tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:04:24 +0000http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/johnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)Blogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-1745537725303868835Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:04:00 +00002010-02-03T10:04:24.430Zbirthday wishlistI saw this great book in WHSmiths in Euston Station yesterday. It's on a genuinely fascinating topic and more to the point has received good reviews on Amazon. So to all of my chums out there, or any particularly generous strangers, this is top of my birthday* wishlist!  Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo * I turn 26 on 11 April,2010 just in case you were wondering......http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/2ksbZiuVZr8/want-doms-unofficial-birthday-list.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2010/02/want-doms-unofficial-birthday-list.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-8994823375965450956Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:05:00 +00002010-01-07T12:30:32.046Zbroken britainhomelessmiserychangesnowcoldI'm sitting in a warm pub at the moment, with the cricket on and a pint in hand but I can't settle. For I know that out in London tonight, thousands of shivering, sodden souls will be huddling in slush-filled doorways praying for the soft release of an unbroken night's sleep that'll never come. I know this because it's a documented fact. Not because of ten people I've passed this evening, allhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/rgWI2mb4XQQ/snow-fun-outside-tonight.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2010/01/snow-fun-outside-tonight.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-7040694470848178230Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:39:00 +00002010-01-05T02:52:59.183Zanti-social behaviourbroken britainanarchyre-brandBritish people don't care about the UK any more. The era of national pride has passed and all that is left is a divided, self-interested populous with more loyalty to celebrities and brands than to British people. I know this because I am one. Over the past decade, for this is all I can talk knowledgeably about, Britain has become a fragmented state. We have experienced quasi-devolution http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/FhCv4AKkfyI/why-britain-needs-re-brand.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)6http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2010/01/why-britain-needs-re-brand.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-938332288051374119Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:26:00 +00002009-12-16T10:47:11.214Zvietnampaying it forwardsoppyaussiesSo this is a fairly funny post all in all. It’s a quasi-travel post and yet I haven’t finished (not even nearly) writing up my travels in Vietnam from over two months ago. The thing is though that something fairly amazing happened to me this weekend and I would feel remiss if I didn’t share it.It all started with an alarm that went off a little too early for my liking at 4am on Thursday morning. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/yCLQkWNX9gc/paying-it-forward-lessons-from-madrid.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/12/paying-it-forward-lessons-from-madrid.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-1834480831834014951Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:36:00 +00002009-10-11T14:40:45.149+01:00vietnamho chi minh citysaigonholidaySo before I start I guess I should explain that the following blog posts are a summary of my activities abroad in Vietnam travelling with a friend. A lot of what we did is fairly standard amongst travellers but some elements were entirely by accident and were a welcome and exciting deviation from the norm. I’ll try and cover our whole journey with the bits we found useful along the way, keeping http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/U3GeHAlja5Y/my-travels-in-vietnam-part-one.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)5http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/10/my-travels-in-vietnam-part-one.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-1860709538007421885Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:04:00 +00002009-08-24T12:22:57.736+01:00videoMIREwan MacLeodmixercringeMy Hotwire colleagues Alexis and Lauren and I, representing 33 Digital, all recently attended the great Mobile Industry Review Mixer thrown by Mr Ewan MacLeod.It was after a few beers at a particularly vulnerable point in my evening that Alexis dragged me in front of Ewan's probing lens and suggested that I should represent 33 in a little piece on mobile PRs. Anyway I did my best - possibly not http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/nRe61mqNogo/33-at-mir-mixer-this-is-why-i-hide-from.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/08/33-at-mir-mixer-this-is-why-i-hide-from.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-1389722298384642747Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:59:00 +00002009-07-06T17:39:34.280+01:00emi fuelmyblog reviewiTunes, Spotify, Last.fm - The three horsemen of the apocalypse as far as music's concerned right?Well no, not really. Let's face it if you're going to list out the portents of doom for this particularly industry the list would be longer than the receipt for my bi-monthly trip to Sainsburys. You can add to this list YouTube, Blip.fm and a few million file sharing networks. None of these have beenhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/Ok3KXQ_ai3g/emi-beta-short-review.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/07/emi-beta-short-review.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-7123053072767361671Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:15:00 +00002009-07-03T13:30:15.205+01:00graphscoffeeyumI found this through the wonder that is Feedly, the most intuitive RSS feed reader you'll ever come across.I'm a massive fan of Coffee but I've never really ventured beyond the beige world of Americanos, Lattes and Espressos. With this new graphical representation of coffee 'recipes' held aloft - if you can call them that - I will stride into a new world of caffeine-based beverages.I bloody love http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/2eaqyeL5EpU/how-to-make-coffee-graphical-journey.