Think Tank Media

Testimonials

Mike not only wote the new website for Think Tank, a print and production specialist, he also used the opportunity to help the client develop a tone of voice much more in keeping with its spirit. The results are now on show at www.thinktankmedia.co.uk. “Mike has been fantastic to work with. He has managed to [...]

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Hospital signage

Miscellany

There’s something wrong with my knee that necessitates having a few blood tests. So off I went this morning to visit the local blood-letting clinic. Hospitals are not places I spend too much time in (although recently the maternity ward has been a regular stop-off). Like many other infrequent visitors I find hospitals’ sprawling and [...]

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Mike’s Hippo-poem finds a good home

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An idea that has been buzzing around Mike’s head for some time has finally been put to good use. His comic verse ‘Hippoparadox’ has been included in TwitterTitters a marvellous collection of comic writing that has been bundled together to raise money for Comic Relief. The book creators, Linda Jones and Louise Bolotin, used the [...]

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Photography Books competition hosted by Blurb

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Blurb the people behind ‘bookshop-quality personal publishing’ have a competition running (closing date 16th July 2009) for the finest, most creative and innovative self published photography books and the people behind them. Get along to http://pbn.blurb.com if you fancy your chances.

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Small business training

Recent news

The London School for Small Business has appointed David and Associates to work on developing its web site and marketing material for it’s video-based small business training course. The school, set up by Lisa Temperley and Peter Goonery, has been established to offer high quality online business education at low cost. It provides a series [...]

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And should never be used to start a sentence.

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But is an equally bad beginning. Both these statements express widely held views. But, are they true? Rather than give a simple ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer to this most frequent of FAQs, writer Mike Reed has pulled together a panel of expert witnesses to answer the question. Testimonials from Kingsley Amis (The Kings English – [...]

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PSS NIVEA KI PRAY

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Saw this on the bus. Can’t help feeling Nivea have been short-changed despite spending longer trying to decipher their message than I spent on any other ad on the bus. I wonder if they get a special rate for restricted visibility? Alternatively, do they have to pay extra to have a special fitting of their [...]

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melo in the morining

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Seen on welcome screen of the tills at the Sterling Cafe in the ‘Gherkin’ early one Friday morining.

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Will the real David Hughes please stand up?

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Well, it’s hard to be definitive – there’s a lot of us about. And a lot of us work in creative fields of one sort or another. A quick search on Google will undoubtedly yield David Hughes the illustrator (brilliant) and David Hughes the dancer (also brilliant) and a host of other David Hughes’ of [...]

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David Hughes’ unwitting role in a recent email scam

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David Hughes is a pretty common name. But when a friend received an email from David Hughes and Associates he immediately thought of my business. He assumed I had been the victim of identity theft. And in a sense I had – along with every other David Hughes in the world. Below is the content [...]

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