Advertising
Russell Davies
Aug 06, 2013

The watches might be smart, but the advertising will have to be smarter

Are you wearing a watch? (Did you glance just then to check? I hope so. I like the idea that I can make you do stuff with just the power of black marks on white paper. Don't think of an elephant! There, I did it again.)

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