Lego redefining value in our online world
Sunday, May 14th, 2006 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Organisations, Ethics, Generation C, Marketing, Networks, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends | No Comments »Lego Factory Now not broken Chris Anderson talks about Lego creating value in the digital age. You just need to think sideways sometimes to crack the thorny issue of how does a company survive in todays world. Lego Factory ...
It’s TV but not as we know it
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006 Posted in Advertising, Broadcast, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Media, Society, Strategy, Television, Trends | No Comments »Its TV but not as we know it. Fragmentation, convergence, cross-platform, curated consumption, primetime is no longer a time of day, its a state of mind, content delivered on-demand, non-linear and self-scheduled. There must be life after the 60 second spot. Said ...
Thinking about the idiot box
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006 Posted in Advertising, Broadcast, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Media, Society, Television, Trends | No Comments »Its TV but not as we know it. Fragmentation, convergence, cross-platform, curated consumption, primetime is no longer a time of day, its a state of mind, content delivered on-demand, non-linear and self-scheduled. There must be life after the 60 second spot. Said ...
The death of the Affluent Society
Monday, May 1st, 2006 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Ethics, Government & Politics, Health, Media, News, Participation, Quotes, Society | 4 Comments »The BBC reported John Kenneth Galbraith was by far the most famous economic thinker of his day. Populist and media-friendly, he used television to explain and defend his liberal ideas. Galbraith famously said Only the community, reflects the well ...
Reputation: the growing importance of trust in our digital world
Saturday, April 29th, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Culture, Darwin, Data, Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Identity, Marketing, Mobile, Networks, Retail, Search Econmics, Social Marketing Intelligence, Social Networks, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Rob Hof in his article Are online reputations portable? opens up the debate For years, both sellers and buyers on eBay have bellyached about not being able to carry their reputations--the feedback ratings they get from each other ...
The Maths of Group Forming Networks
Saturday, April 29th, 2006 Posted in Culture, Data, Economics, Generation C, Media, Networks, Participation, Science, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »In his article Weapon of Math Destruction David P. Reed says Conventional wisdom is that a remarkably powerful effect known as Metcalfe's Law is driving the growth of the Internet. The law says that the value ...
Taking the long view
Saturday, April 29th, 2006 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Ethics, Government & Politics, Society, Sociology, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech, Weblogs | 521 Comments »The Long Now Foundation says The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation ...
The Long Now
Saturday, April 29th, 2006 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Government & Politics, Health, Science, Society, Sociology, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »The Long Now Foundation says The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation ...
More on MySpace
Monday, April 24th, 2006 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Ethics, Generation C, Identity, Participation, Philosophy, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Via Therepublic.com These activities are exploring the nature of identity, establishing peer networks and making a public sphere of influence
The battle for my(voice)space
Thursday, April 20th, 2006 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Data, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Media, Music, Social Marketing Intelligence, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech, Weblogs | 2 Comments »Musings on myspace This post below on myspace is interesting for a variety of reasons. After my initial excitement about Rupes buying myspace, and extolling the virtues of buying the holes in the digital cheese. I stopped and wondered if ...
