Six degrees

As I am about to move on to a new work place, this article becomes even more relevant as I look for quicker and easier ways to keep in touch with the people I leave and the new connections I am about to make. A US study of instant messaging suggests the theory that it takes only six steps to link everyone may be right - though seven seems more accurate.

IM has been around for ages and as social networking and IM move closer and closer to being the same it will be interesting to see how the two merge and what opportunities for organisations and business to touch their target audiences even more
effectively.

To be 6.6 people away from the person you want to speak to, Seth Godin's approach of 'Idea Diffusion' becomes easier to realize and implement.

Have a read of the BBC article.

I love Seth and his simple ideas

Seth Godin. Gawd bless him. I love the way he always has that really simple example or analogy at hand to explain and illustrate his point. He is a great communicator and his approach to selling ideas run through everything he does, from his presentations, to his books to his blog and campaigns. Most of them are based around really simple ideas, and I always find spending a few minutes with Seth when I am a bit lost or need inspiration worth while.

Why not spend a bit of time listening to what he has to say.

Dig for victory!

I hinted at the start of last week that I was working on a new project with Kerry (this bloody blog is becoming the Kerry Harrison Road Show) well last night we got together with Tom and Kim to put together this image. Kerry so nailed the lighting on this one and the results are amazing (with concept and art direction by yours truly). Not sure if this will be the finial image I select from the session, but I just wanted to get a frame up. I'll reveal what it is all about in the coming weeks, but I am very excited by it all. w00t!

IE issues on my blog

Massive apologies are due as it looks like my blog page has a few layout issues in older versions of IE. I'll sort them out by early next week I hope. I have a few things on at the moment so it will have to be when I get a few minutes spare. IE is currently the bane of my life, I have a few sites under construction which all work in every other browser and fail in IE. However, this is not a blog about browsers and the point of this post was to let you know that I am aware of the problem. In the mean time, buy a Mac.

AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH! More boxes.

No sooner do I do one post about this, talking to Kerry last night he tells me he has just finished another image with Paul. Following the feedback from the previous image I thought I would post this here too. You can find out more information from kerryharrisonphotography.com

Kidulthood - Warning this blog entry has almost no conclusion, other than I did not like this film.

So I saw this at the weekend, and it was a timely viewing, as I am currently looking in to doing some work communicating anti-gun and knife crime messages to 'da yout'. Issues which the film grapples with.

I have a number of problems with the film, awful script, god awful story arc, poor acting..I could go on. My major issue with it was how it felt like a 90 minute public information film, like you used to watch at school, dealing with "TEENAGE ISSUES". Albeit with more violence and bad language.

Now, I know very little about growing up on an estate in London, and maybe thats what stopping the film meaning anything to me. However looking at the comments under the youtube video it appears to have meant something to many young viewers.

For me the film missed a trick and with a few more months development could have been something really interesting and engaging.

Anthropologists on Mars

Came across this video today about Autism. I just thought it was really well done. Simple and thought provoking, and has probably done more to increase my understanding about the condition than anything I have seen previously, or at least motivated me to find out more about it. All this without having to go too deep into what the condition is all about.
I am working with a few charities at the moment to help develop and shape their communications and I thought this was a great example of something they could do themselves. Cracking title too!