Co-creation of a business
Friday, September 5th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Participation, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Threadless is an example of the Generation that is networked, participatory, and co-creative. It is a great example of the combination of Engagement In the The Customer is the Company an in-depth look at the company Threadless - one can ...
The link economy vs. the content economy
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Darwin, Economics, Networks, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »Some interesting thoughts from The imperatives of the link economy 1. All content must be transparent: open on the web with permanent links so it can receive links. It?s not content until it?s linked. 2. The recipient of links is the party ...
The LA Fire Department using Twitter
Saturday, July 26th, 2008 Posted in Darwin, Mobile, Networks, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | 6 Comments »The city fire department is on the cutting edge of Web 2.0, the new wave of innovation that has moved the internet away from the static screen and helped turn it into a dynamic, world-wide community. Exhibit A for the ...
The future of intellectual property on the Internet
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Darwin, Ethics, Law, Media, Trends | No Comments »Here comes Everybody
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Curiously, Clay Shirky gave this speech on my Birthday. There is a great deal of overlap in what we have to say and Clay's message
WH Smith - the Post Office - and the social fabric of daily life
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Darwin, Economics, Ethics, News, Society, Trends | No Comments »On September 1 2006, I wrote Post office to move into WH Smith Outlining the strategy to move local post offices into WH SmithThe high street retailer is set to enter an agreement that would see the Kingsway branch office moved.The ...
In the Network Society - would you vote for this man?
Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Government & Politics, Media, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »John McCain 'technology illiterate' doesn't email or use internet 'Nuff said. here's a few words we wrote about a younger black man who utilised the power of networks to move his campaign in overdrive. Via Emma Mulqueeny
Speed
Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Ethics, Generation C, Philosophy, Quotes, Trends | No Comments »Speed is Good, Time is the Devil said Hitachi and John Thackera in his book In the Bubble writes that Our designed world reinforces the value we place upon speed. But the signs are that speed is a cultural paradigm whose ...
Cost Per Related Audience
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Media, Social Networks, Trends | No Comments »Nice thought from Ajit at Open Gardens Cost Per Related Audience Which follows on from the beginning o our discussion which started as cost per relevant audience. Ajit writes The mathematical theories underlying social networks have existed for some ...
Analogue media presses the panic button
Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Ethics, Generation C, Media, Participation, Society, Trends | No Comments »Trinity Mirror, the owner of the flagship daily and the largest regional newspaper group, sent tremors through an ad-dependent industry when it revealed a 12.6% fall in ad revenues over the past two months. Other regional publishers - Newsquest, publisher ...
