A very quick one
I'm supposed to be on holiday, but...
I had a good day at PSFK yesterday. I'm supposed to be blogging about it (they let me in for free), and I promise to do so when I get back next week.
For now though, it was well run, the venue was ace, and the speakers were superb. BUT it struck me that the people who were the most interesting were not the ones talking about advertising, or really 'planning'. The best stuff was from people who are doing something a bit different. Ian Tate was easilly the best for me though. Conclusion of the day? The most interesting stuff isn't coming from the established big agencies (or clients). Small seems to be better. I'll report fully in a week or so.
It was great seeing people though. Will and Charles were there, I met Helen for the first time and we had lunch. She's a lovely and Comfortably Disorientated in person as she is online. I also had met Beeker for the first time. We both had coffee with Russell. She was very patient with the Star Wars geekery.
I was very thankful they were there. I always feel out of place at these things. I'm far too shy to go up to people I don't know and usually end up shrinking into a corner hoping no one will notice me.
It was a shame I missed the evening - and Lauren. But Friday night was the first night of my holiday. I wanted to get home to Mrs NP.
That's really it now. 'Bye.
Very nice it was having lunch with you too. Have a fabulous holiday!
Posted by: Helen | June 02, 2007 at 02:48 PM
NP .. Go on holiday & remember that it is generally the small places that have the most interesting views and people because they are the ones that HAVE TO think like that to stand a chance of beating the establishment and their traditional, conservative opinions in a pitch. It's not that there aren't clever sods in big agencies, but their existence is more for 'corporate show' than to actively do or change anything in an organization which attracts many clients BECAUSE of their boring, conformist stability
Posted by: Rob @ Cynic | June 03, 2007 at 05:10 AM
Lovely to (fleetingly) meet you again NP.
We shall have to meet up again in the future.
Until then, have a bloody great holiday.
Posted by: Will | June 03, 2007 at 11:42 AM
hey NP - it is absolutely right that you went home and spent time with your wife and i'm glad, for that's case, that we didn't get to chat. we'll catch up in a fortnight.
in speaking to the kids afterwards, my sense of the day was something similar - that people got a lot out of iain, 'we make money not art' kids, the penguin guy.. all outside the trad agency. encouraging.
Posted by: lauren | June 03, 2007 at 11:41 PM
coffee was nice. come down again soon. or we could come up.
Posted by: beeker | June 05, 2007 at 11:05 AM