duncan bird aka davidwatts1978

The new office building is coming on at a pace, ceiling is done the floor is done and its all coming together, not like London builders...

I got a brilliant book on my latest trip to NY called wikinomics - how mass collaboration changes everything, my guess is if you're reading this you're probably half way there but it is an inspiring read, and in the spirit of the book here are our first draft floorplans for the building...

floorplan1

I can't believe its 3.00 am and I'm sat typing this, but then its one way of dealing with jet lag.  I hope I get some sleep as I'm having some leaving do's this week, tomorrow night with 4 close mates and then a about 100 or so people from music and the ad industry on Friday (what a combination that will be - will there be enough room for the egos) and a family and friends picnic on Hampstead Heath on Sunday. I really should get some sleep.

Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything

Don Tapscott

http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/a8af641356134bf09bd2a7fed9aa355d/Bird's-start-up-agency-wins-raft-of-business.html

Broome & Greene

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/next/archives/2007/07/another_anomaly.html#more 

http://www.brandrepublic.com/Discipline/Advertising/News/674141/Duncan-Bird-launch-Anomaly/

http://www.brandrepublic.com/Campaign/News/674141/Duncan-Bird-launch-Anomaly

Another anomaly

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I’m moving the family over to New York to launch a new business called Another Anomaly, an evolution of what I’ve been doing here at Sony BMG but on the other side of the world as an independent, although there’s some exciting news to come on the Sony BMG front…

So Another Anomaly is the sister to the phenomenally successful Anomaly which launched exactly 3 years ago in 2004 .

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jul2007/id20070723_639086.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+%2B+design_top+stories

Anomaly is engaged in many interesting businesses, one of which is the business of creating things that it either owns or has a share in, Jawbone for example is a phenomenally successful wireless mobile headset and rather than just helping with some aspects of Jawbone’s launch and creation Anomaly has a stake which unsurprisingly completely alters the way in which Anomaly works with Jawbone – they think about ideas for it 247.

At Another Anomaly we will shortly be launching a global skincare range designed by Another Anomaly and Tammy Hah – the world’s leading expert in skincare science.  Together the partnership means that most of the top stockists on both sides of the pond want the product when it launches in a few months time.

Also there is the small matter of the entertainment industry which is going through one of the most radical and exciting shake ups in modern history, with consumer choice and access to ‘content’ fundamentally changing distribution and revenue models overnight and forever. Watch this space….

http://media.guardian.co.uk/advertising/story/0,,2137993,00.html

http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/item/57320/254/260/3

Another anomaly

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I've just watched the first two episodes of the new BBC (imported from NBC) series and it is quite simply amazing, like a hollywood blockbuster in an hour every week.  Sky plus series linked...

heroes, hiro realise what he's done

I have been travelling a lot of late and I've not been on this blog thing, but I'm back now.

Some of you may have read about these new airlines with weird names that fly across to the US flymax, jetplus, silversurfingflyme etc. for a fraction of the cost of the big boys but in style, well if you like queing up endlessly, arriving at the airport impossibly early, departing inevitably late and eating food that was made in the 60's  then stick with the big boys as there's none of that nonsense on these new ones.  EOS (not the camera or the car) whisk you from the kerbside to teh plane effortlessly and dont charge you much for the priveledge. On board it is so good, and no I am not on commisssion.  When I first flew I was a tad nervous as I didn't know anyone who had flown but once they gave me my headphones, laptop and some booze I was chilled.  Look at that space...

I cant help but admire the promotion of the Simpsons Movie; as well as the usual things like a cracking review and some ads they've got a 'create your own simpson avatar' on their website, being a sad Homer like individual I did it and then I did the whole family, doh.

So tonight I'm off to see Newton Faulkner, Hugh Goldsmith took me to see him many months ago at the Water Rats and I was blown away, tonight he's playing the Union Chapel in Islington. I know we shouldn't use these blogs to just plug an artist but serioulsly what this guy can do with acoustic guitar is mind blowing, listen to his cover of Massive Attack's Teardrop everything you here is him and a guitar.

04 Teardrop (Live)

Newton Faulkner