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Putrid Putin's Pareto Pyramid Piechart

✍️ 'Russian election result...' My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph Buy a print of my cartoons at https://t.co/ILFJjPmckx Original artwork from https://t.co/bVPAkgE34y pic.twitter.com/hSFQCzRfY7 — Matt Cartoons (@MattCartoonist) March 14, 2024 Another stolen election is currently underway in the world.

Pi Day Accuracy Reminder

Did you know? NASA only uses 15 digits of π for calculating interplanetary travel. At 40 digits, you could calculate the circumference of a circle the size of the visible universe with an accuracy that'd fall off by less than the diameter of a hydrogen atom.#piDay2024 pic.

One Word Feeling

Spied on the Emirates stadium Legends tour today. Please RT. This is amazing. Gooners need to see this. ❤️ #Arsenal pic.twitter.com/jDmk4qnc6u — GiantCalGunner (@GiantCalGunner) March 10, 2024 Last night's knockout second-leg to reach UCL QFs gave us the competition's first penalty shoot-out since Real prevailed

Painting Pictures With Words Spurs

We're not poets. Nor copywriters. Simply solution salespeople. Yet how many times do we miss a trick of those wordsmiths? I recall long ago touching on the selling punch of the metaphor. Now, through the improbable source of youth footballers, comes a reminder we can motivate our prospects

The Music’s Not Important Until It’s Wrong

Wisdom described by the Scot DJ who for years had the most listened to show (weekday mid-mornings) on British airwaves, as "very astute". It's not just radio for whom this applies. You can sub in a multitude of other arenas for 'music' above and

BHAG Your Ambition

News orgs are newsmakers from their London lairs this week. One new entrant into the rolling cycle pulls up its anchor, as another UK startup tv channel (they still exist) gets freshly emboldened through out-living its rival. The survivor outlined ambitions to shake-up its sector and become 'the largest

Unexplained Unconventionals Unwashed

As Sunday late night show The Unexplained with Howard Hughes ends its sadly all-too-brief rolling news channel TV run, here we look back at how the unusual array of guests presented themselves. Starting with possibly the most featured talking head. Space Expert (albeit villawit), Andy Lound. Above making the most

Contact Form Fishing Follow-Up Fail

O-oh. The latest in a consistently disappointing string of BDev outreach attempts duly lands in my inbox. I noticed that you previously provided your contact details on our website, but unfortunately, despite many attempts, we weren't able to connect with you. I understand that your time is valuable,

Lazy Simulations

In thoughts widely shared among those with purpose to help make the world a better place through video meetings that actually work, here's a concluding excerpt from longtime marketing blogger Seth Godin. Railing against those who dismiss video calls as full of "cons", never productive, let

One Sentence Test

I note yet another call for pitch simplicity. This time, from someone with experience running a business [behind The Times' paywall.] I firmly back these types of exhortations. Down the years, I've blogged on plenty. As well as running countless workshops and mini, sometimes spontaneous, runs around