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)2http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/07/how-to-make-coffee-graphical-journey.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-3092056296933445589Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:42:00 +00002009-06-29T10:50:32.089+01:00animationluke jacksonGoodbye LondonI received an email late last night from a bloke called Luke Jackson, asking me very nicely if I would be interested in taking a look at his video. I did and I thought it was fairly awesome and so hence I've posted it here. Please take a look and if you, like me, think it's a great musical number then post it on.With ever increasing levels of spam and bad blogger engagement, I want to push even http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/BSf27mDEHO4/music-via-good-blogger-engagement.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/06/music-via-good-blogger-engagement.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-1130363567222565678Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:33:00 +00002009-06-24T12:01:06.507+01:00tweet-upputneyJolly Gardeners15th JulyThe details for the great Putney tweet-up, discussed two posts ago, are as follows:Location: The Jolly GardenersTime: 7pm onwardsDate: Wednesday, 15th JulyIt'd be great if you could send me a quick email letting me know if you're coming with your mobile number attached in case the location shifts at the last minute. What's more, I'll even give you my mobile number in return.If I could get an ideahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/fWZ_D8oqd1c/tweet-up-on-thames-part-second.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/06/tweet-up-on-thames-part-second.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-4880120939388607798Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:08:00 +00002009-06-23T13:33:16.536+01:00David AllenwidgetEvernoteGTD getting things done33 DigitalAs a follow-up to my earlier post Getting Things Done, I have made one of the notebooks from my Evernote account public. It's mainly diagrams and drawings that I've taken from Flickr but shows some elements of the text recognition systems at play and the embeddable widget design is very sweet.Take a peek at the stuff below, I'll keep adding to the pile of notage. If you've got any questions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/TxNjTMeQndQ/my-public-evernote-notebook.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/06/my-public-evernote-notebook.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-5108029510243863376Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:38:00 +00002009-06-09T19:41:35.419+01:00tweet-upNOT shoreditchputneyThere are and always have been a proliferation of social media events held in Shoreditch but rarely has Putney been recognised as the incubating chamber for many of the, albeit self-acclaimed, greatest minds in social media.This is to be rectified by the creation of the first ever Putney Tweet-Up, to be held on one evening this July in one of the many beautiful pubs that exist in this neck of thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/ZJt0h9t10HQ/tweet-up-on-thames-part-first.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)9http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/06/tweet-up-on-thames-part-first.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-1835355863243676181Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:27:00 +00002009-06-09T09:44:37.155+01:00GTD getting things done David Allen Evernote 33 DigitalOf late I’ve become interested in the ‘getting things done’ (GTD) movement, the largely web-based organisational cult led by ticklist prophet David Allen. Simply put, GTD is all about working and living more intelligently.I’ve always been fairly well organised at work; my desk is replete with to-do-lists and 33 Digital is going through a Google Doc revolution at the moment but there are always http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/EMqQvD-9kbI/getting-things-done.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)1http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/06/getting-things-done.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-6446963380657558069Mon, 18 May 2009 22:34:00 +00002009-05-19T00:48:17.124+01:00<!-- Start of Flickr Badge -->So it's been a while since I last updated, huh? In the meantime one little thing happened, a tiny little eency weency little thing. I'm joking of course, it was massive. Since my last post the PR world has felt the seismic impact of the 33 Digital launch - we pride ourselves on our modesty."So how's it been going?", I hear you cry. Well, quite nicely actually by all http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/IeYYhRxovr4/33-reasons-for-happiness.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/05/33-reasons-for-happiness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-1225285306843018351Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:05:00 +00002009-02-25T00:05:05.946Zcocainemax clifforddrug smugglingjeremy kylepaul and laura makinpr failOne of the most tragic news stories and biggest PR fails that I've read about broke today. It's the embarrassing tale of two ex-Jeremy Kyle Show losers locked up in a Venezuelan prison for attempting to smuggle cocaine out of the country.Paul and Laura Makin spoke to The Times about their plight as prisoners in the hostile San Antonio gaol where inmate gang-leaders roam freely about the yard withhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/XNtb5HP8_Vg/makin-drug-bust-pr-fail.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/02/makin-drug-bust-pr-fail.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-1273873928988947478Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:59:00 +00002009-02-09T19:29:06.151Zsix nationsrugbyandy goodeWhat a load of rubbish! England's off to a worryingly familiar start in year's Six Nations - expectedly winning against the usual league bottom-feeders and making it look remarkably difficult.Even though their performance was dismal, it's difficult to pick a weak spot in our team mainly because a weak spot suggests that there are areas of the team that are stronger. The squad is - at least - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/jIOMZcBAkK0/question-of-englands-saviour.