Technology

May 2, 2010 by Simon Mainwaring

This week I had the great pleasure of speaking at the Gucci Group Conference in Miami. Not only were they the best dressed group of attendees I have ever seen – no surprises there – which was thoroughly intimidating – still no surprises – but their conference was a wonderful example of how a brand […]

July 6, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

Social media is not an end in itself. It’s not there to create ‘arm’s length’ relationships that exist only in “cyberspace” sheltering participants from intimacy through relative anonymity. Social media is there to enhance our experience of the real world. To allow us to connect, collaborate and inspire one another so that we might enrich …

May 13, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

This is my first post as a guest contributor to a great innovation, inspiration and idea blog called Brain Pickings. Click here to read.

April 25, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

Re-cession. We’re in the middle of it and people are talking about their jobs, livelihood and future. According to the Huffington Post, jobless claims rose in 46 states last week, with California posting it’s highest jobless rate in three decades (11.2%). What’s more, while the economy tanks technology continues to change industries and the way …

March 20, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

I have a confession to make. I didn’t buy Apple when it was $34 a share (as an art director told me to), nor did I buy it when it was $64 a share (as he reminded me to). As such, I failed to sell when it reached almost $200 a share. It seems, in …