This week I’ve been doing some training on a PLM system and one of the areas that we cover in the course is “Why is packaging important?”
This reminded me of an article about Lana Del Rey and how some creative repackaging has changed her fortunes from a 'run of the mill' singer songwriter to an artist to watch for in 2012.
No matter how much I try to engage with it, I find it difficult to be enthusiastic about modern politics. Just reading political headlines or watching Question Time irritates me as I am faced with ‘career politicians’ who seem more interested in sniping at their opponents than anything else. If I don't believe in what they are saying, how can I engage in the 'Big Society'?
37% of the public admit that they don't know a single line of Auld Lang Syne. 74% mime or make up the lyrics, 37% hum loudly, while 20% distract other people with some vigorous arm shaking (Post Office / Press Association).
The last 6 years have been challenging because they have stuck to their guns and not compromised what they believed in.
Now Cheeky Monkey are ready to make another step change to take their approach forward by connecting to even more people with the launch of the first Cheeky Monkey book and this new website.
The recent entrance of Google+ has ruffled more than a few feathers high in the tree tops of our social media jungle. Facebook in particular has been responding to the competition by introducing various features, such as the ‘improved’ “friends lists” that allows the user to choose which category of connections sees what information.
Our Cheeky Monkey lab has been busy doing research and it is clear that in order to survive the next decade you can’t be an Ostrich and stick your head in the sand its all about the giraffe, standing tall and seeing over everybody elses heads and embracing the changes you need to make in order to not only survive but to succeed.
I recently read that Google is now expanding its often controversial ‘Street View’ service into some of the world’s most remote places. Far from the realm of peeping-toms and prying eyes however, the most recent use of the tool is being used for the good.
Home secretary Theresa May is going to meet with senior police officers and senior executives from Twitter, Facebook and Blackberry to look at how to stop people plotting violence online. This has come from the recent riots and subsequent prison sentences for those inciting violence through Facebook.
