What will Barbie be next? That’s what Mattel are asking, in a cute campaign I spotted in New York earlier this week. She’s had over 120 different careers! Over the years, Barbie’s been many things, including a Doctor, an Astronaut and a Race Car Driver – quite a bit more prolific than the average 7 [...]
Relax
I love this. Spotted outside a church on Washington Square Park in New York earlier this week.
Scenes From New York
Apologies for the radio silence, but I’ve been off recharging my batteries in Miami and New York. Two weeks away, with very little internet access (other than the wi-fi I was able to steal) does not good digital connectivity make. Anyway, I saw lots and lots of interesting things on my trip. 1. Disused storefronts [...]
The Book Seer
Just discovered this lovely little site. 5 minutes in and I’d already bought 3 books and signed up to an Amazon Prime free trial. I’m suggestible, aren’t I?
The New Path To Purchase
This sums it up quite nicely. Via
Creating Memorable (Chocolate) Experiences
Lately, it seems there is a trend in retail toward creating big, exciting in-store experiences. Curry are doing it with their new Currysdigital concept stores, Comet are creating their own concept stores and HMV are starting to roll ‘experience’ focused outlets, with areas that people can test games, hang out and buy snacks. In Tel [...]
There’s An App For That
The boyfriend and I have been away in Israel for the last week (more on that in upcoming posts) and serendipity brought us three iPhone apps that became (to varying degrees) very useful in our travels. It goes without saying (but I’ll say it anyway) that all of these need to become Blackberry apps soon, [...]
What?
Does anyone else find this new Schweppes commercial for the Indian market really, really creepy? Weird, on so many levels.
Role Models
“Perhaps we will soon reach a time when the media industry can spontaneously think of an equal number of great icons of either gender.” This is the last line in Sue Unerman’s piece in the latest edition of Media Week and it follows on from a number of things I’ve been talking or thinking about [...]
