says what it does on the tin really! nokia have launched their mid range phone that indeed does come with music - as much as you want. the idea is you go online, download unlimited tracks and transfer to your phone. think about it - unlimited music yours to keep on your computer for ever. it raises a million questions doesnt it? look close and it says £129.95 (albeit with a couple of ** that says you gotta preload £10 of airtime on payasyougo) - so if the offer was all the music you ever wanted to your laptop for £139.95 one off payment and you had a year to get it would you do it? gotta watch this one with interest…

last weekend it was the new westfield shopping centre that was all the news - this week its obama albeit for ridiculously better reasons. however, not wanting a pretty cool idea to get lost in the historic nature of obama’s presidency electness, the (my) new local waitrose in westfields has made a bold statement about committing to be part of the shebu community thru making a monthly donation of £1000 to 1 of 3 possible charities. Thing is, they’ve embraced a bit of 2.0 user generated choosing - the cashier hands your receipt with a small green token, then on the way out you pass this stand and get to choose which slot to bank your token against the 3 possible chairites - at the end of the month, the bin with the most green tokens wins. brilliant waitrose - and more, waitrose (being part of john lewis) is in fact ‘owned’ by all the staff - so its actually the staff choosing to donate some of their ‘earnings’…a double brilliant brilliant to you all

how often is it that you’re innovating away on 1 project and the output stimulates ideas for completely different categories. take men - and face creams (as you do) - its not something we’ve been working on but we have unwittingly discovered that ‘we’ have thankfully moved beyond all that metrosexual bollocks to a place where blokes are back being blokes, but with soft skin - and thats all ok. and rather than believe its ‘cos we’re worth it’ - it seems that its all driven by our caring partners…whats good for them has become good for us. seems timely for a proper skin care offering for a man’s man dont you think? I might run it by my daily provider…