I'm continuing my quixotic habit of getting up early, sitting somewhere with a coffee and streaming a mix to YouTube. I think this morning's was nice, ambient things by Regents Canal. Not actually steamed, the phone signal wasn't up to it, but live-ish.
@yesyesmedialtd Derren Brown exposes this simple trick a TV psychic used to seemingly talk to the other side @Derren.Brown #derrenbrown #richardbacon whyareyoumoresuccessfulthanme ♬ original sound - WhyAreYouMoreSuccessfulThanMe? @andrea_carver How I animate from audio in Unreal using Vizibeat. 1. Find a band that moves on the beat (109Hz here), 2. normalize
These days, when people ask me about PowerPoint, I describe it as The Third American Art Form. 1. Jazz 2. HipHop 3. PowerPoint And I've just realised what's made me think that. It's the privilege, beginning about 20 years ago, of seeing Kevin Slavin
We had our first Interesting Assemble on Wednesday. The extraordinary Dr Helen Castor joined us to expand on her talk from Interesting in 2016. Fantastic questions from the assembled audience which Helen fielded with deep expertise. Dave 'Funkypancake' Simpson is doing the next one, on October 29th. It&
Another episode of I Saw This And Thought Of You has hit the airwaves with the esteemed Julia Whitney. Come for the RISD nostalgia, stay for the metrological eyebrow raising.
I came across this post from Ben G and thought I'd try to do something similar. If I've done things right then there will be something at the bottom of this post inviting you to like or comment on bluesky and mastodon. If you could like
MCR and their associated advisors and consultants have submitted their planning application for the conversion of the BT Tower into a luxury hotel. The esteemed Dan Hill and I discussed it at length on YouTube. One of the things we talked about is the likely effect LLMs etc will have
The first Interesting Assemble is a week today. Tickets are still available and still free. And, excitingly, we can now announce a very special guest for Interesting Assemble II - the return of Dave 'Funkypancake' Simpson. Old school interneters will remember Dave's work with enormous affection. He
I was a bit afraid that talking to Alex Morris would be a disappointment. I've been reading Strat_Scraps for years and I've loved it all that time. But part of the thrill is how eliptical it is. It's a compendium of strategic detritus
Flora and I discussing the things we won't miss about advertising.
As I become more 'senior' I realise that the biggest contribution I can make to my team is to stop bothering them with my ideas. Here's why: Ideas are bad Ideas are incredibly easy to have. People are having them all the time. I remember in