Archive for October, 2009

Friday, October 30th, 2009

wonderful

Stella Ann McDonald Born Oct 7, 2009 Richard. Share

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Friday, October 30th, 2009

organized chaos

Its impossible to avoid the excited-chaos around Social Media. Personally, I’m not convinced that its the holy grail of the marketing world. For sure, we are at the dawn of a new era. It started with Yahoo (the Internet Age), then Google (the Search Age) and now we have Facebook (the Connected Age). Every second [...]

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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

one shot to glory…

  This photograph shows the New Zealand Soccer squad who qualified for the 1982 World Cup. As was typical of sportsmen in the early 1980s, most of the players – 13 out of 20 – have moustaches or beards. I was 11 years old in 1982 and the above 20 players have been soccer folklore ever [...]

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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

joy and happiness

Over the last few weeks the team at TimeZoneOne have had the guilty pleasure of working on a little piece of indulgence – Ice Cream. I can not share the details around our Ice Cream assignment; however, I can share some iconic Ice Cream ads from my childhood that will bring a smile to the [...]

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Monday, October 26th, 2009

l’art du déplacement and le parcours

…or otherwise known as Parkour (PK), is a physical discipline of French origin in which participants attempt to get from Point A to Point B using the human body and objects in the environment around you.   It didn’t take long for PK to become a global craze and move from the urban setting of [...]

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Friday, October 23rd, 2009

tzo celeb?

The start of my NHRA career?…(this is my staunch look…certainly ain’t no Blue Steel) Hamish McDonald Share

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Friday, October 23rd, 2009

tzo sporting celebs part 3

Tony Schumacher I have met Tony several times as TZO continues to create the US Army NHRA collateral.  Tony is a great guy and loves a good joke (and tequila shots) Tony Schumacher is an American drag racer, currently competing in the NHRA Top Fuel class, of which he is a six-time champion winning the [...]

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Friday, October 23rd, 2009

tzo sporting celebs part 2

Adrian Peterson I met Adrian Peterson on the set of the Army All America Bowl photo shoot TZO undertook.  He was the consummate professional but I will remember him most for his CRUSHING hand shake – even when you are expecting it he still manages to bring tears to your eyes… Adrian is a professional [...]

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Friday, October 23rd, 2009

tzo and sporting celebs part 1

Celebrity endorsements…an effective way to promote your product.  I get to meet several celebrities during the course of a year here at TZO.  More often than not – these are stars of the sporting arena. Over the course of the next 3 blog posts I am going to introduce you to 3 of the biggest [...]

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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

growing up kiwi�

My son Rhys will no doubt grow up being more Seppo than Kiwi.  I instill in him every day his “Kiwiness” from saying Kia Ora to dressing in his ABs gear. Kids grow up different in the States.  There is an incredible amount of cotton wool swathed around kids here.  This made me remember the [...]

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