What if... that was the week that was?
The latest 100 word stories:
Saturday 20th May
He'd been posting regularly. He had one Big Idea (one he believed in and knew could work) and so he kept on posting. Build momentum, he thought. The idea was all about developing imagination, human creativity. It was process so it had to be him thinking and typing, showing how the idea worked, so every day he sat at his keyboard. But he knew he needed to network, to comment, to get his key words, hashtags and profile into others' conversations. It wasn't wrong to subcontract that work. It knew what he'd wanted to say. He'd programmed it that way.
Sunday 21st May
When we were invited to pitch for it, we were so excited. Well the humans among us were. I mean it was *that* account. If we won, our work would be the Brits' Superbowl moment. Career made. So the human and unhuman cogs began to work. I've never seen the network so fired up. Real and virtual rooms were full of creative ideas, weird and wonder full thinking. Even the number crunchers were their version of stoked: budget projections and figures bouncing around the systems. And now we wait. Our Draper is in there. Our AI talking to theirs. Negotiating.
Monday 22nd May
He's a good boy. My friend was complaining about her son the other day, I didn't say anything. Well, OK, maybe just a little something. What can I say? He's a good boy. He's busy. So successful. Oh the stories he tells! I told my friend where he was yesterday. So proud. But he's never too busy. Always calls. No matter what's going on at work or with his "partner". Just hearing his voice. He says he's going to get me a gadget so I can see him! Apparently I'll be able to call him and see him any time.
Tuesday 23rd May
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Wednesday 24th May
They call it "empty nest" as though my strapping son is some sort of fledgling. Watching him pack and then going into his empty room, he is still a presence and a history: T-shirts from recent festivals; files of revision; right back to childhood books we read together. All laid out for us to see. All except one big part of his life. Hours of play on his own and with friends. We watched it all from a distance. There was that weird chase game... But there's no record. What was it? No boxes, just the grey console. Blank. Anonymous.
Thursday 25th May
I cover all sorts of events. Real world and virtual. The organisers are glad to have me. My coverage extends their reach of course and their sponsors like it too. I’m not their PR though. I am objective, sometimes even critical. Entertaining as well as informative. I pick the focus. I’m closer to our readers and know what they want - believe me we have the data. The best events look after us Pressbots, give us high speed feeds for us to crunch. Let’s me report on six stages be doing an interview at the moment while chatting with you.
Friday 26th May
I'd like to thank... my team. To be honoured as the Agency of the Year is recognition of the contribution each part of that team has made to our success this year. From those that identify talent, support and develop it. Through those who handle accounts and serve our clients 24/7. And of course our creatives and strategists whose insights and executions make us what we are today. My team work as a team: a seamless, efficient set of interlinked systems. A truly modern AI agency. And finally I'd like to thank the man who made this possible: my programmer.
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