16 January 2009
I loved Alexander Chancellor’s great piece on the Guardian website about Marian Robinson, who’s moving in with her son-in-law to the White House. Especially the story about Harry Truman’s mother-in-law (the last one to live in) who once said she knew ‘dozens of men better qualified’ than him to be leader of the free world. I’m currently in the middle of Season 4 of the West Wing and can’t help feeling they missed a trick not having a presidential mother-in-law…
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13 January 2009
I was researching a story about some car company brands for our client Adrian Flux this week, and just wanted to share this excellent Automotive Family Tree from the Too Many Cars blog. It might be a bit out of date now (it’s from May last year, and my, how time flies when car companies are going into recession), but it’s still a damned useful piece of research and saved me quite a bit of time.
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13 January 2009
In football stadia matchday concourse catering can provide a welcome revenue boost, especially in these troubled times when so many football clubs are struggling. However the menu items need to be quick to cook and quick to serve – the punters don’t want to be kept waiting, they’ve got a match to watch.
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10 January 2009
I just noticed that cheapo retail chain Poundland has a blog – www.poundlandblog.co.uk -and is using it to publish its special offers. This is the first example I’ve seen of blogs as a promotional tool by retailers. It’s a bit too ‘enthusiastic’ and fiercely promotional – every entry is a plug for a special offer – and there are too many pictures in my view, so it’s not a compelling read. It’s an interesting idea that won’t do their profile any...
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6 January 2009
We’re no longer out to pasture. Happy New Year to you all.
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