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Latest — Dec 11, 2024

Pace Blueprint

Not just one for cricket lovers. Although fast-bowling enthusiasts will doubtless lap this up. After stumbling in India and Pakistan, the English cricket Test setup has gone through a minor rebuild these past twelve months. All the more important given the next away Ashes is only a year away. With

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Pop Promo Handcam Meeting Visuals

Somehow an indie-ish music video entered my feeds. A track with initial promise, unfulfilled in delivery. Still, I watched the retro-style home video cassette vibe. Realising how ridiculously cheap it's thankfully become to make your own on a step to stardom. Even if only the payola might of the majors

AI Proof Pitching

There's a presently observed HR dichotomy. We're all about people. Empathy transcends. A culture most gleaming. Where you can be your best self. So we'll hire you by AI. S'pose we ought expect nothing less from our colleagues latterly vying to be the standout epitome of the Sales Prevention Department.

12-Minute Baller Chunks Tops

There's many a stipulation over max timeslots before our buyers' (or colleagues') attention evaporates. Durations beyond which you must not stray when performing certain tasks. Showing a particular slide. Speaking on video without letting other participants do something themselves. Snappy video call lengths. Each shorter than you'd imagine. With a

Majoritise Support Minoritise Opposition

What a repressive construct. As far removed from proper 'critical thinking' and actual 'inclusion' as you can get. Above, there's a 2⅓-minute chunk from my mark of the 'tomorrows papers' show the world was waiting for. Where would we be without these three stalwarts and many of their crew.

Happy Birthday Winston

Not many people get to lead defeat of amassed oppressive murderous authoritarians. Winston Churchill one rare example. Who today would turn 150. In commemoration there's plenty of pieces citing the best of his masterful speeches, glorious trove of rejoinders and remarkable lateral thinking problem solving creativity. Despite all the usual

Pop Promos Still Liking Bland Meeting Room Settings

I'd not heard of this act either. Yet this latest track did have the kind of Jamie T first album vibe I so loved two decades back. As the latest in my occasional series on this trope, the video for Just Call Me has quite the conceit. Everyone our hero

60s Hit-Making Songwriters Key To Creating Winning Ideas

I read that a song-writing duo recently, separately died. So successful that in the Sixties they racked up UK Top 20 hits in number second only to Lennon-McCartney. With a love of songwriting since schoolmates, they were rejected by the gatekeepers of the day (Soho's English Tin Pan Alley). So

Your German Discounter Smash Hit Middle Aisle Pitch

I say smash hit but, according to their UK Chief Exec, I could equally say divorce-maker. For apparently the 'middle at Lidl' phenomenon that is their ever-changing selection of all manner of weird and wonderful household items can cause domestic ructions. “We often get partners at odds with each other

Now and Next Renown

I was enjoying a chat with a shift manager of a large gastro style coffee shop that when in that city centre I frequent. She had just begun to split her time to help steady the fortunes of another location. As with many such endeavour, I sensed a combination of