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Apr 21, 2010

Michael Follett's blog: Stop complicating, start simplifying

Apparently, half of all 12-17 year-old Americans have created content on the web. This is no new development. As early as 2005, the respected Pew ‘Internet and American Life Project’ found that 57% of American teens were web ‘content creators’. This is an incredible statement. Unbelievable. Unthinkable.

Apr 15, 2010

Whatever the season, helpfulness is in fashion

An interesting find while hanging around in the reception area of a prospective client: a charming old ad from 1934. In delicate watercolour, it shows a delivery truck that has stopped on a country road to help a female motorist in distress. This is a particularly apposite form of aid, as the company advertised sells engine oil.