Dave Trott's Blog

    When I was at art school in New York, one of my best mates was a guy called Artie Kane. We shared a flat in Brooklyn for a couple of years. Later, he went on to form a … read more

    Steve Jobs said the most devastating and exhilarating experience of his life occurred on the same day. He was a small boy and he was playing in the garden with a young friend. She told him he was … read more

    When I was young, I was a mod. We had the radio on all the time, small transistor radios. At home, in the street, in cars, on buses, on trains. And one sound was different to everything else. … read more

    Gary Neville played his entire career for one club, Manchester United. He also played for England more than any other right back. Neville said his greatest source of motivation was indignation. It provided fuel for him to go … read more

  Akio Morita was the founder of Sony. One of his earliest products was the first transistor radio. By the standards of the time it was tiny, about the size of a paperback book. Akio Morita wanted to call it … read more

    There’s an old children’s verse: “For want of a nail a shoe was lost. For want of a shoe a horse was lost. For want of a horse a message was lost. For want of a message a … read more

    The character Peggy, from Mad Men, was apparently modelled on a real life copywriter. Shirley Polykoff. But Shirley Polykoff didn’t have much in common with Peggy. Polykoff was a terrific writer for a start. Second, she was really … read more

    The people once asked Buddha who they should believe. They were confused by all the different wise men, and all the different teachings. This was Buddha’s answer:   “Do not believe anything simply because someone has told you … read more