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 ...
Widgets, people and the web
Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Generation C, Marketing, Media, Participation, Retail, Social Networks, Sociology, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »Dave Cushman presented his thoughts on how people become the key distributors of information in the networked society Dave mentions Reed's Law - the law of group forming networks. Another thought that has crossed my mind is that there is a ...
The True Promise of the Mobile Society - Access, Communication & Business
Friday, October 3rd, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Mobile, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Networks, Retail, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »I am speaking at an event in Slovenia in November and I was asked to write something about my presentation. I thought it was worth sharing It is often said that that what works in one country, does not work in ...
The Black Gold of the 21st Century - refined data
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Science, Strategy, Trends, Uncategorized, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »An interesting piece/rant from Bob Garfield - SMLXL has written a whitepaper on Social Marketing Intelligence - the black gold of the 21st Century - please contact me alanm (AT) smlxtralarge (DOT) com We've stipulated already that display advertising as a ...
You’ve come a long way, but you ain’t seen nothin’ yet
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Ethics, Generation C, Media, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Says Vint Cerf in his Op-ed piece about the Internet I have no doubts that its social repercussions will take decades to be fully understood, but it has already done much to benefit the world. It has provided access to information ...
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 ...
Pop Idol: The fake plastic trees of reality TV of participatory democracy in close-up?
Sunday, October 1st, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Broadcast, Culture, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | Comments Offwe have produced a whitepaper on Pop Idol. Here some excerpts, if you would like a pdf of the full document please contact alanm (AT) smlxtralarge (DOT) com Introduction Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes are sledding down a hill ...
More reviews of Communities Dominate Brands
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Administrative, 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, Ethics, Events, Film, Gaming, Generation C, Government & Politics, Humour, Law, Marketing, Media, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Networks, News, Newspapers, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Retail, Science, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Statistics, Strategy, Travel, Trends, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech, Weblogs, iPTV | Comments OffIn a connected world, communities hold great power, and not just via hyperlink analysis on the Web. The groundbreaking book "Communities Dominate Brands" provides a truly realistic glimpse into the way communities have affected the way we market. Communities ...
Motorola launches free mobile music service
Thursday, January 5th, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Mobile, Generation C, Marketing, Mobile, Music, Networks, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | Comments OffMotorola have launched iRadio The press release says The breakthrough Motorola iRadio solution will mobilize hundreds of commercial-free Internet radio channels and your personal music collection, letting you enjoy your favorite genres, artists, and tunes whether at home, in the car, ...
Downloads to decide Christmas No.1
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Generation C, Mobile, News, Trends, Web/Tech | Comments OffThe Financial Times says The race for the number one position in the Christmas charts will be determined for the first time by what iPod owners download via their computers as the record industry predicts it will sell a million ...

