...Melting.
...Had a brilliant dinner at Village East in Bermondsey with Shailen, Trond and Alice. Who knew mopping up foie gras sauce with chips would be so satisfying?
...Enjoying music sourced from our music researcher. Jim Noir and Camera Obscura are lovely in this summer heat.
...Reading Anna Karenina for a book group. Very slowly.
...Became enchanted by Loco Roco.
...Re-discovered Jean Renoir's La Regle de Jeu and Ella Fitzgerald.
Terribly worried about the war in Lebanon and deeply disenchanted by our government's response to the suffering going on.
Seriously also very worried about people at the moment. There seems to be a lot of anxiety in the lives of people I love who are faraway and I think (and dream) about them constantly. I do wish peace of mind for everyone.
Oh, and melting.
28 Jul 2006
11 Jul 2006
Who are those handsome people?
I finally figured out how to get pictures off my mobile (and I was an Internet pioneer!). They're from an April day when Trond and his bf Ben, Tim, Jess and I went to see Alison Moyet in Smaller. It was the first sunny day in ages, so we sat outside and after several bottles of wine I snapped these photos.
The other photo is my name outside Old Billingsgate for a D+AD event where I was a speaker at Congress. I was stuck on a train, late, without the right notes, spritzing like a pig in a sauna and none of the media files worked, but I did the best I could. They've asked me back, so it can't have been too much of a disaster...
The other photo is my name outside Old Billingsgate for a D+AD event where I was a speaker at Congress. I was stuck on a train, late, without the right notes, spritzing like a pig in a sauna and none of the media files worked, but I did the best I could. They've asked me back, so it can't have been too much of a disaster...
10 Jul 2006
11 Jun 2006
Summer in the city
It's the first real warm weekend we've had. So, of course I have a cold. It just wouldn't be the start of summer if I wasn't hacking and snotty. And trying to impress my new work colleagues at the same time.
So it's official. I've been hired as the head of experience planning at Ogilvy One in London. I was freelancing for them and told Louise I'd be interested in something longer-term. I hadn't realised she was going to create a new role - don't tell, I would've been happy as a planner. So what do I do? I oversee the team who look at online user experience, develop the methodology for putting online at the heart of their 360 degree communications and work with clients to strategise the role of digital in their marketing mix. That's all! I'm terrified, but excited. The sheer size of the agency is overwhelming. It's very different from the digital start ups I've worked for in hte past -- My contract has a retirement clause in it!
So that's the news here. I've had my teeth whitened, bought new clothes, joined a gym, read several books on marketing and am digging in to the new phase of my career.
And now, I'm going for a walk in the park.
So it's official. I've been hired as the head of experience planning at Ogilvy One in London. I was freelancing for them and told Louise I'd be interested in something longer-term. I hadn't realised she was going to create a new role - don't tell, I would've been happy as a planner. So what do I do? I oversee the team who look at online user experience, develop the methodology for putting online at the heart of their 360 degree communications and work with clients to strategise the role of digital in their marketing mix. That's all! I'm terrified, but excited. The sheer size of the agency is overwhelming. It's very different from the digital start ups I've worked for in hte past -- My contract has a retirement clause in it!
So that's the news here. I've had my teeth whitened, bought new clothes, joined a gym, read several books on marketing and am digging in to the new phase of my career.
And now, I'm going for a walk in the park.
19 May 2006
Adieu Agency.com
Yesterday was my last day consulting for Agency.com. I resigned to work full-time at Ogilvy One. It was bittersweet to leave after four years - to say goodbye to some truly remarkable people, and to leave the BT Vision project which consumed the last 18 months (off and on) a few months before it launches. But I'm excited about the challenge ahead - more on that soon.
14 May 2006
Americans in Paris
Ah Paris in Spring. The flowers, the sunshine, the beautiful people out in the parks, the skeletons...
Jess and I spent a long weekend in Paris. She had never been. I've been many times, but still feel like it's my first time whenever I go. We discussed what to see on the train and the only thing that really piqued Jessica's interest was the Catacombs. I'd never been - it's truly morbid. In the 1780s the overflowing cemeteries were causing disease, so the city dug up the old cemeteries and deposited the skeletal remains in old quarries in the north of the Paris. They were wheel the skeletons by night, build barriers from skulls, limbs and mortar and dump the rest of the skeletons behind. They did this for about 90 years, then had the morbid idea of opening the catacombs for tours, added a few plagues with cheery quotations about death and voila! The catacombs of Paris.
The rest of the weekend we spent eating, drinking, shopping and walking. I hope Jess enjoyed it. I did.
Jess and I spent a long weekend in Paris. She had never been. I've been many times, but still feel like it's my first time whenever I go. We discussed what to see on the train and the only thing that really piqued Jessica's interest was the Catacombs. I'd never been - it's truly morbid. In the 1780s the overflowing cemeteries were causing disease, so the city dug up the old cemeteries and deposited the skeletal remains in old quarries in the north of the Paris. They were wheel the skeletons by night, build barriers from skulls, limbs and mortar and dump the rest of the skeletons behind. They did this for about 90 years, then had the morbid idea of opening the catacombs for tours, added a few plagues with cheery quotations about death and voila! The catacombs of Paris.
The rest of the weekend we spent eating, drinking, shopping and walking. I hope Jess enjoyed it. I did.
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