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Brand wastage: Polaroid dies without imagination
I love traditional photography. The tonal range, the fact one is making an object rather than a file and that the characteristics of different film can really change an image fascinates me. Luckily, … more »
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Brand wastage: Polaroid dies without imagination
jiveman wrote 1 month ago: I love traditional photography. The tonal range, the fact one is making an object rather than a fil … more »
The disappearing Fool? Missed chances on a silly day
jiveman wrote 3 months ago: Well another year another April Fool’s. In a day of mass communications it was never likely … more »
Saturation: The easy route to nowhere?
jiveman wrote 3 months ago: Seeing masses of cash shoved onto a bonfire of foolishness pains any responsible marketer - especia … more »
The Zen of Brute Force: Sony's return?
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jiveman wrote 4 months ago: Sony has got many things wrong for a long, long time. It completely missed crucial concepts like t … more »
Design crimes in my ear
jiveman wrote 5 months ago: I upgrade phones very slowly as I have been suckered onto 18 month contracts successively as you ge … more »
The retailers best forgotten
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jiveman wrote 5 months ago: I am always out for a bargain to the point that my bank balance looks less thrifty than I feel. So … more »
Thai spices vs. BabyBel on the brain: UK adverts stay stupid
jiveman wrote 6 months ago: Well it seems as if the whole pre-Christmas slowdown does not happen in a global economy, at least f … more »
Zombie Retail from Leningrad
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jiveman wrote 7 months ago: In the ‘up and coming’ (read: fewer baseheads on the street than ten years ago and some … more »
Broadband Wars VII: Virgins on the cheap
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jiveman wrote 8 months ago: Virgin Media continues to slide down the plughole, flailing about like a tadpole in a cistern, unti … more »
Hunter and the Dame: "Activate Self Esteem"?
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jiveman wrote 10 months ago: When I was younger, I was a great admirer (as are many) of Hunter S. Thompson. He produced little o … more »
The perils of dons for hire and the perfect equation for whatever...
jiveman wrote 10 months ago: Oh dear. One of my favourite writers and thinkers, Ben Goldacre, was approached by Clarion for hel … more »
Battling the Nimbys...with stupidity
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jiveman wrote 11 months ago: Couldn’t help noticing a story in last night’s Evening Standard (by the shifty Andrew G … more »
The show must go on: The BBC on trial?
jiveman wrote 11 months ago: I couldn’t help noticing in the Saturday Grauniad that public trust in the BBC has taken quit … more »
Apple juice alchemy
jiveman wrote 1 year ago: Few in the drinks industry can have been unaware of Irish cider Magners (actually called Bulmers in … more »
A gilded barge is sinking...
jiveman wrote 1 year ago: I am not an admirer of Rolling Stone magazine. It was sort of vital at the beginning and gave a ho … more »
'Green' is browning at the edges
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jiveman wrote 1 year ago: The whole ‘green’ thing has been jumped on by brands with the energy of Super Mario. I … more »
Media Science 101: Be stupid, be afraid
jiveman wrote 1 year ago: My scientific knowledge is above average, but still quite basic compared to a real white coated per … more »
Digging yourself a hole: Piracy prevention get its wrong, again
jiveman wrote 1 year ago: Content companies still don’t seem to get the way the web works. If you don’t like a s … more »
A 'Web 2.0' refusenik cashes in
jiveman wrote 1 year ago: Well well well. What to do if you’ve made a bit (though not too much) on ‘Web 1.0 … more »
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