Russell Davies

lobbies

I've been sitting in the lobbies of lots of agencies recently. (For one reason or another) And it does seem there's an inverse relationship between the creativity of the agency and the presence of their own ads in reception. ie the more ads you see in reception, the worse they are. I think this is a good lesson. I think a creative environment that's full of its own work is going to suffer from some sort of closed feedback loop. Put your other people's ads on the wall, not your own

pornography of work

we were chatting by email the other day. Talking about the appeal of programmes like The West Wing and CSI and Law and Order. And sure, it's to do with ensemble casts and great writing and tight plots. But it also occurs to me that it's to do with the pornography of work. These people have rewarding jobs, the stuff they do matters, they go home having acheived something worthwhile and significant. Of course we're fascinated by it

quotes

'america is a vast conspiracy to make you happy' john updike

'ain't no son of a bitch nowhere knows what's going to hit' ray charles

london is a village on the thames whose main industries are music hall and the confidence trick - dan leno

optimism is an essential ingredient for innovation - robert noyce - intel founder

you can't see around corners but you can hear around them - marshall mcluhan

all people dream, but not all equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses oi their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers oi the day are dangerous, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. - t.e. Lawrence

The primary purpose of business is to create and keep customers..

Peter Drucker

Ambient fear - term coined by brian massumi in the fear of eueryday life

Intelligence is the ability to hold two contradictary ideas in your head at the same time.
f scott fitzgerald

'little arts of popularity' james madison