Category Archives: Viral

The future is in us but may not be us

Written by monkey. Posted on February 24, 2011. Filed under Comment, Social Media, Viral. Tagged , , , , , , , . 2 Comments.
get-off-the-internet-day-web

Mystic Meg tried to predict it. Arthur C. Clarke and HG Wells were intrgued by it. George Orwell nailed it more than he could imagine. The future. How do you pre-empt the next big thing? How do you calculate how people will behave beyond iPads? How do you … Read More →

John Lewis: a moment closer to death

Written by monkey. Posted on May 17, 2010. Filed under Retail, TV ads, Viral. Tagged , , , . No comments.

The new lump-in-your-throat John Lewis advert has captured the imagination of the nation, sending Fyfe Dangerfield’s easily likeable cover of an old Billy Joel record almost to the top of the UK popular music charts and causing the more sentimental amongst us to rush to … Read More →

World’s Greatest Salesperson

Written by monkey. Posted on April 27, 2010. Filed under Viral. Tagged . 2 Comments.
Ogilvy Rolls Royce ad

Back at university I applied for a placement at Ogilvy in London. I still have the reply*, the famous logo adorning the top of the letter head, printed on expensive red-backed paper. It felt like a letter from somewhere important, a firm with authority and class. Since … Read More →

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