No access to Hotmail as I've been hacked again.
Apologies to all who have been affected. I can only say I genuinely have changed the password (twice) and this account has always had a strong password.
Hi, I'm Rory Yates. As an active member of the digital world this blog is a way of bringing together different strands of my digital life. It is also a chance to let people know about some of the real world things I get up to as well. These are my views only.
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Monday, 21 November 2011
Thought for the week
“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Hacked
I've been hacked - apologies to anyone who might have been affected.
I had a strong password but failed to update it on a few services recently. Lesson (re-)learnt.
I had a strong password but failed to update it on a few services recently. Lesson (re-)learnt.
Thursday, 17 November 2011
The importance of detail
I've had lots of debate today about the detail of various digital initiatives. I find days like this really inspiring. People asking the questions that really matter. For example, finding the right words to use. As things like language changes and evolves, so should the words we use to engage and motivate people. And social media becomes a really powerful source in understanding this. This sort of detail can really bring an interaction to life.
As people's expectations of the services they use online grow and grow the new battle ground between competing companies can often be found in providing users with those little moments of delight. Giving them something that provides a little more utility, or just making it a little easier to complete a task. These little moments are found in the detail.
Often we think of things like channel neutral services or marketing campaigns as big strategic initiatives, which they are, in these tasks the detail actually becomes more important. Even though we find these initiatives second nature in the agency, when thinking about human interaction we still strive to make sure things really come together. This is all in the detail. If you have a slight twist to your brand message, even the slightest shift, on a TV ad and someone 2nd screens it (c.17%), you would be surprised at how let down they will feel if this 2nd interaction doesn't reflect the brand in the same way, or better still identify that they are probably responding to a TV ad in the first place!
Why not spend a little time tomorrow thinking about the detail - I'd be surprised if it doesn't spark a useful thought or two.
As people's expectations of the services they use online grow and grow the new battle ground between competing companies can often be found in providing users with those little moments of delight. Giving them something that provides a little more utility, or just making it a little easier to complete a task. These little moments are found in the detail.
Often we think of things like channel neutral services or marketing campaigns as big strategic initiatives, which they are, in these tasks the detail actually becomes more important. Even though we find these initiatives second nature in the agency, when thinking about human interaction we still strive to make sure things really come together. This is all in the detail. If you have a slight twist to your brand message, even the slightest shift, on a TV ad and someone 2nd screens it (c.17%), you would be surprised at how let down they will feel if this 2nd interaction doesn't reflect the brand in the same way, or better still identify that they are probably responding to a TV ad in the first place!
Why not spend a little time tomorrow thinking about the detail - I'd be surprised if it doesn't spark a useful thought or two.
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Thought for the week
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy like art. It has no survival value;rather it is one thing that gives value to survival."
CS Lewis
CS Lewis
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Thought for the week
Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world. Schopenhauer
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