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/02/question-of-englands-saviour.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-1488420780583553846Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:29:00 +00002009-01-28T12:53:41.787Zdebt collectorsJordanparallelsVenn diagramsFor other, some would say better, examples of Venn diagram awesomeness check out Indexed.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/GtCb1PL8f0s/credit-crunch-parallels-between-debt.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/01/credit-crunch-parallels-between-debt.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-2691740122440327724Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:31:00 +00002009-01-28T12:23:16.140Zobamawordlefoodleingredientsculinarymash-upcookingrecipesI was looking at the Wordle of Obama's inauguration speech last week and marvelling at how a speech could show so much additional information when laid out in that format. It got me thinking about how other types of content could be enhanced in similar way. Today everything came together in one brainwave and hence I can present to you the genius concept of Foodle.Foodle is like Wordle in that it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/BAm-vv7FuYw/foodle-culinary-social-media-mash-up.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)3http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/01/foodle-culinary-social-media-mash-up.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-7711961455029530410Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:25:00 +00002009-01-27T17:27:23.022ZTeam Twitterstephen fryjonathon rossRussell BrandSo Russell 'walking dictionary' Brand is on Twitter. The whole idea of celebrities involving themselves in geekery is one that I abhor. We're supposed to be grown-ups, able to fight off the pubescent urge to hero worship and giggle at the sight of them off the telly going about like normal people. It seems that I'm in a minority though, a tiny little segment of the online world, as Philip http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/w7-bXDgLEKg/russell-brand-saviour-for-tech-start.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/01/russell-brand-saviour-for-tech-start.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-8304183715091260428Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:08:00 +00002009-01-26T09:13:37.269Zobamapresidentjohn robertsxkcdpresidential oath....and I haven't posted for a while I thought I'd share this little piece of genius with y'all. Normal service will be resumed soon however.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/XN-2Ygefp_c/because-im-lazy.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/01/because-im-lazy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-5655190712358894641Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:51:00 +00002009-01-03T16:07:39.680Z2009to be achievedNew YearI'm sitting on a train up to Leeds using National Express' awesome free wi-fi service. It's a pretty sweet train journey only taking about two and a half hours and providing vistas of some of the best English countryside. It's a great opportunity for contemplation.So it's officially 2009 then. I'm pretty excited, there's a lot of opportunities landing in the lap of our team at the moment and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/ZPSk1M1lKp0/so-this-is-2009.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)1http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2009/01/so-this-is-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-3257956568157626632Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:38:00 +00002008-12-17T12:39:56.300Zxkcdflowchartshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/kqsQZ5-dKy0/flowcharty-genius.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2008/12/flowcharty-genius.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-477216860748004659Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:36:00 +00002008-11-28T10:17:59.987ZKaveh SolhekolThe SunBenito MussoliniOsama Bin LadenFootballcrap journalismHitlerdrossRussell BrandThe TimesI'm speechless, utterly speechless. I have just read the most vacuous, inflammatory, 'pandering to the masses' article that I've come across outside The Daily Mail. And it was in The Times for chris'sakes!!!There's a new article on Times Online this morning called The Top 50 worst famous football fans. It's a populist and ill thought-out run down of the famous football fans that you wouldn't wanthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/EDPu4HpT0Go/times-is-conduit-for-shoddy-journalism.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)2http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2008/11/times-is-conduit-for-shoddy-journalism.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-1034389775020784321Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:45:00 +00002008-11-21T11:47:51.638Zjohn sergeantstrictly come dancingquotehippodom whitehurst"You can't create a TV circus and then complain when the Hippo becomes the star"Why? Because I came up with it.....I never said I wasn't a narcissist - or a genius! If I don't log my 'great sayings' then no-one else will.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/okDEuPHnWnE/favourite-comment-about-john-sergeant.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)0http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2008/11/favourite-comment-about-john-sergeant.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182141544860729087.post-8603713102846717078Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:01:00 +00002008-11-13T10:20:03.703ZidiotsAVEOTSmarketingPR2.0dom whitehurstnumbersclientsblindnessIn his early autobiography, one of Stephen Fry’s schoolboy tormentors responds to a witty quip with, “Well you can prove anything with facts!” Turns out there’s more than a small parallel here with PR2.0 measurability.A lot of conversations I’ve had around the subject of measurability in PR concern the fact that thanks to wündertools like Google Analytics and Technorati it is now possible to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/xRre/~3/_ei2LmzVVy0/why-does-pr20-blind-itself-with-numbers.htmljohnny19845@hotmail.com (Dom Whitehurst)4http://www.domwhitehurst.co.uk/2008/11/why-does-pr20-blind-itself-with-numbers.html