While tanks roll down Makati Avenue, soldiers in camouflage train their guns onto the Peninsula topiary. It’s just another coup attempt in the Philippines. Joel and I didn’t notice anything amiss, driving along Ayala to the office around eleven this morning. In fact, we thought the traffic fairly light compared to Ortigas. When we arrived …
Because of you, the building powers-that-be cancelled this morning’s fire drill. No longer will we be mustered away from the comfort of our cubicles, instructed to briskly walk down twenty flights of stairs and herded shivering and whining out into the wet streets while fire trucks answer theoretical alarms and firemen rescue imaginary victims.
We wore the jackets, rode the vans, carried the bags, lifted the streamers. Aside from attending the Ad Congress sessions, we were engrossed in a little guerilla marketing of our own. The 30s Can Save the World is a homegrown Y&R Philippines movement, a way to make An Inconvenient Truth a little more convenient to …
I think it is a good measure of the man that people who had never read his work lined up to hear him read, and speak. I heard from Donna (who was handling the event) that there were people who tried to queue at half past midnight. Not all of them were old fans. Many …
Neil Gaiman talks of myth, reads an excerpt from The Graveyard and signs one hundred books tomorrow at El Centro in Subic. Fully Booked’s stall has been besieged by new fans, and the salesclerks are harassed but cheerful. I am introducing him, and moderating the discussion after his talk. The gods grant I do not …
It’s the way of the world. Leo Burnett flogs its Wildfire movement and its partnership with Contagious in every show. I’ve listened to this presentation or variations of it around three or four times. I’ve tried to sell engagement and interaction ideas as a priority before regular tv-driven campaigns, with a zero batting average so …
I was quite happy when my question got an answer on stage. Neil said he thinks advertising is very useful when done well, and very irritatimg when not. He also compared American advertising to English, and did a hilarious ‘oh no, you have smelly feet!’ ad riff with a surprisingly passable middle American twang.
Or at least it would if Globe Wifi would just behave, but it’s not. Joel said, “Hey, they’re recycling the opening number from last night.” Seen from that point of view, the writers’ strike is a carbon offset. Down to 24% power. I really should’ve plugged in last night but I was too sleepy after …
Good location or wifi? Comfortable bed or wifi? Hot shower or wifi? Minibar or wifi? Tv or wifi? Wifi, dammit. I am in a hotel with no wifi, broadband, not even a 2 baud modem.
I never thought this would happen. I now want to switch to Smart. I’m in the Ad Congress dining hall. I chose Globe wifi first. It refused to let me connect to twitter or facebook. I then tried a Smart node. It worked immediately. That’s it. Even Globe DSL at home doesn’t like twitter. Smart, …