Russell Davies

psywarrior

PSYOP PSYOPS PSYWAR Psychological Operations Psychological Warfare

tap jam

Choke-points in traffic infrastructure are the interesting environments of the future. We spend all this time not travelling, people are bound to look for ways to put it to better use. The Tap Jam is a great example. People who tap to entertain those stuck in NYC traffic jams. Here's some pictures from 2002. I heard about it from a program on NPR called The Next Big Thing.

god bless hollywood

I saw an ad for a new movie yesterday - Final Destination 2

future jargon

steely knives and oily guns

U.S. Troops Said to Capture Hussein Bodyguard
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) -- American soldiers overpowered and arrested a bodyguard who rarely left Saddam Hussein's side Tuesday and said they obtained documents and information that could help them close in on the former dictator.
As ``one of Saddam's lifelong bodyguards,'' Adnan Abdullah Abid al-Musslit was believed to have detailed knowledge of the former president's hiding places, said Lt. Col. Steve Russell, who led the raid. He said documents taken from the home and information obtained from the men would be useful in the hunt for Saddam.
``Every guy we get tightens the noose,'' said Russell, commander of the 4th Infantry Division's 22nd Infantry Regiment. ``Every photo and every document connects the dots.''
The stocky bodyguard struggled to break free as soldiers arrested him, and they had to wrestle him to the ground and drag him down the stairs, Russell said.
``Were we surprised? He's a bodyguard. That's why we went in with our steely knives and oily guns,'' Russell said. ``If everything else had failed and we just got that one guy, we would be happy.''

t&k's rules for advertising

1. Three ads is a campaign
2. No left and right
3. No pull back to reveal

things that don't fill you with confidence

1. You're in a lift. The doors start closing incredibly slowly. While an alarm sounds.

creative directorisms

1. it's nice to have an ace in the cupboard (kim)
2. we're falling between two swords (tony)
3. it's staring us under our nose (tony)
4. i've changed tact (tony)

psyops patch

stationality

Good jargon - stationality - the audible character / identity of a radio station - everything about a radio station except the music

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