Dave

At the end of last year, Intelligent Life wrote that we’re living in an age of ‘mass intelligence’
and the appearance of websites like arts and letters daily would add to the evidence that we are.
Well worth a look for suitably high-minded point of view on today, and great links to global news and opinion.

http://www.aldaily.com/

The optimist’s view of a changing world

Whilst we at Dave are a pretty optimistic lot anyway, even we’ve found the never-ending bad news stories hard going. That’s why we’re recommending The Optimist
It may sometimes err on the side of twee, but it makes a good, good-news start to the day… 
Add it to your favourites now:  http://www.optimistworld.com/

The School of Life

Where do you go to answer the big questions? Like, what’s the meaning of life? Why are relationships so complicated? How do you create a work, life balance? Welcome to the School of Life, where you can learn good ideas for everyday living.

These interesting thinkers from the world of art, acting and academia explore and expand your mind, body and spirit with subjects ranging from philosophy to literature and psychology to the visual arts.
In these times of uncertainty and change, it seems essential that we all evolve our knowledge on how to live a better life. Let’s get enlightened.

School of life bloghttp://www.theschooloflife.com

Linefeed is graphic designer Michael Bojkowski's website. Not only a blog, it is also a gathering of all the social networks he subscribes to in one place – 30 in total! – consequently establishing an online persona through all his entries.

So what do we know about him? He's a rodent-looking avatar who wakes up listening to OMD's "souvenir" at 6am, hates remakes and spent a week-long eating soup back in January. They way forward to establish a profile within the cyber community.

Our recent campaign for Jumeirah was awarded PLATINUM in the Adrian Awards – the hospitality industry’s most prestigious international awards - in the print advertising category. From a total of 1277 entries received this year only 18 were awarded Platinum. 

We’re very proud to announce that at this week’s Marketing Week Effectiveness Awards, we won, in conjunction with our partner agencies Slice and Altogether, the award for the Travel & Leisure category for Ski Republic.