Monthly Archives: November 2005

I did run

Blimey. I managed to run a full 10km yesterday. I’m quietly proud of the fact that I did it. Having not really excercised properly for a good few years I was really worried about getting into shape for this. I’m still far from in shape, but I made it. And I raised some cash to [...]

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Why Google Rule

Something that makes Google so cool is the fact they recognise that their competitors (or deadly rivals), have an important part to play in peoples’ lives. See how they’ve listed Ask Yahoo! in fun. Most other sites would rather kill themselves than link to a competitor.

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Asian Backstreet Boys

Asian Backstreet Boys – the full story. They’ve got a deal to do Motorola ads now. Yoiks!

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Sunrise over Canary Wharf

I didn’t ever want to start making this a what-i-had-for-breakfast-blog, but a combination of a few things have driven me to this post.
1. A new camera – finally I’ve got one that I can carry around without needing a rucksack, hooray!
2. I’m liking bright cold mornings right now. This felt like a nice expression [...]

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ConQwest

I’m doing a talk at the Mobile Marketing conference next week. And in my researching of interesting mobile marketing ideas came across this amazing promotion for Qwest in the US.
It’s a city-wide treasure hunt using semacodes
- nothing particularly innovative there – we’ve pitched mobile treasure hunts lots of times (and quite honestly never been [...]

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Picture Alarm Clock

From we make money not art: Wake up with a picture. A lovely re-working of a vintage alarm clock. Not the most user friendly thing in the world, but nice.

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Please Sponsor Me

Please take a moment to consider sponsoring me. Next Sunday I’m running 10km to raise money for a charity that’s helping a very good friend of mine who’s very sick with cancer.
10km might not be a big deal for some people, but for a very unfit man like myself it’s a long way (and it’s [...]

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Frog Review

All usability reviews should be carried out by talking frogs. And no, I’ve not spent the weekend licking toxic toads! Check this site if you don’t believe that frogs are the future of usability: Frog Review: Ticketmaster. I can see these guys being bigger than Jakob.
(via lots of blogs)

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Honda Element Game

i really like this site. The Element and Friends Web Site – 2006 Honda Element
Yes it’s for a car and yes it’s a game (2 thing that I’d normally not get at all excited about). But it’s really charming. The tone of voice and style are lovely and I just like it, so there.
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Celeb Map Mashup

In the seeming endless wave of Google Maps mashups comes Celebrity Maps. Of course, we all want to know where celebs live, so we can go raid their bins, clone their identities and create an elite army of celeb lookalikes that take over the ruling of the free world… Oh! Sorry just got a bit [...]

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