Archive for the ‘media’ Category

On Wednesday I went to an event organised by the Marketing team at Metro. There were some interesting speakers and panalists at the event including Meabh Quoirin (Future Foundation), Peter Duffy (Easyjet), Will Sauson (Contagious), Ben Wood (CCS Insight), Glyn Britton (Albion), Jonny Kaldor (Kaldor ltd), Andrea Nicolaou (O2), the…

I’m sorting through my old pictures here and there, when I get a chance.  30Gb worth of unsorted pictures isn’t that easy to get through.  But better to start now… Anyway, I’m discovering all sorts of interesting moments in time.  … Continue reading →

What’s happened this week: Facebook have begun to test a consumer pay to post scheme as another potential revenue source, if it succeeds it will be another example of the emerging ‘branded consumer’. Google+ for iOS re-launched with a very distinctive look and feel. Bing has reinvented itself around social…

I was honoured to be invited to talk at IdejaX in Croatia this year.  I’m just back home to lovely chunky broadband, so thought I’d upload my slides. View more presentations from John V Willshire   It’s a completely new … Continue reading →

Many years ago, I read a book called Collapse, by Jared Diamond. The book details how, throughout history, various civilisations have caused their own demise, often by continuing to do the very thing that is destroying them. The example that … Continue reading →

What’s happened this week: Google launched the brand activate initiative to measure online advertising at scale. With 100 days to go the official London 2012 Olympic Athletes social media hub launched. Intel launched the Ivy Bridge processer range. It is the first with 3D transistors which will keep Moore’s law…

Fantastic teaser film (and probably an ARG, I’m guessing?) for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus… sends shivers down your spine:

I’ve really enjoyed two things this week that have made me think of new types of media, and the value exchange within them. Firstly, the Pepys Road project to launch John Lanchester’s novel Capital, created by Matt Locke and a … Continue reading →

Following on from Divya’s note in a previous post, a number of you have asked for more information about the changes being made ot Facebook Timeline. With this in mind, please find attached a very handy summary from our Creative Content division Drum: Download An Intro to Facebook Timeline Any…

The digital team have since updated ‘this week in digital. Similar to the poste a few below with a couple of notable additions including the iPad 3. Over to them… Morning everyone, In between Apple, Google, and Facebook, we digital people can be sure to have a constant source of…