First thing first: thanks to all of you that got back to me re: last week’s formatting. Many of you liked it, a lot of you didn’t like it. For those of you who suffered weird issues where the damn thing didn’t fill your screen properly – yeah, that was my fault. I know what I did wrong. That said, I have no idea why it didn’t actually send in the first instance so… we’ll have to wait and see this week, right?
RIGHT.
Where was I?
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Things of note for the week ending Friday March 10th, 2017.
Hello.
I’m writing this to you from Houston, Texas. Currently waiting for a delayed flight to Austin so that, next week, I can attend the SXSW Interactive festival. Woop.
I’m going to TRY and not be an over-sharer on Twitter this time around so if you wanna keep up with my shenanigans while I’m there, add me on snapchat. The username, you guessed it, ‘whatleydude’.
Thing time:
1. THIS LETTERMAN INTERVIEW
Oh, hi David Letterman.
Right?! Jeez Louise. Since retiring from ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ he has grown a stupendous beard. Also, this interview with the [now] elusive Letterman is a must-read for any passing fans. Good coverage on Trump too (if you remember his run ins with him).
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2. EDWARD SAPERIA
Here are three things about this week’s eponymous thing number two.
- Thing one: Ed Saperia is an interesting person.
- Thing two: Ed Saperia has an interesting network.
- Thing three: Ed Saperia has started a weekly newsletter that contains links to everything he posts to Facebook in the week previous. And it’s genuinely REALLY interesting. You can read the first edition via his archive and then probably figure out how to subscribe and stuff on your own after that. Give it a go.
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3. DIE HARD PLOT HOLE
I’ve seen DIE HARD (aka ‘the best Christmas movie ever’) a million times but this always passed me by.
There’s a bit in the film where Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) pretends to be a hostage when he first comes face to face with John McClane (Bruce Willis). McClane suspects that something is off and manages to get away—but it is never specified what exactly set off his alarm bells.
If it’s ever bugged you then LOOK AT YOU! Spotting plot holes a mile away. AREN’T YOU GOOD? As luck would have it, some 29yrs after the film was first released, Stephen E. de Souza has told us how and why this happened…
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4. IMPORTANT ASA UPDATE
The ASA updated its advice to ‘affiliate marketers’ this week and goes out of its way to underline how the new guidance includes blogs, vlogs, and social media posts & content. If you or your work leads you near any of these areas, then you really should familiarise yourself with this latest update.
They’ve even made you an infographic.
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5. THE BEST THING I SAW THIS WEEK
Amazing, right? Go RT the source.
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Bonuses this week are as follows:
- Buffy as feminist parable
- No Man’s Sky could be making an artful come back
- Ogilvy’s Time to Change campaign makes ‘Pick of the Week’
- Thor: Ragnarock looks mental
- A women-only speaker list (save/bookmark/etc)
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Aaaaaand that’s me, I’m out.
See you next week with a TON of SXSW stuff to tell you about.
I BET YOU CAN’T WAIT.