I doubt I've ever written about my personal life, I don't feel the need to tell strangers much about me. Not when there are fascinating people to tune into online. This changed after reading Rich Mulholland's tweet about his son being bullied at school. It had me thinking about the effect of bullying on me and made me think perhaps his kid would benefit from knowing that he's definitely not alone.
Research in Motion, the company responsible for the BlackBerry handset range is having a bad year. Their share price has plummeted, sales of the PlayBook, which I'd hoped would be great, have not matched RIM's expectations and furthermore their focus on a business driven handset range has not met consumer demand head on.
With the Cannes Lions festival on the go, I got started thinking about my own creative abilities, why don't I think of myself as a creative? Why would a corporate select an agency with a creative team, a creative director or even better 'creative' in the agency's name for a marketing campaign over a solutions driven agency, person or team? Why the fuck can't I draw and why is playing the guitar taking me so long to master?
