Hello, I’m back online and I’ve been wading through the 500 odd posts that built up on bloglines over the last couple of weeks. Highlights for me included: - out-takes from compare the meerkat’s Aleksandr- Roo Reynolds accidentally reporting from the G20 protests- a very lovely tilt shift film found via the boys and girls at LOVE If … Continue reading Back – and with eggstra ideas
Category: Life
Walk this way
Having spent a lot of time stuck in traffic jams recently, it struck me that as a nation we seem to have taken our advice on pedestrian crossing etiquette from the Ministry of Silly Walks. Everyone dashes across in a stiff legged lollop (as helpfully demonstrated above by The Beatles). It seems that bending your … Continue reading Walk this way
200,000 love songs stopped in their tracks
I rather liked this report that on the morning Woolworths collapsed into administration, a lorry carrying 200,000 copies of Take That’s new album Circus had set off for the Woolies distribution centre (which also supplied Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Tesco & Zavvi). Cue frantic phone calls trying to get the lorry to turn back before the CDs … Continue reading 200,000 love songs stopped in their tracks
Vodafone perhaps need to rethink their customer service function…
Ten hours (so far). That’s how much time it’s taken me to get my mobile upgraded and (almost, kind of) working. I’ve been bounced around call centres like pass the parcel, I’ve spoken to people in three different countries, I’ve mediated internal arguments between departments and I’ve nearly lost the will to live. It shouldn’t … Continue reading Vodafone perhaps need to rethink their customer service function…
this morning’s meeting is cancelled
Dear Potential New Client, I will not be able to attend this morning’s meeting because my agency’s Company Car Scheme does not extend to include a team of husky dogs and a sled.
When five become four
I’ve written before on this blog about work/life balance and I’ve decided to follow my own advice and try to get a bit more of it. So I’m going to be working 4 days a week instead of 5 (but hopefully not trying to ram 5 days work into 4…). I do appreciate that I’m … Continue reading When five become four
Reasons to be cheerful
I’ve been trying really hard to think of something non-grumpy to post. So I came up with a ‘Reasons for AdLand to be cheerful’ list: 1) 26 working days ‘till the Christmas break! 2) New economic conditions mean client briefs are more likely to have simple, measurable objectives, like ‘sell more stuff as soon as possible please’. … Continue reading Reasons to be cheerful
head space to think
Sorry for the silence this week – I’m up to my eyeballs in a Big Pitch. Making the most of some peace and quiet (and the free wifi) on the train back up north this morning, I decided that I’m not going to take any of the Very Important Pitch work home this weekend. I … Continue reading head space to think
Change is afoot and its in all the stars
Working my way through The Sunday Times today I paused at the horoscope page. Its not that I buy into all that, just that it’s interesting to see if my ‘stars’ have any resemblance to what’s actually going on in my life. There are some big changes afoot at work early next week and my … Continue reading Change is afoot and its in all the stars
Economic Indicators
Sorry to keep banging on about this (now apparently official) recession. But a few things cropped up over the weekend that I thought were worth sharing. On the downside, over the last couple of days I’ve had reports of a restaurant where the takings are down 20% year on year, the hairdresser whose customers have … Continue reading Economic Indicators