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Respect where it is due

Drew — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:15:41 +0000

It’s only human nature to crow about ones achievements (or ones team’s), but sometimes you have to put your hand up in recognition of others

Here’s the definition in Wiktionary, but do you know the term it is defining?

A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.

…………….the answer of course is ‘sage’. So if you were Sage, Britain’s largest software business and you already had a massive share of the accounting software market, and you wanted to persuade people that you had moved on and were more about smart business solutions (not just accounting) what would you do?

Obvious answer – you’d bring back the Krypton factor a massive UK TV show from yesteryear: http://www.itv.com/kryptonfactor/

It always was a game for smart, problem solving people; for Sage to pick it up and comit to sponsorship is a very smart move. Congratulations

Difficult is worth doing…

Stuart Witts — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:19:56 +0000

Live television advertisement featuring skydivers spelling out the letters HONDA.

Wheeeee!

Stuart Witts — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:51:10 +0000

An oldie, but a goodie. One of the digital departments favourite ads.

I’m a cider drinker, ooh arr, ooh arr ay!

Stuart Witts — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:47:08 +0000

Excellent use of typography on these cans of Cidra Krönleins Bryggeri cider.

What is 1,073,741,824 gigabytes?

Alex Brayshaw — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:20:58 +0000

What is 1,073,741,824 gigabytes?
An Exabyte. A “byte: is a collection of 8 bits. A “bit” is the smallest unit of information that can be stored in a computer, and consists of either 1 or 0 (or on/off state). All computer calculations are in bits.

Bytes are convenient because, when converted to computer mode, they can represent 256 characters, such as numbers or letters. So a byte is 8 times larger than a bit.

Common aggregations for bytes come in multiples of 1,000, such as kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, and so on. The progression is as follows:

Bit (b)1 or 0
Byte (B)8 bits
Kilobyte (KB)1,000 bytes
Megabyte (MB)1,000 KB
Gigabyte (GB)1,000 MB
Terabyte (TB)1,000 GB
Petabyte (PB)1,000 TB
Exabyte (EB)1,000 PB
Zettabyte (ZE)1,000 EB

What is the Exaflood?

Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!

Stuart Witts — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:40:14 +0000

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The Simple Genius of LEGO!

Mike Ballan — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:40:57 +0000

Now as kids we all at some point would have played with LEGO to make all kinds of amazing and wonderful creations!

And I have to say that these LEGO Print adverts are so clever in portraying how the imagination of a young mind is!

Tense, nervous headache? Well, f*** you!

Mat — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:58:27 +0000

Academics at a Norfolk university say swearing at work helps employees cope with stress.

Sounds interesting, but then they go and spoil it by bringing common-sense into the equation and saying that in the presence of customers or senior staff, profanity must be ’seriously discouraged or banned’. Shame really, as the younger, more lethargic members of the fast-food industry would finally get to speak their minds by enquiring “Would you like fries with that, you fat b******?”.

Read the story over at BBC NEWS

Tell it like it is…

Stuart Witts — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:32:55 +0000

The best album cover ever! The CD version of XTC’s Go2, originally designed by Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis (1978)

(via Creative Review)

Where ideas come from…

Stuart Witts — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:14:44 +0000

Always keep an open mind when looking for ways to improve your marketing.

(more great cartoons at See Mike Draw)