Get well MCA
Sad news today from MCA of the Beastie Boys, who let the world know he has cancer by video on the official Beastie Boys website.
The good news is it appears to be localised, and its treatable. Below is the video, where he appears alongside Ad-Rock.
Don’t know how they do it, but after 30 years they continue to be so effortlessly cool. Get well MCA.
In closing, Hey Ladies.
Introducing Digital PRescriptions
Earlier this week I decided to start a new blog called Digital PRescriptions, a new online home for my take on the impact of web 2.0 / social media on PR and brand communications.
The main reason behind this decision was that the format and (lack of?) focus of this blog never really made it a good place to comment on some of the things I spend most of my day thinking about. So I found myself not actually writing about the things I wanted to write about.
So I’m starting fresh.
This will remain a home for nonsense and musings. And Digital PRescriptions will cover all things social media and PR.
Simple.
Oh that Obama…
I like to think that I am above the cult of Obama, whose unwavering adoration leaves me a bit nauseous sometimes.
But on two occasions in the last week or so, Obama has shown why he kicks so much ass.
The Sick Note
During a ‘town hall meeting’ in Wisconsin, Obama takes a question on health care from a man who brought his daughter along to the event. She was missing her last day of school to be there, so while Obama is answering the question, he also writes the young girl a note for her teacher, pardoning her.
The Fly
In an interview with CNBC’s John Harwood, a persistent fly is buzzing round him so he pauses, kills it, then picks up where he left off. Then has the good manners to pick it up with a napkin on his way out. Class.
Perhaps Bush wasn’t such a hard act to follow but, but Obama is showing how he can have a sense of humour without coming off as a clown.
Idiots
Living in South West London, it’s become increasingly rare over the last couple of years to find myself in East London on a night out.
I like it there, but I tend to prioritise not spending £40 on a cab ride home when finalising my plans so it often gets struck off the (sad, very short) list.
So imagine my amazement to have spent both Friday and Saturday nights meandering about Brick Lane.
And then imagine my crashing disappointment that the video below is as relevant today as it was in 2005.
Enough said.
Public humiliation, welcome to my world
I was sat with my MD Nick Giles, our good friends Roger Warner and Andy Keetch from C&M and a lovely client, when this image came through to Nick’s handheld in an all-staff email titled ‘New t-shirt for our Jordan, anyone?’
Social Media - unlocking the awesome potential of behavioural disorders
A bit too close to home…
Thoughts on Measurement (Camp)
Thursday just gone I attended Measurement Camp at We Are Social’s shiny new offices near Warren Street. If you’ve never been, Measurement Camp is a monthly meet up between people from PR, media, ad, digital and social media and PR agencies, as well as a few clients, to talk shop and share experiences in delivering and measuring social media campaigns.
As ever, it was a good session with a lot of key takeaways. I’ve summarised my thoughts elsewhere on the Text 100 blog Hypertext London. Please give it a visit.
Some comments were still flowing yesterday from the #measurementcamp hashtag on Twitter. And some very slick photography (of everyone very deep in thought, apparently) by Nathan McDonald and Josh Hallett can be found on Flickr. Check the Measurement Camp Wiki for resources and to sign up for the next installment.
Arty.
Your business card is crap
This is what happens when you spend 20 years designing a business card. You become insane.
Charts N’ Roses
This morning I watching a Guns N’ Roses music video special on Kerrang TV whilst nursing a slight hangover.
It brought back how awesome they were in the early 90’s, and also how they spectacularly imploded at the height of their success. ‘Chinese Democrcy’ took an insane 14 years to make during which point the Axl Rose had so many new band members that GNR was unrecognisable when the album was finally released last year.
The madness is best represented in th following chart. Names down the vertical axis, time on the horizantal and the black lines represent the releases:
The fact that someone took the time to put this together restores both my faith in humanity and Wikipedia. There’s nothing more rock and roll then a kick ass chart.
In closing, my favourite video and song.
Epic.
No hunting dragons… in the future.
This morning I got terribly excited when I read that GM and Segway were teaming up to develop a two-wheeled, electric vehicle as a clean, safe and inexpensive alternative to traditional cars.
Finally, I thought, the Segway would move from a lame novelty for tour groups and shopping mall security staff, and the future would look like this:
Instead, it’s going to look more like this:
I have seldom been so disappointed.
