off to glasters. back next week
« May 2007 | Main | July 2007 »
closed
indeed wholefoods is open in london, as in trading, but my experience there today was of an organisation a little closed. i'm a fan of wholefoods, i usually spend a fortune in the union square store when i visit new york, but i got pounced on by 2 staff today as i tried to take a photo of their very impressive range of bottled beers, which i was going to blog about. 'absolutely no photos' they barked, 'people come from miles away to steal our secrets' they said. i found this weird and throroughly at odds with the vibe of wholesome trading. it's a shop, selling food, not a secret laboratory, why so edgy? taking photos is going to harm the business? please. anyone can come in and look, what would they have done if i'd started sketching or used my photographic memory? local traders love having photos taken of their stores, but this policy smacked of large corporate behaviour. shame.
interesting 2007
a great day at Russell's interesting 2007 yesterday. all sorts of interesting people talking and attending and the vibe was excellent, warm, laidback and just, well, nice. here's my new, old, t-shirt, nicely reworked by the smart folk at the design conspiracy
the variety of speakers and topics was certainly interesting and i took something out of every talk but if i had to pick a favourite it would be Dave funkypancake who was absolutely brilliant.
the conway hall is a venue of much character and this quote above the stage sort of captured the spirit of the day for me.
inspiring stuff indeed.