Procrastimarking

Ah: procrastimarking. This is Clayton's marking: i.e., the marking we are doing when we are not doing any marking. Now that previous s...

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It's the putting right that counts

Until 2004 (Hannis, 2006) here in New Zealand there was a housewares retailer called L. V. Martin and Son, based in the Ngauranga Gorge in W...

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Even more catchphrases!

Already it is time for another lot of catchphrases. Firstly, in the words of the old woman to the dodgy Knight from the The Wife of Bath...

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Catchphrases ride again!

Already it is time for another lot of catchphrases. Having written about these before ( here ), I continue to record those items I stumbled ...

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Even more on catchphrases

Oh no: it is time for another update on catchphrases. I have written about these before ( here ), and have continued recording those items I...

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More on catchphrases

Our family were collectors of catch phrases from popular media which somehow managed to anchor in our collective psyche. As we have created ...

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Catchphrases

We use catchphrases as social shorthand to convey meaning, and to create connection (Harris et al., 2008). Catchphrase was beautifully detai...

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Poster bollards

Litfaßsäule (Panknin, 14 September 2014) Many years ago I ran across a single word name for poster bollards. I seemed to recall that thi...

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Opting out of Google's Ad Settings

I was reading the New Zealand Herald recently which had a great wee piece explaining that, if we had a Google email account, we could opt ...

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Access a site using Cache

Forbes has recently began blocking site access to ad-blocking software browsers. Those of us who use ad-blockers are greeted with a polit...

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Colenso BBDO & Burger King: creating sticky pre-roll YouTube ads

Pre-roll YouTube ads are annoying, right? Unless you think creatively. And Colenso BBDO has done that for Burger King NZ, where the pre-ro...

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Spaceship Earth

Richard Heap, creator of the documentary, " Consumed " tells us that "By the age of 20, the average westerner has seen one...

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Newsletter Issue 232, March 2013

Sam Young Newsletter Issue 232, March 2013 Hi guys, What new trends have you spotted? See if you have anyth...

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