In...Vienna, soon Salzburg
Reading...Shalimar the Clown, Salman Rushdie
Listening to...Golijov's the Dreams of Issac the Blind and Enigma
Watching...a selection of the DVDs I bought and never watched, mostly French
Gadget...new Canon Ixus 800 camera. I just figured out how to change the camera menus from Japanese to English and am now very happy with it.
In brief:
Taking a few days off work to explore Austria. Work fine. Lost pitch. That sucks, but still proud of the work we did. Love staying in hotels. Cold in Vienna. Bummed to clocks are changing...
27 Oct 2006
8 Oct 2006
Life in Canary Wharf
The new pictures are of Canary Wharf and the Ogilvy offices. Canary Wharf is in East London. It's a business area rejuvenated about 20 years ago by the Thatcher government with beautiful parks, fantastic restaurants, a subterranean mall and huge business towers. We occupy offices in a faux neo-classical building on the water with stunning views of London. It's all a bit surreal, like working on a movie set from Bonfire of the Vanities or something.
The area is full of bankers in suits. We're a bit of a anomaly in the area, but there's a certain smug satisfaction in arriving in jeans and comfortable shoes amidst the sea of blue, black and grey. Ogilvy's offices are impressive. The lobby is marble and vast. The offices trendy and fun (although crammed with people, paper, advertising and whatnot.) There's a bar which in the day is a subsidised Starbucks and at night a subsidised bar. There are conference rooms the size of small countries. Reprographics, editing suites, an enormous production studio, basically everything one could need to make advertising. I've been there six months and it still overwhelms me. And through it all is the ethos of David Ogilvy writ large.
The area is full of bankers in suits. We're a bit of a anomaly in the area, but there's a certain smug satisfaction in arriving in jeans and comfortable shoes amidst the sea of blue, black and grey. Ogilvy's offices are impressive. The lobby is marble and vast. The offices trendy and fun (although crammed with people, paper, advertising and whatnot.) There's a bar which in the day is a subsidised Starbucks and at night a subsidised bar. There are conference rooms the size of small countries. Reprographics, editing suites, an enormous production studio, basically everything one could need to make advertising. I've been there six months and it still overwhelms me. And through it all is the ethos of David Ogilvy writ large.
5 Oct 2006
Today I am old....
Today I turn 38. I feel 70...
Still knackered from the pitch we had earlier this week which went well but was painful and exhausting along the way. My brain is porridge this week, but it's to be expected. And I've nothing more complicated than enjoying the wellwishers, free lunches and champagne and that's not a bad day at all.
Still knackered from the pitch we had earlier this week which went well but was painful and exhausting along the way. My brain is porridge this week, but it's to be expected. And I've nothing more complicated than enjoying the wellwishers, free lunches and champagne and that's not a bad day at all.
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