There’s obviously something in the air, maybe the high property prices, but, following Nissan, another car manufacturer has decided that their vehicles are perfect to live in. This time it is Chevy, who are running the ‘Aveo Livin’ Large Campus Challenge‘. I’m late on this as it finished last week, The “AVEO Livin’ Large Challenge” […]
Cheques and Checks
Changing countries brings with it a set of cultural changes that sometimes have you shaking your head.  The last few days it’s been over cheques (or checks if you prefer).  To enable me to be paid directly into a bank account I needed to fill in a form – and provide them Payroll with a […]
Cable troubles
Setting up the new apartment I have had two very different customer service experiences from the facilities suppliers.  On ringing up ConEd, the electricity/gas supplier, they had no problem in changing over the account into my name. Time Warner cable on the other had will do nothing until the previous tenant remembers to cancel their […]
Make a Superbowl Ad
The US’ NFL are runnng a competition this year to have their Superbowl ad created by a fan.  Interestingly, they are not jumping onto the ‘upload your video’ bandwagon but making peotential ad writers turn up and audition in person. (although, given the rules of the pitch, I think they should have allowed video presentations) […]
University Challenge Questions
Dave has picked up on one of the latest questions from University Challenge: “What XML formatted files are used on web sites to provide machine readable content summaries and are often visually marked with an orange box?” In this case the students apparently got the answer correct. However a few weeks ago they asked: “What […]
Timewasters from unusual sources
It’s not just the big brands that need marketing, small ones, organisations, groups, sports all need the marketing love as well. And they’ve all heard the call of the viral, hoping it can be the answer to their prayers. Today I bring you some timewasting games to hurry you through your working day from the […]