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My top ten blog posts of 2008

January 23, 2009

Thanks to the wonders of Google Analytics, from my 59 blog posts of last year here are my top ten posts. Best headline IMHO goes to number three on the list – Yahoo beats Mr Spicy in snack food smackdown.  Arguably it was also one of the most important stories of the year, since it [...]

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Giving good Powerpoint

October 2, 2008

So many Powerpoint presentations are dull and lifeless that it’s easy to surrender all hope.  In fact tons of times I’ve heard people say: ‘speaker xxxx was really good, they just spoke off the cuff without using Powerpoint‘. One problem I think is that we have lost track of what good Powerpoint actually looks like. [...]

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David Cameron tag cloud

October 1, 2008

Following on from last week’s tag cloud of Gordon Brown’s big speech, here is the full text of David Cameron’s showcase speech put through wordle‘s brilliant software.  Perhaps the Tories do believe in big government after all! Share: Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser Tell [...]

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Gordon Brown tag cloud

September 24, 2008

Here’s a tag cloud (generated in the ever-wonderful wordl.net) of Gordon Brown’s speech to the Labour Party conference yesterday.  Will be interesting to compare it with David Cameron’s big speech next week. Share: Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend

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The science of persuasion

December 19, 2007

I have been meaning to blog about an interesting article on Comment is Free about peer group pressure as it applies to advertising messages. The article mentions a change in copy to an infomercial – changing the call to action from “call now as operators are waiting” to “if operators are busy please call again” apparently [...]

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And did those feet in ancient time…

November 28, 2007

Happy birthday William Blake! Today is the 250th anniversary of his birth in 1757 in Golden Square, where we have our offices.  To commemorate his birth, a set of ice sculptures were placed on the vacant plinths around the square – here are some pictures courtesy of Altogether Digital across the road. Blake was criminally neglected [...]

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