Recommended by a colleague, I borrowed this from the library yesterday and finished it this morning. It’s a straightforward book, but has a lot of insight into the way that marketing works in big companies, and what might explain the wrong steps that have been taken. Showing its age in some ways (it’s from 1994) …
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Olive Green’s Cafe
Little Marionette Coffee. 80 Broadway, Ultimo. Still very much in launch mode, this is a welcoming space with some edgy lighting pieces. seating for about 10 people indoors and another 10 outdoors. Being on a main road, across from a construction site, means that there’s a fair amount of noise to content with. To drown it …
What to achieve by sixty
Listening to the speeches at a relative’s 60th birthday party with my too-tired son resting on my lap was as good a chance as any to take stock of how my life is going, and what might need changing. One speech – by a lifelong friend – talked about how they had met, decades ago …
what “draw something” can teach you about communication
It’s hard to imagine that the company that makes a free game with an ad-free $1.99 version can sell for $180M. But that’s what happened to OMGPOP, makers of Draw Something (see also the Draw Something Facebook page). If you haven’t played, it’s a multi-player pictionary-style game with a big-button, friendly interface. Using a basic …
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reflections on the kony campaign
Having reached 70 million views faster than any previous YouTube video, unless you’ve been living under a rock (or offline), you will have hear of the Kony 2012 campaign video. In fact, you may already have completely moved on – the media coverage certainly has. Kony 2012 is so seductive for precisely the same reasons …
book: Good Strategy, Bad Strategy
Book: Good Strategy, Bad Strategy I find myself spending more and more time thinking about and writing strategies of late – perhaps this is a sign of my advancing age! Before I started uni, I used to jump in and write code. A computer science degree taught me the benefits of planning what you were …
the face of birth
This is a tricky subject for me to comment on, but I thought I might just put a few thoughts out, and see what comes of it. I should start out by saying that I haven’t actually watched this movie: I watched the kids while Kel went with some friends to watch it in a …
tipple cafe and bar, Surry Hills
Toby’s Estate Coffee. 26 Chalmers St, Surry HIlls. I read about this place in the Toby’s Estate newsletter, and its proximity to Central station was hard to argue with. A converted (and still functioning) pub, now with additional cafe features. Walk into the pub, or stand on the street to place your order, and sit …
Will everything be a coffee shop?
A piece of speculation about the future of a range of businesses and sectors “In the Future Everything Will Be A Coffee Shop“ (via disassociated) makes some excellent points, and a few I disagree with. In America in particular the cost of higher education and student loans is spiralling out of control – it can …