Spotlight Ideas have a list of the top 100 branding, design, SEO, strategy, marketing, PR, media blogs. Totally based on their own opinion by the way, there’s no data or rigour behind it, and indeed some are more interesting than others, but it’s a good selection for all of us in “media land”, whatever your discipline. It is perhaps focussed on those who use words and phrases such as ‘marketing mix’, ‘integrated’, ‘holistic approach’, ‘communications’, ‘brand conversations’ or something equally appropriate for the 2008 version of Bullshit Bingo!
The rest are available to view here though I warn you, I steal many of my entries for TheScrapBook from these so it kind of undermines my postings… ah well, in the interests of the new media age and all that!
Slow posting this one!
My good friend Amar pointed ‘Made in Queens’ out to me yonks ago and it looks most excellent! The picture above says it all really - NY kids strapping speakers to BMXs - ingenious.
We’ve mentioned TED before, and it truly is the most inspirational series of lectures, across a broad range of subjects; some of which are not obviously relevant to our lives and careers but all of which enrich us. The Top Ten TED Talks are what they say on the tin. Check the video on the linked page to see a highlights reel, or the links below to view the individual videos themselves. To inspire you a little, consider the most popular talk, viewed 2 1/2 million times and counting, which features neuroscientistJill Bolte Taylor, who observed her own stroke while it was happening.
For all of you fans of advertising: there is a bunch of resources cataloguing old, and somewhat creepy adverts, especially the “Demonic Tots” gallery on Plan59 (museum of mid century illustration) is worthy of note. Found in Mom’s basement is a rolling blog, regularily updated with new (read old) adverts, and with a lot of archived material.
A lot of these ads are brought together here, some funny, some odd, some just plain wrong (like the Union Carbide India advert, with the catchy line “a hand in things to come”, later responsible for the worst industrial accident in history - Bhopal 1984).
Just been offered a ticket by my friend and colleague, Mark, to go to Russell Davies’Interesting 2008. No idea what it’ll be like, but hopefully it will be interesting! Cheers mate.
Russell writes, “My blogging experience has taught me that technology can create real, important, sustaining connections between people separated by geography and all sorts of other things. It’s taught me that generosity can be its own reward but that there’s also real tangible benefits in sharing your ideas and your time with people.”
EDIT: The info for Interesting is being updated here
