iPhone Ap

Amongst many other wonderful things, I was given an iPhone for Christmas, and it's pretty bloody lovely. In fact it is very bloody lovely. But why, after three generations, can they still not handle flash websites? And why is there no blogger application?! I mean, I can't blog off it because it does not recognise the text box as a text box. (If anybody knows whether there is a way to use blogger on a portable device please let me know).

Anyway, I didn't write this post just to moan. We had an amazing Christmas, I'm super glad that Vanessa got to spend it over here with me, and I hope you all had a great time too. I imagine I'll start blogging again in the New Year. I bet you can't wait.

Well Guess What

Vanessa is here, I am super happy, AND it is snowing in London! Plus, to add a wee bit more pleasure to the mix, I got my Christmas present off Vanessa early - sweet new camera! I imagine this blog is about to get a whole lot more pictoral.

Vanessa!

She'll be here tomorrow!!!

A quote from Jimjim

Will, if you were a sweet I think you'd be a pink foam shrimp. Because you're nice, but you're not as good as a banana.

Well There We Go

I'm not much of a computer programmer to so it took me a wee while to do some html stuff, but I think the blog looks how I want it to. For now. I'm still not sure about the header image, or why the layout looks a bit different in safari from how it does in firefox, but I'm sure I'll live.

So SIMD started out as a blog to change the world, but then it quickly simmered down to just being a blog about nothing, and now it has taken on the more serious role of being a main place for all of my stuff. From LinkedIn to my favourite blogs, it can all live here.

Yes, I'll keep picking at the layout and modifying it until the cows come home, but I imagine it'll stay predominantly like this for a while. And if anyone can suggest a better header image, please do.

I Don't Conform

This made me laugh

I found this on my external hard drive and it made me smile. Kennedy wrote it for me to give to the bosses of W+K London. As you can see, it didn't work.

Heroes

Everybody has their favourite action hero; I even made a book on mine. But if I was stuck anywhere in the world, being chased by a couple of psychotic criminals, there is only one action hero I would want by my side: the kid from Home Alone. He can make traps out of quite literally anything. But his constant barrage of shit jokes would annoy the hell out of me.

Yorkshire In Advertising

I had a little chat with Tom and Stef at Big Al's Creative Emporium this afternoon, and the conversation got round to Yorkshire: God's County. The boys pointed out just how many Yorkshiremen worked in the ad industry. I asked them why they thought this was.

"Probably got something to do with Yorkshiremen being able to cut through all the crap and getting down to the basics," said Tom.

I felt some pride when he said that. I mean, I'm a proud Yorkshireman anyway, but I think he is right about being able to 'cut through the crap.' I hope I can do that in the work I do.

Yes, a super pretty, colourful, larger than life poster with bells on might be attention grabbing, but if it lacks a universal truth (or something clever or witty within it) do you think anybody will actually remember it?

God that was a long sentence.

Another week...

...another chat with another agency. But no matter how depressed I get about being jobless in London, all I have to do is remember that my beautiful fiancée will be here in 8 days. Eight days! And then it's Christmas too! Almost makes me forget that I am a bum.

And hopefully me and Simone can get our collective heads together and plot out what we want to do in the future regarding being creative. Watch this space.

What A Mess

Jesus, I left this blogspot thing to start up on Tumblr, and after a week I realised the grass was not greener on the other side at all. As nice as Tumblr looks, it is too much like a bloody social networking site. And there was no proper comment box! Yes social media is ace, but giving me a 'tumblarity' made blogging into a competition. I was instantly drawn into this popularity blogging contest, and I just ended up blogging a load of shite - quantity not quality.

So I am back here on blogger. Anyone can comment, I don't feel pressured, and the posts will (hopefully) be less boring.



































Anyway, I went for a chat at another agency today, and this campaign went down really well with them. Hopefully something will come up. Soonish.