Archive for 2005

Question: What happens when the data flow is asymmetrical – but in favor of creators? What Happens when communities dominate brands?

Monday, November 21st, 2005What do say when you read something life affirming - scary - radical - informative?You tell your friends from Kevin Kelly at wired some highlights of a very provocative piece of thinkingVia Simon WaldmanHere are some ...

Are you a Socialight?

Monday, November 21st, 2005I am now on a quest to find out just how far our theories of communities replacing advertising as the primary medium for businesses to connect with their audiences holds water.This research has already begun and we are collecting some ...

Are you a Socialight?

Monday, November 21st, 2005I am now on a quest to find out just how far our theories of communities replacing advertising as the primary medium for businesses to connect with their audiences holds water.This research has already begun and we are collecting some ...

EMI sees jump in digital downloads

Saturday, November 19th, 2005The FT 17 November 2005 reported EMI saw music downloads go up significantly/ A whacking 142% jump in digital revenue to ?44.6mEric Nicholi estimated digital sales would make up 25% of revenues by 2010.I wonder what Tomi thinks of that?What ...

Rethinking the news

Friday, November 18th, 2005Interesting thought piece by Jeff Jarvis on the state of the newspaper industryThe American Press Institute puts $2 million into a project to find new business models for newspapers but I think they make ...

If you can’t beat ‘em – join ‘em

Friday, November 18th, 2005Must P2P TV: NBC Strikes Online File-Sharing Dealby Wayne FriedmanLEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED IN the world of alternative windows for TV programming, now NBC Universal has struck a deal with Wurld Media, a peer-to-peer computer/Internet service.Wurld Media's legal ...

Innovation in schools

Friday, November 18th, 2005I came across this site this morning The department for education and skillsThe Innovation Community can be accessed by over 50,000 practitioners in education. It is generating lively discussion that is contributing to knowledge sharing and ...

The wisdom of Crowds: Dominate

Friday, November 18th, 2005I stumbled across this book just the other day.The Wisdom of Crowds : Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations by James SurowieckiWhat's it all about. Here's the ...

Class rooms without walls

Thursday, November 17th, 2005Mobiles ring death knell for the PCIn a radical attempt to develop the concept of a 'classroom without walls', many UK schools are starting to abandon PCs in favour of mobile technology stated the Guardian on November 15th....

Storming the Bastille

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005I read with great interest Jeff Jarvis in the Guardian on Monday his article annointed Chaos Spreads from the web to the streetsIf you don't read Jeff Jarvis I strongly urge you to do so. Its good ...

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