The weight of expectation is generally perceived to be a bad thing. It implies a negative form of pressure to succeed that acts to impair performance rather than improve it. The weight of expectation is something you suffer rather than benefit from – just ask successive England managers. But when …
Twitter went nuts over the last few days about the full-length-feature-version Nike World Cup ad. This one. But I just don’t get it. It’s the same old Nike formula. Yes it’s an epic. But it’s not “epic”. Yes I smiled at the Homer Simpson / Ronaldo vignette. Yes (big fucking …
I am indebted to the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought Of That blog for posting a leaving speech from a guy I’d never heard of. Chris Pullman was “design visionary” at Boston based public broadcast service WGBH in Boston. This, Point 7, from his What I’ve Learned speech really resonated …
