - and I haven't used it to do email and make very few voice calls. The battery life is woeful. And using the web is like it used to be ...

As more of us get 'hooked up' and start settling into our digital communications lifestyle, more people I know are going through a learning curve that for many of us we went through nearly 10 years ago. It's easy to forget this stuff, so when a friend asked me for advice on getting rid of spam, I thought I'd blog it too. Maybe you've got a ...

Well, I had a great time at MIX08. The session I thought went really well, and the feedback from people who were there was really good. The session is now up at: http://visitmix.com/blogs/2008Sessions/C03/ and this is also the place to give your feedback. This is always welcome, and in fact, it's pretty much required! We always encourage brands ...

A quickie to let you know that my MIX08 session has a time, date and place. The full Facebook event is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9215037357 - do go join up. It's always slightly encouraging, not to say scary, to see people who actually might turn up! Or for you FB resisters: March 6th, 4.15pm, Delfino 4005, The Venetian ...

I'm obviously well behind in the race to be the first trendspotter for 2008, but since it's still January I reckon it's still early enough to look at the year ahead and aggregate what the experts say is likely to be big for multi-channel business innovators as we move seriously into the digital age. I'm going to keep it ...

I saw a slogan on the side of a bus the other day: "Swap laptops for flip-flops" This is the latest in a long line of media and advertising that suggests that the computer is a part of our work lives, and that generally we should loathe it. Also that it is never part of our leisure lives; something we might actually enjoy ...