Opinion

To be creative, be prepared to screw up and take it on the chin

28th March 2011

It’s important that nobody gets mad at you for screwing up. We know screwups are an essential part of making something good. That’s why our goal is to screw up as fast as possible.Lee Unkrich, director of Toy Story 3, Wired magazine Following on from my post about when is it the right time to [...]

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Pinning the tail on Picasso’s donkey. Is it still your art, if someone adapts it?

15th March 2011

“It’s like adding a tail onto an animal painted by Picasso. It’s ridiculous”- Sir Anthony Caro Last week ARTINFO reported that Sir Anthony Caro was caught up in an arguement with auction house bonhams over a sculpture of his, that had been modified by the purchaser but was being sold as his work. Disowning the [...]

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From small Acorn’s … great Apple trees grow?

22nd April 2010

From small Acorn’s … great Apple trees grow?: Apple are rumoured to be interested in acquiring Cambridge based ARM Holdings which licence the majority of mobile chips. Makes sense as they are apparently one of ARM’s biggest clients.

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The path to advertising nirvana

13th April 2010

The path to advertising nirvana: Following my views on Monday regarding using Advertising as a business model for your internet business, Smashing Magazine has a very insightful article on how to decide whether advertising is right for your site, analysing your readership and how to approach and build relationships with advertisers.

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You can’t build an online business on Ad revenue… or can you?

12th April 2010

One of the biggest things that would-be internet entrepreneurs seem to neglect, when hatching their master plans to conquer the online world, is how their business will make money. The fact that thay have more chance of winning the national lottery than becoming the next Facebook always seems to be a mere technicality in their [...]

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