Ben Cooper

Group Innovation Director M&C Saatchi Sydney. Co-Creator O Six Hundred Kayak. Proud father. Loving husband. British.

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More Mad Men – The Lives of Others

Published December 18, 2008

This is probably my final new media article for INSIDE FILM (#116) magazine. Final, because Rachael Turk (the then editor) has moved on to focus her passions firmly on film creation (and me). The

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Interview with Marc Forster, Director of Quantum of Solace

Published November 24, 2008

Rachael Turk (my better half) interviews the director of the new Bond film, Marc Forster. It’s the first time that Inside Film have created a video interview and published straight to

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Bond shenanigans in Sydney

Published November 15, 2008

Daniel Craig & entourage hit Sydney for the premiere of Quantum of Solace. Frenzied photo madness. Looking forward to the next installment. Blogging from the red carpet (well, just to the side!). Here’s a few

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A matter of semantics

Published November 6, 2008

This is a blog version of my magazine article for Inside Film, Issue #115. It’s a review and point of view on some of the latest developments in search and the importance of making

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McCain vs. Obama – undisputed presidential championship

Published November 5, 2008

Feels like forever that we’ve been getting to know Obama, on flickr, twitter, facebook, youtube, blogs, tv, and the iPhone etc etc. Isn’t he running America already? Last September I was in Washington Square,

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Scanned photos from Chile 1994

Published September 19, 2008

I’ve recently reconnected with an old friend, Tom Kay (top pic, far right), via an article in Monocle magazine (as you do!). For your interest the article was about the company his behind Finisterre

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24 hours on SlideShare

Published September 6, 2008

So I joined SlideShare yesterday to share a pres that I put together for an APG training session. I’ve used the service for research but had yet to share anything. Within an hour I’d received

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Digital Strategy pres for the APG

Published September 5, 2008

Yesterday I presented at the APG (Account Planning Group) Australia. I was asked by one of our planners to put together a session on digital planning. I felt that the session needed to cover

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Blip.fm the annotated music network

Published August 31, 2008

Annoying that the embeddable button (above) doesn’t really work with my widget width (you know what I mean, right?). Enjoy this whilst its on my homepage (click play), which will probably be a while,

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THE PLAYGROUND WEEKENDER 08 – HIGHLIGHTS (UNOFFICIAL)

Published March 19, 2008

Few local celebs in the

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Embed maps – it’s fun!

Published March 19, 2008

Where I live in Sydney View Larger Map Where my flat is in London View Larger Map My folks are somewhere around here View Larger

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iTunes Movie Rentals a point of view

Published March 19, 2008

This is a blog version of the article I wrote for INSIDEFILM #107 (download pdf) March 2008 edition. Following the announcement of iTunes Movie Rentals. iDistribute Australian consumers are not just at the end of the

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Kittens sing my name, sing my name

Published February 22, 2008

New work from us. Get happy with the bankwest kittens who’ll sing a little song for you.

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2007, Digital Creative, year in review

Published February 12, 2008

This is a blog version of the article I wrote for INSIDEFILM #105 (click to download pdf) Dec 07/Jan 08 edition. Looking back at the year seems to get harder and harder, simply for the

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Mr Whitty Sings Christmas ‘LIVE’ at HOST

Published December 19, 2007

All this week (17-21 December) we have Mr Whitty, the jazz songster, stationed in our reception. Through the magic of the ‘interweb’ you can dedicate a song to a friend and he’ll sing

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