US airports really miss a trick when it comes to commercial opportunities. The other week the flight back from Chicago was delayed by 2 hours and all the only places to spend money were a couple of bars, a couple of fast food restaurants and a couple of newsagents. If I’d been stuck in Heathrow […]
The Trust in TV Advertising
From the Guardian (free registration required), ITV have published its Corporate Responsibility report. One area it discussed is TV advertising – only 1 in 8 people watching the commercials (that cost 3.4billion GBP per year) agreed with the statement “the commercials shown on ITV are truthful and accurate”. Around half had no opinion and a […]
Copenhagen Carnival
May_general 149 Originally uploaded by RachelC. Not far from my hotel in Copenhagen was the start of the Carnival parade, that takes place each year as part of the Whitsun celebrations. There were lots of women wearing not a lot, but in a very colourful, Latin American canival way. This was one of the few […]
Hailstones
Hailstones Originally uploaded by RachelC. Visited Chicago yesterday for a few meetings. Whilst there, it seemed a good idea to walk back to the hotel. Until the hailstorm started and we got caught in the downpour. We tried to shelter but were still getting hit…and they were pretty big. Although I guess the Helath and […]
One person at a time
Steak overload Originally uploaded by RachelC. I’m slowly introducing my new colleagues to an online world that they have rarely glimpsed before. Last night this started with going through Flickr to find some CC licenced photos to illustrate a presentation we’ve been putting together (including this one, taken at a New York restaurant last week). […]
Flickr Gamma
Flickr has undergone a slight massage – new navigation, new layout. But retaining the spirit of Web 2.0 they have now regressed =to a gamma version!
Tag Sale
Tag Sale Originally uploaded by RachelC. There’s too many tags…they’re now on sale.
Digital assassin
Our digital assassin Originally uploaded by Blue Blanket. I spent some of yesterday at the WeMedia conference hosted by the BBC. I was one of about 30 so-called ‘digital assassins’ bought in to tell the ‘suits’ how it really is with media consumption for news and entertainment. Not sure how well it went down overall, […]
May London Geek Dinner with Marc Canter
May London Geek Dinner 4 Originally uploaded by RachelC. A pleasant May Day ended with a Geek Dinner with Marc Canter. Around 30 people turned up for chat and networking and to hear Marc talk about the People Aggregator, which should start to be available in a couple of months. As usual with Marc, the […]
Nike Football
Nike Football Two Originally uploaded by RachelC. At Niketown, in Oxford Circus, the windows and all the ground floor are dedicated to football and the World Cup. Nike have a great integrated campaign, TV, print, and Nikefootball.com. In Trafalgar Square, a huge 3-a-side football competition was taking place, all sponsored by Nike, with U16 and […]
Google Calender
Via TechCrunch, Google Calendar finally gets launched. Except it’s not working at the moment or t least a little unstable. First impression about what is missing – export of calendars so I can put on my phone.
World Cup ads
Apr_general 103 Originally uploaded by RachelC. A day trip to Hamburg yesterday for an interview gave me a few hours to walk around the city. I was surprised at the lack of advertising for the World Cup, with only the odd touch like this bus shelter banner. I also took a wander round the botanic […]
The Drink Cabinet
The Drink Cabinet Originally uploaded by RachelC. I’m tidying things up..one of which is the drink cupboard. Some of these bottles have been hanging round for about 10 years (special labellings, engraved bottles from work etc).
Snippets 4 April
The Chevy Tahoe make your own ad competition, menetioned previously, has got a fair bit of coverage since the weekend. THere appears to be pver 500 posts discussing it, and on a random flick through the links it looks like the majority of the blog comments are negative. But, from CNet The contest is a […]
Web 2.0 or just the internet
Newsweek has an article about the new web, or Web 2.0 or the living web. Whatever you want to call it. It’s just the ongoing development of the web, forever changing, always arriving with newthings. Paul Boutin on Slate takes this article and pulls out the various meaings of Web 2.0: a mishmash of tools […]
Solar Eclipse!
Solar Eclipse! Originally uploaded by Ezu. Some great photos on Flickr. Here’s one from Ezu
Reboot 8
Reboot returns in it’s 8th version. After last time, I’d fully recommend it – and this time they are asking for far more input on what you want it to be.
Chrissie Hynde Auction
Looking for Chrissie Hynde Stuff? Following up from my interview notes, here’s an auction that you may be interested in: Chrissie has very kindly donated a pair of signed Giovanna sandals to a celebrity shoe auction which has just started on eBay. This auction is to raise money for the Mines Advisory Group which helps […]
Grand Canyon Visit
IMG_3790 Originally uploaded by RachelC. HTe last thing I did before leaving Vegas was go on a helicopter trip to the Grand Canyon. YOu have to do this – a brilliant few hours. I’d advising booking on the internet as opposed to through the hotel as my trip was $100 less than many of the […]
Mix06 – No power
They ask you to tag blog posts, Flickr photos with Mix06. There’s technorati searches, there’s a whole bunch of bloggers here. The wireless appears to be holding up well. This should be an interactive conference. So how much interaction will there be later as everyone’s batteries die as there are minimal powerpoints in the halls […]