Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth. Mike Tyson Many years ago I was in a terrible team. We didn’t get on and because of this we would have these long, stupid philosophical discussions about the right way to have ideas. We would talk about structure and what things shouldContinue reading “Why we should listen to the beat of simplicity’s heart.”
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10 000 bicycles. Why creatives need cults.
Originally posted on Damon's Brain:
“You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way.” Philip Seymour Hoffman Whenever I go to America I always feel like I am in a giant sitcom or film. Everything is familiar. A type of television déjà vu. San Francisco was no different…
Dan Wieden and The Imitation Game.
Originally posted on Damon's Brain:
Sometimes the Universe helps you out. I was going to see Dan Wieden speak in Sydney. On the plane, I watched The Imitation Game. it is the story of Alan Turing and how he broke Enigma. It was seen as impossible to break.It had 150 000 000 000 000…
Muhammad Ali and the Talent Code.
Muhammad Ali and the Talent Code..
Cool Runnings. What a Jamaican Eatery taught me about boardrooms.
Cool Runnings. What a Jamaican Eatery taught me about boardrooms..
When photography was music
When photography was music.
The Wisdom of Insecurity.
Originally posted on Damon's Brain:
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. Vincent Van Gogh The Wisdom of Insecurity is a book by Alan Watts I read when I was just starting out in advertising. The simple message is that certainty is an…
The red clogs Hamish made.
Originally posted on Damon's Brain:
Twenty years ago I was seriously broke. I used to count coins to go to the corner store. I would walk in and begin the negotiation Tango with a very kind Portuguese mama who owned the store. She would smile when I told her I would pay her the…
The Kinks. Rockey Street. And the green light at the end of the dock.
The Kinks. Rockey Street. And the green light at the end of the dock..
The great comfort of bad Super Bowl ads.
“I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.” Gilbert K. Chesterton Quick, name your top 10 Super Bowl ads from this year. I know, it’s a struggle. I am asking you to remember 10 out of a 100 or so ads whose sole purpose is to be memorable.Continue reading “The great comfort of bad Super Bowl ads.”
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