Boys and Girls

The third Monday of January every year has the dubious honour of being the gloomiest day of the year. Christmas is over, for many of us it has been weeks since we received our early December salary, the cost of Christmas is biting, lots of us pay annual renewals in

Here’s one of my favourite ads from the US:

It’s great isn’t it. Even the Betty White one is funny although it does rely a little too heavy on the ‘tackle’ bit for the humour.

Obviously this isn’t my Bug Bear. This is:

Snickers

The same idea but made for a UK audience. A

You’d think that “No” would be one of the worst words you could hear when you present creative work. As in “No we don’t like it”, or “No, not under any circumstances”, or “No, get the hell out of my office” (i’ve never actually heard that last one).

But “No”, isn’t

I’ve been looking through a few digital marketing predictions for 2012. All in all, it’s going to be a very busy year! A few stand out though and are shared across most of the blogs.

MOBILE. Yes, all caps. As I mentioned in my blog on last years web summit, mobile is

It’s that time of year when we all take a look back over the years events. What better way to do it then by combining striking images with one of our favorite things, Lego.

So a big thanks to The Guardian for this.

The White House Situation Room is my personal favorite.

So far the best piece of commentary I’ve read about the budget was this tweet from @taoiseachenda ‘In case you’re wondering why it’s taking two days to deliver #Budget2012, it’s because we have to translate it from German’

The whole ‘European issue’ was probably the underlying theme of this morning’s KPMG

The guys at Gifted Co. have created a stunning calendar for 2012 which also doubles as a selection of 12 prints, from a cracking selection of illustrators such as Jack Daly, Malika Favre & Brosmind. I ordered mine this morning and they were even nice enough to send me an

Ma and Pa O’Rourke never really went in for family holiday camps when us young ones were growing up.

If you were good at the Community Games you progressed to Mosney. And though I am somewhat of an athlete these days, as a child I never made the grade.  And when

The ghost of Charles Haughey, Lynch & DeValera had really dominated the pre game chat. A state of the nation address? A moment in history cast in televisual amber. What was in store for us over the coming days, months, years? We are of course living beyond our means but

It began today, 1st December, with Christmas jumpers

With the incessant play of Christmas tunes in the planning department

If you are passing, there are currently mince pies being served in the basement, at the Boys and Girls Christmas lunchtime movie. Here is a clip of what’s playing….(scarily some of the