http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/ en Copyright 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:41:20 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss So I'm sitting on the mid-afternoon train to Glasgow earlier today and it's chock full of meeting-stuffed commuters on their way home. I'm sat next to a young man who has his laptop on the table in front of him. I have my laptop on the table in front of me. The man sitting opposite (white shirt, blue tie, surely an accountant) is hunched over some secretive figures which he's storing in his lap for reasons best known to himself, scribbling away at them. The young man plugged his earphones into the wrong socket and for a moment, we shared his crazy young people's hiphop muzak. The man sitting opposite snapped his head up and pointed irritably at his ears. The young man leapt to attention, realised why he couldn't hear anything through his headphones and rectified the situation. Eager always to pour whatever you pour on troubled waters, I said, full of mock regret, "I was quite enjoying that." Man sitting opposite snapped "you were the only one". The milk of human kindness. I love it. http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/11/the_milk_of_human_kindness.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/11/the_milk_of_human_kindness.html Things we like Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:41:20 +0000 This latter one appeared to be very meaningful. I saw versions of it scattered across buildings all over the city. I await the bombarding of the blog with hate mail now that I've posted it.]]> http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/11/graffitti_heaven.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/11/graffitti_heaven.html Things we like Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:24:49 +0000 To Bolton and back sur le train today with Ed and Gail to see our friends at AG Barr. The train journey was notable for two reasons. On the way down this misty morning, Ed suddenly gazed out of the window and declared that the landscape was beautiful. He must have believed that we were still in the Borders. On the way back, a very entertaining man sat alongside us at the companionable 4 seating table and observed latterly that it was ironic that Ed and I were working so hard as I tapped tapped away on my laptop and he on his blackberry while Gail sat gazing into space. Gail replied reasonably that it was after half past five so technically down time. She was unoffended - as she remarked on his departure at Haymarket that we needed more friendly strangers on trains. I wholeheartedly agree. http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/11/trains.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/11/trains.html Things we like Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:02:28 +0000 article on the evil friend-hoarding culture encouraged by facebook on Wired.com. Read it and cringe.]]> http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/untended_friends.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/untended_friends.html Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:53:59 +0000 This is today's favourite story.]]> http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/craigslist.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/craigslist.html Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:39:55 +0000 here and you can pledge to make various small behavioural changes so you too can go greener. Our partnership guys have been doing some sterling work on setting up various partnerships entitling you (once signed up) to various brilliant discounts so you can be both green and smug. Perfect.]]> http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/going_green.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/going_green.html Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:20:00 +0000 MY happy things is a project by designer John Lui who has collected together a set of videos of college students talking about their favourite things and clumped them together on a website. My particular favourite is the very laid back fellow who drank a great deal of whisky and painted some horrible mournful mural on his bedroom wall...]]> http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/happy_things.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/happy_things.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:34:02 +0000 I was at a very cool event in Nottingham at the weekend. The Hockley Hustle took place across what used to be a slightly run down area of Nottingham which is in the process of reinventing itself as the home of all things innovative and funky. They had signed up numerous bands / singers / cool music people to perform at venues across that bit of the city. You paid a fiver to get a wristband which got you into all of it and it ran from lunchtime til late. I was passing through so only managed to catch a boy who played a guitar, sang short angry songs to a loud electronic baseline and looked oddly like Ed (helped by the fact that he was wearing a smart tweed jacket over his jeans and T). I wish I could remember his name. He might be a long lost brother.]]> http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/hockley_hustle.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/hockley_hustle.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:03:41 +0000 Another "I love my job" moment. Three hours ago, I was stomping around a cold wet woodland (don't ask) killing time til a depth interview started. Fast forward to 4:39pm and I'm back at my desk, there's a creative review going on in the sofas next to us and I look up to see Phil Adams sitting there in black tie... http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/black_tie.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/black_tie.html Life at Leith Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:39:37 +0000 website promoting Alcohol Awareness week. In actual fact, we produced the campaign materials but a very fine agency called Whitespace designed and built the site. Sorry, Emma. I hope you've all chosen your challenge...]]> http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/a_terrible_lie.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/a_terrible_lie.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:48:21 +0000 here. I wonder what they do for a headline in places where they don't have an rrrrrr in the place name. And they still don't seem to have their website up and running although it's now (not a minute too soon) nicely search engine optimised. All in all, very disappointing.]]> http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/cold_isstill_not_up_and_runnin.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/10/cold_isstill_not_up_and_runnin.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:42:09 +0000 There's a 48 sheet up in Edinburgh at the moment. Headline is as above. And it refers you to a website: coldisthenewhot.com or co.uk. So I placidly tried to check it out and nothing. Good tease. I think I preferred the Times campaign. http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/09/edinbrrrrgh.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/09/edinbrrrrgh.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:25:00 +0000 This (courtesy of David Watson) is a beautiful little ad that we put together not so long ago for a Northen Irish helpline. Enjoy.]]> http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/09/hpa_lifeline_sunrisemov.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/09/hpa_lifeline_sunrisemov.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:08:52 +0000 Feeding my obsession about graffiti, check out this funny little story. ]]> http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/09/milk_bottle_graffiti.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/09/milk_bottle_graffiti.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:05:23 +0000 youtube clip, it looks to be a bit of a sad anti-climax. Disappointing.]]> http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/09/eink_magazine_covers.html http://www.leith.co.uk/blog/2008/09/eink_magazine_covers.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:27:48 +0000