The Communication Ideal
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Books, Broadcast, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Research, Ethics, Generation C, Law, Marketing, Mobile, Music, Networks, Participation, Society, Strategy, Television, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »I met Jonathan MacDonald whilst working on the launch of Blyk last year. You might say it was love at first sight. I can remember on one occassion a particuarly charged group meeting, with J-Mac sitting on my shoulder egging me ...
The shock of the old
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Books, Culture, Economics, Philosophy, Society | 2 Comments »The leader in the Observer this weekend on the Hay-on-Wye book festival raised some pertinent points of interest for me. Old technology has a noble history of refusing to die. For decades, vinyl has defied the march ...
Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Books, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Ethics, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Trends | 2 Comments »Says Stephen A Marglin Economists celebrate the market as a device for regulating human interaction without acknowledging that their enthusiasm depends on a set of half-truths: that individuals are autonomous, self-interested, and rational calculators with unlimited wants and ...
Opening the doors of the modern age
Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in Books, Culture, Distribution, Economics, Education, News, Philosophy, Quotes, Society | No Comments »Johannes Gutenberg was indeed the key to opening the door of the modern age. I watched a programme last night presented by Stephen Fry taking us through the story of printing and its father Johannes Gutenberg. Stephen Fry asks why ...
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 ...
Tomi is interviewed on CNN about book Digital Korea
Monday, October 15th, 2007 Posted in Books, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Mobile, News, Trends | 3 Comments »CNN's Kristie LuStout speaks with author Tomi Ahonen about how South Korea established itself as a technology leader. Check it out here
Corrupting Capitalism - privatising war and reconstruction. Has it all gone Pete Tong?
Sunday, September 30th, 2007 Posted in Books, Economics, Ethics, Government & Politics, Philosophy, Social Networks | No Comments »The theme of the rise of consumerism over all of our lives is a something I am currently thinking about. And have thought about. Exhibit A ? Companies are from Mars and Customers are from Venus. I find it a difficult ...
Bad Samaritans
Saturday, September 8th, 2007 Posted in Books, Economics, News, Philosophy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »America's greatest treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton, met an untimely death in a duel in 1804. But his economic ideas keep firing back. In his 1791 "Report on the Subject of Manufactures", he quarrelled with the free-trade doctrines of ...
I’m just so depressed :-( Why having communual fun is vital to healthy happy individuals
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007 Posted in Books, Culture, Health | 4 Comments »Firstly, apologies for being a bit lax on the posting recently. Work and holidays have gotten in the way, and there are a stack of posts I want to make. Part of our fascination at CDB is about society, the human being, ...
The sociology of digital communities, slow living and other thoughts on Communities Dominate Brands
Monday, December 4th, 2006 Posted in Books | 1 Comment »Intro Tomi and I were approached by a Tim Harrap, who posed some interesting questions aboout our book. We thought they were interesting enough to post on our blog. We thank you Tim for taking the time to read our book and ...
