Category Archives: Intelligence

“10 events of the last decade that were more important and significant than Sept 11th” is another fascinating piece of writing from Foreign Policy, this time considering perspective. Again, I’m going to quote excerpts, and then list the 10 events as the author, David J Rothkopf, has them. “9/11, for all its tragic and heroic [...]

W+K Luan Dun July 2011 Wieden and Kennedy, Shanghai, produce a rather nice document about what’s going on in China…  Good work guys! Cant seem to share the slides directly, but click through and you’ll be rewarded with content about scandals, lovers, language and the beautiful Jane Zhang.

This may not surprise you, but the rapid growth in China’s wealth has left a few of its citizens behind. The assumptions that increasing affluence would lead to a happier, wealthier and more equitable society have driven the economy for the last 30 years, but with the understanding that whilst some would get rich faster, [...]

I now live in China so my posting will likely be with Chinese bias from now on! I’ll also no longer be able to access Twitter, or Youtube (or FB!) until I get myself a VPN… So with that umbilical chord to life in London cut, I’m engaging with Chinese social media instead. Technode wrote [...]

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video How does one find authentic creativity? In his last talk before passing away, Malcolm McLaren tells remarkable stories from his own life, from failing school to managing the Sex Pistols. He argues that we’re living in a karaoke culture, with false promises of [...]