The True Promise of the Mobile Society - Access, Communication & Business

Friday, October 3rd, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Mobile, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Networks, Retail, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »

I am speaking at an event in Slovenia in November and I was asked to write something about my presentation. I thought it was worth sharing  It is often said that that what works in one country, does not work in ...

When Petrabytes seem like kilobytes - what comes next?

Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Sciences, Marketing, Mobile, Networks, Retail, Science, Social Networks, Society, Web/Tech | 5 Comments »

Affirmation is a great and positive word and I have been feeling some affirmation recently and here is another small slice The concept of Web 2.0 is a dynamic, user-driven mesh of technologies Absolutely, and Carlota Perez in her book Technological ...

DoubleClicks view of the future

Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Broadcast, Convergence, Economics, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »

An interesting and indeed an engaging set of videos which are well worth looking at how media is evolving, how TV and the web will converge, how we will go increasingly mobile, how search and discovery will transform advertising ...

Evolution of SMLXL

Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Books, Broadcast, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Education, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Generation C, Government & Politics, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Networks, News, Newspapers, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Retail, Science, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech, Weblogs, iPTV | No Comments »

In 2002, I founded a company called SMLXL - short for Small Medium Large XtraLarge. Its focus was and still is - how do businesses and organisations meaningfully engage in a commercial or social agenda with their audiences.  We were some ...

Pop Idol: The fake plastic trees of reality TV of participatory democracy in close-up?

Sunday, October 1st, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Broadcast, Culture, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | Comments Off

we have produced a whitepaper on Pop Idol. Here some excerpts, if you would like a pdf of the full document please contact alanm (AT) smlxtralarge (DOT) com Introduction Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes are sledding down a hill ...

The dream of the personal computer

Saturday, July 29th, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Economics, Generation C, News, Web/Tech | Comments Off

From the Economist July 29th. On the PC's 25th birthday, The Economist leader article says. The IBM PC helped to democratise computing. Now to finish the job. Merchants in Zambia use mobile phones for banking; farmers in Senegal use them to ...

Requiem for the phone booth

Sunday, November 6th, 2005 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Media, Society, Trends | Comments Off

I heard the other day via the 3G Portal that Finland is decommissioning the phone booth. Nobody uses them any more. And so I reflected on the phone booth and its role in our culture. So to kick off ...

User preferences for a mobile lifestyle

Friday, October 28th, 2005 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Mobile, Marketing, Mobile, Trends | Comments Off

From the OxfordForum a recent study has the following as user preferences for mobile lifestyle Mobile coupon redemption Parking meter payment Loyalty cards Season tickets Credit/Debit cards Flight check-in Vending machine payment Retail checkout Marketing communications Using your mobile as a key.

Artists First - a new distribution model for music

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Economics, Engagement Mobile, Generation C, Marketing, Mobile, Music, Networks, Trends | No Comments »

Linking the many to many, passionate fans etc. Is something that Tomi and I passionately believe in. And that also today businesses are required to rethink how they go to market otherwise they face outside players coming into their once ...

First Massive Multi Player 3G Wireless Game

Thursday, August 18th, 2005 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Culture, Engagement Marketing, Gaming, Generation C, Media, Mobile, Trends | Comments Off

Hong Kong based Artificial Life, Inc. announced the upcoming release of its first massive multi player 3G mobile game. The new game is based in its style and core functionality on the Company's award winning v-girl? and virtual ...