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Normally I wouldn't post something so suit-like as a flowchart, but this made me smile.

Advertising Blogosphere

Well that was a long week, it's hard to keep the momentum of the blog going sometimes, especially after a break. A lot of people seem to have jacked in their blogs recently but I'm not going to, I'm just going to post as and when I feel like. If that's once a day or every six months then so be it.

Anyway... a new project... train of thought...

I like following blogs.

Lots of blogs.

I've got them bookmarked and some with RSS feeds.

But it's a pain in the arse to keep following them all. All the time.

Wouldn't it have been great to have a site to track them.

There wasn't a site that did this.

I'll make one.

So that's what I did...

advertisingblogosphere.blogspot.com

I've put on all my favourite blogs, in categories showing the last post made and when it was posted.

It helps me, saves time, hopefully it might do the same for some of you.

If you like it, want to be on it or have comments please leave them here (or there).

Adam

P.S. I've also tried to design it to be iphone friendly.

Off...

Off on holiday this week, due to credit crunch goodness I'm not out of the country but enjoying the wonders of Cornwall, the best of which is pear rattler, possibly the nicest cider I've ever tasted.

Anyway, back in a week when I have something special blogging wise to share

Adam


-- Post From iPhone

Formula 1...

I don't look at Adsoftheworld much anymore, it's full of ripped off, overly art directed crap from agencies that don't hold the account for the ad they produce. Rant over. But I had a quick look today and loved this. Nice art direction, true and simple. It also appears that Showpony Advertising in Australia, hold the Bridgestone account. Tres bon.

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In more me related news, finally after working at TBWA Manchester for over a year, I've been given a Man United job to work on, only a small one nice to work on never the less!

I hate this woman...

Best invention ever?

In my humble opinion the best invention ever has to be Cheese on Toast, but Lollipop Pies could be a very close second.

Twitter...

I've been wanting to post a little something about Twitter for a fair while. A lot of people at work use it, some rave about it, others try it and get bored. I had a good look a few months back and decided it wasn't for me, I think I've made the right choice.

This chart on shows 'if twitter was 100 people' and I found it through Cakehead Loves Evil.



Twitter would only make sense to me if lots of people had something interesting to say, I think it's clear to say they don't. It's serving its purpose well to give a slight ego boost to minor celebrities, I can just see them at cocktail parties comparing how many followers they have.

Maybe if I had thrown myself in head first and tried it it may have been good, it now feels like the ship has sailed and like Second Life (fuck me, remember that, it was going to be HUGE, yeah right) I can see it falling from it's perch back into obscurity. Stephen Fry can sit at home and tweet but no one will really listen.

Anyway, to me it's like Facebook without the voyeurism, no fun at all. Rant over, I could go on but I won't.


In other news, blogging seems to have taken the back burner as work seems to be busier than ever at the moment, I spoke a while ago about time (or lack of it on jobs) and this hasn't changed, but there are some nice juicy pitches happening which I'm happy about and me and bec's have got a nationwide press campaign for Carex going out next week, good to have something going out of the door again.

Nando's Fail...

If your a company who makes (in my opinion) amazing chicken based dishes that are close to perfection, and on top of this have spent millions of pounds branding yourselves in a Portuguese manner which to me worked well (past tense)...

Then PLEASE don't post photo's on Facebook of your really boring headquarters which appears like the kind of tower people generally like to throw themselves off.



HOWEVER...

If you do accidentally do this and realise from the 100's of comments that you've fucked up then REALLY DON'T get some tool on photoshop to try and make it appear like some kind of rainbow encrusted 'willy wonka-esque' amazing place to work, you've fooled no one.



Nando's... you have not lost my business because your food is amazing.
Anyone else... if you haven't been then you need Half Chicken, Hot Sauce, with Spicy Rice and Chips, your life will never be the same.