Category: Experiences

  • The roar of the Wembley crowd

    The weekend that’s just passed was a tremendous one for sports fans. There was the semi-final of the rugby world cup in Paris which saw England beat France 14-9 in a nail-biting finish. I caught that crucial bit live on…

  • That was the week that was

    If I had more than five hours of sleep per night during last week, I’d count myself lucky. What a week! Exhausting, experiential, exhilarating. From Monday right through to Saturday, it was a week of travel, conversations, presentations, new sights…

  • A cocoon of life within

    An almost organic shape, a skin that provides some unique functionality and a curious name are three characteristics that mark the Cocoon, a new clamshell 3G mobile phone from O2 launched in the UK in August. I’ve had one to…

  • Think of the users, Microsoft

    Last week, Microsoft released the third beta version of Windows Live Writer, its free software that lets you write and publish posts to your blog from your PC rather than having to log in to your blog. I use WLW…

  • A good pitch that counters the bad pitches

    Reading through The Bad Pitch Blog by Kevin Dugan and Richard Laerner really does bring home to you how appallingly bad some of our colleagues in the PR profession are in how they reach out to people to pitch their…