I'm sure you've all seen the super-cute EDF dancing dude by now... he's got it all hasn't he? Cheek, charisma, good looks and great moves. I just can't help but dance when he boogies onto my screen! http://youtu.be/s2BwOMBlatoCreated by AMV BBDO and inspired by the hit You Tube clip of the dancing r... [More]

I'm a big foodie - I love eating out, and eating in playing with new flavours and seeing what works. So now I've stumbled across the great new Glorious Flavour Map, I'm hooked! (It's like getting a new recipe book to play with!!)Created by flavour divas 'GLORIOUS!' (the makers of gorgeous soups, sau... [More]

Had a great time at the Creative Networks meeting in Leeds on Thursday.I'm sorry to say I hadn't heard of Steve Edge before 7pm Thursday night, but now he's someone I will certainly never forget! ...White shoes, red trousers, pink shirt, yellow jumper, brown printed jacket, thick thick black glasses... [More]

We all know those perfect little ads that leave you wishing 'I'd done that'. Well, once again M&S have got the nation talking with another slick, celebrity-studded TV ad for their Summer range. Rather than drooling over food (that's not just food), they've got me drooling over Gary Barlow... and... [More]

Now that Easter has come and gone and we're feeling a bit more sober, I thought it was time to tell you all about the great night we had on Wednesday at the RAR (Recommended Agency Register) awards.After a delicious three course meal and maybe a little more than one glass of grape juice each, the aw... [More]

I'm sure you've all seen the Government's recent TV ad 'If you could see yourself, would you see rape'. http://thisisabuse.direct.gov.uk/videos/view/11I watch it with mixed feelings. As a woman, my toes curl, my blood boils and I instinctively scream 'Get off her!' at the TV. I think every woman fee... [More]

Here at Outside the Box we've been blogging a lot about augmented reality in action, but I think I've found the best use for it so far!Imagine going shopping without having to try anything on... no changing room queues, no searching high & low for the right size, no giggling teenagers in the cub... [More]

It may be  gorgeous outside, but it's still Monday... Urrrg! My body's slow, my brain's still in bed and for some reason I'm always REALLY hungry on a Monday (I'm hungry at the best of times, but Mondays...) So today (Monday) I made it in to work, turned on my computer (which has got the Monda... [More]

It’s not like me to get excited about social media, but the other day I came across a new social media site called Pinterest.   http://pinterest.com/   Pinterest is a site where people create ‘pin boards’ (mood boards) of the things they love or are inspired by - a vi... [More]

Speculation has been bubbling away for the last couple of years about how long social media can reign supreme.    A white paper written by Will Ashton, managing director of Alchemy Social and published in The Drum on 22nd February, states that the growth of social media users is now begi... [More]