January 2012
87 posts
“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day...”
– Dalai Lama (via sirmitchell)
The Dangers Of Fruit Drinks
all-thats-interesting:
Via BuiltLean: Fruit Drink Facts Beverage Companies Don’t Want You To Know
The Creativity Scrapbook: Netflix Now Negates... →
jted:
Netflix quietly updated their user interface to include a section called Characters in the Just For Kids menu. What makes this so brilliant is that a preschooler can now choose the programming they are interested in by picking their favourite picture. They don’t have to know how to read. Whether…
“You want a job, a vacation, heath insurance, validation, a back rub, a scalp...”
– Ryan O’Connell (What 20-Somethings Want)
Australia Day email from a viewer
sunriseon7:
I’m deeply Australian, migrated from Philippines, and grateful to this COUNTRY that have given me the opportunity to achieve my dream, and pass that dream to my children, who are now passing this Australian family values to their children, MY GRANDCHILDREN….. THE NEW AUSTRALIA… GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY.
From BENJAMIN INDOLOS
David Ogilvy on Copywriting →
youmightfindyourself:
April 19, 1955 Dear Mr. Calt: On March 22nd you wrote to me asking for some notes on my work habits as a copywriter. They are appalling, as you are about to see: 1. I have never written an advertisement in the office. Too many interruptions. I do all my writing at home. 2. I spend a long time studying the precedents. I look at every advertisement which has appeared for...
Evol: hellohammerhead: hold me closer tony danza:... →
hellohammerhead:
hold me closer tony danza: Yesterday my mom posted a picture on Facebook of my 5 year old brother…
r0bertbrowniejr:
Yesterday my mom posted a picture on Facebook of my 5 year old brother Sam wearing a pair of shoes he picked out for his first day of preschool.
Suri's Burn Book: Look at this mother-daughter... →
surisburnbook:
Look at this mother-daughter cuteness. I haven’t posed that nicely for a photograph with my mother since I could walk.
I never know what to think about Alice Richmond, daughter of Tina Fey and Some Guy. On the one hand, I’m prettier than she is, and she is probably kind of a nerd.
But on the…
I want Tina to reply on Alice’s behalf.
“I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most...”
– Thomas Edison (via youmightfindyourself)
So what?
Something
Opportunity
Why
How
Action
Timeline
?
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Writting
Narrative - Keep them interested
Criteria - play back
Write in headlines - find your inner Editor
Ask q’s then answer them
Dramatise - everything
Don’t be precious - get feedback
Context
Where you speak to people can be as important as what is said to them.
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Scale of the challenge
Always frame the scale of the challenge - the bigger the better.
#youmustremeberthis
Task
1. Fix it
2. Evolution
3. New
Stop American Censorship
weandthecolor:
Today thousands of websites protest against the internet censorship bills SOPA & PIPA. These two bills would kill nearly every innovation, creativity and free speech in the internet. It would be the end for most blogs you know or for communities like tumblr.
More information here: http://blacklists.eff.org http://americancensorship.org http://sopastrike.com
