More (poor) people using public transport

by Iain on July 19, 2006

Saw this on my way to work. Unfortunately , in London, it’s probably true… Obligatory buttons:

Dell Blog

by Iain on July 18, 2006

I’m a bit behind on this one but Dell have started a corporate blog. It’s getting very mixed coverage: Good(ish): Scobleizer – Tech Geek Blogger » Four little links say volumes at Dell site Pretty bad: Micro Persuasion: Dell Starts (…)

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Photonotes

by Iain on July 18, 2006

Nik’s set up a group called ‘Boast it Notes‘ on Flickr. It’s simple really. I don’t think I should even stoop to the level of explaining it. It came about after he set up a group on Flickr called ‘Street (…)

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A Pot of Infogold

by Iain on July 18, 2006

Online developments – a photoset on Flickr Lynette does an amazing, amazing job of collating astounding facts, figures and quotes about what’s going on in the digital world. Subscribe to her Flickr RSS feed and you’ll be much better informed (…)

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A Wee Bit of Advertising

by Iain on July 18, 2006

Saw this in a gents loo yesterday. It made me chuckle a tiny bit. Then it made me feel sick. A small goalpost drenched in mens’ wee. Not something I’d want my brand to be associated with. But then I’m (…)

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Social Notworking

by Iain on July 18, 2006

This makes me want to weep. Wal-Mart’s ‘Hub’ for teens that allows them to ‘express their individuality’ (and win cool stuff!). Ths writeup in AdAge highlights most of the issues… Advertising Age – Wal-Mart Tries to Be MySpace — Seriously (…)

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How hot is the bottom of your laptop?

by Iain on July 17, 2006

Don’t know if this is true or false: Cooking Breakfast On A Macbook. You see this kind of thing faked all the time. Like the guys cooking an egg between 2 mobiles. This seems to be getting picked up all (…)

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The Stuff Designers Wish You Knew

by Iain on July 17, 2006

If you’re in the business of design or working with designers you ought to read Seth’s post on how to live happily with a great designer. I know the designers I work with would like you to read it ;-) (…)

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Where I work is OK

by Iain on July 12, 2006

Poke have just been rated the top Digital Agency in the UK by Revolution Magazine. Actually more importantly we weren’t rated by the magazine, but by clients (as reported in Revolution Magazine). This is the second time in 2 years (…)

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BT luvs Bebo

by Iain on July 11, 2006

TechCrunch report: Bebo Shuns $550 Million Acquisition Offer San Francisco based social network Bebo, which recently raised $15 millionfrom Benchmark Capital, rejected a £300 million ($552 million)acquisition offer from British Telecom Group “a few weeks ago”,according to an insider on (…)

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