Ah, the iPhone. Is it just me who thinks it’s nothing more than a fairly bog-standard smart phone, but with incredibly sexy design job and thoroughly beautiful looking user interface? Don’t get me wrong – I’m completely caught up by the hype and I’d like one. I like some of the clever features, too – […]
I’m discovering a talent for putting things off. Which is not a good talent to have. My methods for procrastination are many and varied, but some notable examples include: Writing to-do lists – it’s certainly not the case that I don’t really have enough to do. It’s just trying to motivate myself to do things […]
Yes, just like I said I would in my “year ahead” post below, I’m really pushing my marketing at the moment. My target is to find at least two opportunities per day; yesterday and today it’s been people I know and agencies I respect. There’s a few of them, too, so that should continue for […]
Ah, the end of the year. They just seem to be racing by, to be honest. I said in a previous post I’d set some personal goals for 2007 to go with the business goals, so I’ll get on to that in a minute. First up, though, 2006 in review. I doubt anyone’s interested; this […]
Way back in 2004, the organisation I used to work for held one of their series of “ideas talks”, getting leading thinkers to talk about business, ideas, and creativity. This particular event – Robert Heller holding an “ideas audit” for three leading regional businesses – called for business to be unreasonably ambitious. Well, I’m working […]
There are photos of the awards ceremony online now – rather small, but I’m about to email the photographer to get a copy of at least one of them. See them here: http://www.ipr.org.uk/prideawards/eastanglia/2006/photographs/photographs.asp
I’ve succumbed to seasonal fever… not to the point of looking forward to Christmas, or anything like that, but maltpress.co.uk has been updated to reflect the season. Of course, it’s going to be a little while before the fairy-lights go up in Maltpress HQ, what with me being a grumpy old scrooge who’s not a […]
Last night was the East Anglian CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) PRIDE awards – which I went along to, and at which the project I was there with (Running the Gauntlet) won two gongs. A gold and a silver. My role in the project was as an internal consultant – providing advice and support […]
Arrrgh… I’ve just been for my first ever jog. I’ve learnt some things: Fencing doesn’t keep me as fit as I thought. I run like an idiot. It’s not actually as cold as I thought and a fleece might not have been a good idea. I’m a wimp. That’s right – 0.75 miles nearly killed […]
As long as I’ve been writing professionally – for over six years now – I’ve been aware of the need to write for people who don’t necessarily have English as a first language. Whether it’s writing for an international intranet for a pharmaceutical company or for a regional website recently in the news for initiatives […]