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 ...
Gin, Television, and Social Surplus in the World of Participatory Culture
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Government & Politics, Media, Networks, Participation, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »Clay Shirky writes a very philosophical piece about culture/media and participation I was having dinner with a group of friends about a month ago, and one of them was talking about sitting with his four-year-old daughter watching a DVD. ...
Everything’s Not Lost: in the world of traditional media
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Media, Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Print media is struggling with a digital future and are Newspapers embracing the digital age? The New York Times once epitomised all that was great about American newspapers; now it symbolises its industry?s deep malaise. The Grey ...
Everything’s Not Lost: in the world of traditional media
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Media, Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Print media is struggling with a digital future and are Newspapers embracing the digital age? The New York Times once epitomised all that was great about American newspapers; now it symbolises its industry?s deep malaise. The Grey ...
Everything’s Not Lost: in the world of traditional media
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Media, Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Print media is struggling with a digital future and are Newspapers embracing the digital age? The New York Times once epitomised all that was great about American newspapers; now it symbolises its industry?s deep malaise. The Grey ...
TV advertising: moving the deck chairs on the titanic
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Media, Television, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »I have been chatting to a few colleagues about metrics in relation to TV and I was pointed to Marketing in the era of accountability Which I would have thought should have been free but there you go. Anyway I ...
The dotcom dinosaurs
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Generation C, Media, Social Networks, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Vic Keegan gives us a glimpse into the world of what comes next after the dotcom dinosaurs have ruled the planet for the last 20 years. Vic writes I don't know whether wigix will be successful or, ...
The data flow wars
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Law, Media, Networks, News, Participation, Philosophy, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Trends, Web/Tech, iPTV | 1 Comment »Way back in 2003 Tomi and I started working on a project called Communities Dominate Brands - today the very things that wrote about have become - well mainstream. Its a crowded house these days. So - here's another road-sign for ...
Flow
Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Generation C, Media, Networks, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »I was speaking to a good friend of mine earlier this week about the concept of FLOW It is one of the principles of Engagement Adam asked me where I had got to with the idea of flow - ? ...
Mash-ups for the masses: Storming the bastille 2008
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Generation C, News, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Intel wants to make the whole Web editable, just like a single Wikipedia page. The chip giant on Tuesday will make a beta available of Intel Mash Maker , a free browser extension that allows users to modify ...
