Farewell, my dear friend Sergei. Taken far too soon. Sergei trying to corral us for a photograph in London in 2015. I’m pretty upset by this so rather than write a fresh tribute (which I will have to do in time in an official capacity), I’m going to quote from what I wrote […]
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My tribute to David MacGregor
Digital art by David MacGregor I hope the media will say more because David MacGregor had packed so much into his 50-something years on this planet. Here is my tribute on Lucire. Not everyone can claim to have discovered Rachel Hunter, created the Family Health Diary TV commercial format (and others), founded the first online […]
Life is precious
I taught 180 people at tertiary level in 1999–2000. Gutted that a second has passed away. Most of them were kids when I taught them. Lost one to a brain bleed in 2015, just lost another to cancer. Look after yourselves out there, and live life to the full. Tell those […]
After 10 years, it’s time to reduce Facebook sharing even more
Wallula, shared via Creative Commons The following status update was posted on my Facebook wall to some of my friends earlier tonight, though of course the links have been added here. I realize there’s some irony in posting this on Facebook. Some of you will have noticed that I haven’t been updating as frequently. […]
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Go well, Dave Moore
I was very saddened to learn of the passing of my colleague and friend Dave Moore on May 31, which I learned about a few hours after. You don’t expect your mates to drop dead at breakfast while on a press trip, especially not at the age of 67, and it’s particularly painful to […]
A farewell to Tim Kitchin
For the second time in two months, I found myself announcing to the members of Medinge Group another passing: that of my good friend Tim Kitchin. Tim passed away over the weekend, and leaves behind three kids. I always admired Tim’s point of view, his depth of thinking, and his generosity of spirit. […]
Farewell to Thomas Gad: a friend, a colleague, and a uniter
Tonight, I had the sad and solemn duty to announce publicly the passing of my friend Thomas Gad. I’m still waiting for someone to come out and tell me that I have been severely pranked. Thomas was the founder of what we now call Medinge Group. After working for 17 years at Grey […]
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Stefan Engeseth hits 1,000 posts on Detective Marketing blog
Martin Lindeskog Congratulations to my good friend Stefan Engeseth on reaching 1,000 posts on his blog today! It’s even more of a milestone when you realize Stefan is not blogging in his native tongue. Add to that the fact that he suffers from dyslexia. But we follow his blog because we admire several […]
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