Dan Machen 🏊 🦈

For anyone working on happiness! bbc.com/news/articles/…

Heading to the jaguar launch like...

My living room is littered with burnt offerings - sacrificed at the altar of my off colour toddler

@Matt_Pinner @brockpierson Yup.

You may be old but, are you this old??

@laurajaybee @hattiehats @FernMiller The greatest supergroup since Cream. Clients should headline you straight out the gate!

@uncommon_studio @britishairways Old skool brilliance. I mean that as the highest compliment.

New outdoor for @britishairways A British Original . Windows 2/11 🪟

@zoescaman Rightly so. All the best for baby no. 2. (Or is it 3, including feline baby?) 👏

Rewatching Sideways, still feel like Paul Giamatti is long overdue an Oscar. He's a wonderfully subtle actor with an incredible range. Hope the Oscar nomination opens every opportunity he deserves.

@iiNet we've got no internet in Concord West any network issues you're aware of?

Paging @Ritzcrackers ...you're welcome people.com/rizz-oxford-wo…

The absolute scenes at OpenAI are the perfect metaphor for the commercial musical chairs that will be played around AI. This is why we can't have nice things.

@trevorbmbagency @astro_beth @namirasalim @ronrosano Having watched your journey towards this and knowing it's your life-long dream, this is an absolute delight to share. So chuffed for you. I hope you treasure this experience - I'm sure you do and will. 🙌

Did I mention I went to Space? This is what happened.. #Galactic04 @astro_beth @namirasalim @ronrosano #VirginGalactic

@davetrott Holy shit, that's something to be proud of forever.

Apropos today's blog, here's an ad David Abbott once wrote -

@trevorbmbagency I'm loving the countdown

Little did I know that my years spent intently staring out of the window at school would be perfect preparation for THIS.. #VirginGalactic04 #Oct5th

Double duty advertising is like putting two things in the microwave at once. It feels more efficient, but it's doing two jobs less well and results are luke-warm at best. marketingweek.com/can-you-achiev…

@trevorbmbagency Nice

In 1903 Orville Wright wrote his name into history, making humankind’s first powered flight. In 1923, Wright wrote a cheque for $2.23. In 2023, Orville’s cheque will fly weightlessly in Space with me. Having been neatly folded into this paper plane.. #Galactic04 #Oct5th

@clairestrickett @jellyfishglobal @Anomaly Congrats Claire, they are lucky to have you.

Some professional news! After a wonderful stint at @jellyfishglobal, today is my first week in a new role at @Anomaly, where I'll be trying to do what I always do, for the sort of brands I've never worked on before - exciting, a bit scary, a lot of fun.

@immarcelinho This is taking the pea on CEPs.

Is there such a thing as going too hard on category entry points + branding?

bbc.com/news/science-e… casually dropped in as 6th story on the BBC, possible signs of life detected by James Webb Telescope on distant planet...

@Mr_Bingo Do they know what the bottom bit says?

A few months ago I was living in a wooden cabin in the small mountain village of Minamiaso in Japan. After walking around the volcanos I would always go to Chamitsulle Bakes Herbs for tea and cake. Just found out they bought an ‘I Love You’ which now hangs on the cafe wall! 😍🇯🇵