October's Top Blogging

It's been a bumper month for good posts (harvest season and all that, maybe). So, if you find you have a few spare minutes, you may want to acquaint yourself with the following...

Format wars

David Armano's Manifesto for life

Starbucks' lesson in generosity

Web 2.0: the kindergarten lessons

Why cheap is not a strategic solution

What Pret does so well

The Cleopatra effect

Ad spam

Learning from the Rolling Stones

Mutton dressed as lamb: agencies do web 2.0

Why media placement isn't everything

Jackson Pollock on brands

What branding means

Better beginnings

Viral marketing and evolutionary biology

High School Musical

Nested brands

Beauty is our responsibility

Brands on the way out?

What is digital?

Properties of social networks

Presenting creative ideas

Learning from Wii