Archive for January, 2007
Say it with Carbon
Despite the promises last week of impending greeness Marks & Spencer this email tells us, extols even the benefits of buying flowers from foreign climes. Why buy? it says, because these roses are from Columbia and Kenya! The first bullet point on the M&S press release states a very worthy aim “to become carbon neutralâ€. This is not the way to do it. I realise of course they’ve Read more …
The High Street 2.0
Etsy is opening it’s doors in Brooklyn (bit too far for me for a few months) on 1st Feb. So that’s a Web 2.0 business with a huge global community opening a bricks & mortar store, is this High St 2.0, (I know that’s a bit clumsy at the moment but it might just work), is this the reinvigoration of the High Street or is it the Internet killing the High Street or is it just a Read more …
Topshop Spring Cleaning Email
Just got an email from Topshop, titled Topshop Spring Cleaning (It’s January chaps!), clicking through at their request it asks me to fill in my name, date of birth, address and gender so they can keep me informed about their latest offerings. It certainly looks real enough so I can’t understand the phishing attempt unless I’m being completely gullible. I gave them my email address Read more …
The future of Television
The Venice Project has announced a name change, a brand even, to Joost. Although still in beta this looks very exciting and promising, it’s ever cheaper to create content these days although as always the idea is the thing or as I read on the 37 signals blog today ‘the macguffin‘. With the admission of Apple that it’s a lifestyle brand not a computer company (I wonder how Read more …
Web Worker Daily: 20 Different Ways to Manage Your To Dos
I found this last night, there’s whole world of GTD (Getting Things Done) that I didn’t know about. I picked this up from Hawkwings which has also opened my eyes to the features of Apple Mail. At the moment I’m trying out Basecamp which is a bit more project specific as well as my normal long hand to do list. Read More …
Seth’s Blog: How to be remarkable
As usual remarkably readable and inspirational read more | digg story Read More …
What’s Next?
As a retail designer woman and a customer, it is sad to see a retail giant like Next reduced to blaming the weather, fuel costs and warm weather for its slump in profits. Like M&S seven years ago Next has rested on its laurels and customers will only be faithful for so long. What was once the insecure shoppers dream, (most of us in truth particularly post children), with gondolas merchandised with Read more …
Some wayfinding(?) inspiration
Aire by Laurent Perbos Read More …