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 ...
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 ...
From SatNav to SatCom
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Economics, Networks, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »The future is already here but its just not evenly distributed is a phrase attributed to may people - but the thought came to my mind when reading about the creation of a new service 230 Miles of ...
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 ...
Gutenberg and Flow
Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in Distribution, Economics, Networks, Society, Statistics, Trends, Web/Tech | 3 Comments »So I posted about Flow and then Gutenberg Of course Gutenberg was the first to unleash the flow of knowledge, ideas and communication. Today the projection looks like this The unleashing of such data flows are the equivalent to ...
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 ...
