gourmet san, bethnal green road
I have been here a few times now since it opened, and it’s definitely the most authentically Chinese experience around East London. It serves Chinese, as in mainland China food, as opposed to the more...
View ArticleThe SPA Way
I’m currently working at a media-focussed PR agency called The SPA Way, where my role is to set up their digital offering. One of my favourite co-workers so far is Nelly, the agency dog, shown here...
View ArticleI won a somewhat hollow blog award
Today I found out that my blog is the 12th on the list of Advertising Young Minds Ranking List. It’s a global ranking for blogs about advertising for people under 27. It’s been put together by Daniel...
View Articlecrank dat marketing 2.0
One of the best things so far about not working in an ad agency full time is that I no longer feel the need to give a reasoned, depthy analysis every time someone asks me about a breaking campaign. I...
View Article99 wolf balloons
This is one of the best things I’ve ever seen in my life. Artist Cai Guo-Qiang had a Chinese factory fabricate 99 wolves, which he hung in the following fashion – cascading, charging into a glass wall....
View Articleare you the next big dead thing?
Of the 2 types of people in this world — those who create charts and graphs for fun, and those who don’t — I definitely seem to get on better with those who do. One such person is Richard Watson at...
View Articlezen snacking (for Blog Action Day)
Have you ever watched someone in London eat a bag of crisps? They toss them into their mouths in a mechanical, grazing fashion, whilst they text, read a paper, or stare into space. Aside from their...
View Articlewhy twitter will rot your brain
I don’t normally write negative posts, but I have to vent a little at people’s Twitter usage. Previously, I have always thought that technology is blameless, and it just amplifies human flaws. E.g., if...
View Articleoxford & cambridge goat race 2010 results
Photo from McTumshie Another year, another Oxford & Cambridge Goat Race. Lots of media coverage this year, nationals, web, press, etc, and a great turn out – over 900 people. Lots of learnings...
View Articledigital drop-in session at the V&A
The V&A have a whole load of educational/interesting talks, courses and so on. Myself and Neil Mendoza hosted a chat about our work, and a workshop session where we built a microcontroller-powered...
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