The future of the networked mobile Internet
Thursday, October 26th, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Broadcast, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Identity, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Networks, Newspapers, Participation, Search Econmics, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Television, Trends, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech, Weblogs, iPTV | 13 Comments »In a few years Social Networking on mobile will be bigger than such traditional media industries as Hollywood or music. Get your money into it now, be part of the winners in this. This is not a hyped industry ...
The bankruptcy of the mass consumer society
Thursday, October 19th, 2006 Posted in Advertising, Books, Broadcast, Culture, Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Health, Identity, Marketing, Media, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Retail, Society, Trends | 2 Comments »I my humble opinion is, that we have arrived at the end point of mass consumption, mass media, mass everything. I think this is the beginning of a very long trend, but I think that traditional notions of consumerism ...
Convergence is a cultural phenomonen not a technological one
Monday, October 16th, 2006 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Ethics, Film, Gaming, Generation C, Government & Politics, Identity, Marketing, Media, Networks, Participation, Society, Sociology, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »The book's core premises could be identified as the following: 1. Convergence is a cultural rather than a technological process. We now live in a world where every story, image, sound, idea, brand, and relationship will play itself out across all ...
Life is Fashion
Saturday, October 7th, 2006 Posted in Culture, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Identity, Media, Music, Networks, Newspapers, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Professional Amateurs on Current TV But there is another way of looking at Current TV or the term Professional Amateur. In the Craftsman, Richard Sennett argues that “nearly anyone can become a good craftsman” and that “learning to work well enables people ...
Pop Idol: commerce, culture, community, connectivity
Sunday, October 1st, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Broadcast, Culture, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Research, Generation C, Identity, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Television, Trends, Web/Tech | Comments Offsmlxl has produced a whitepaper on the phenomenon of Pop Idol, if you would like a pdf of the full document you can download it here Its insights and conclusions point to a new way of creating value, experience and inviting ...
Taipei is one of the world’s most connected cities
Saturday, September 30th, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Culture, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Generation C, Government & Politics, Media, Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Taipei is one of the world's most connected cities. Personal computer usage in Taiwan is high, with 88 per cent of households using a computer - and 83.6 per cent using the internet, compared with around 65 per cent ...
Emerce day - Rocks in Rotterdam
Friday, September 15th, 2006 Posted in Advertising, Alan Moore Speaking, Broadcast, CDB, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Ethics, Events, Generation C, Government & Politics, Identity, Marketing, Media, Music, Networks, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Television, Trends, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech, Weblogs | 2 Comments »I have spent the last few days in Holland in the wonderful city of Rotterdam I was giving a keynote at Emerce day It was a lot of fun and was sold out. I also met some great people: Albert Boswijk ...
Today brands are defined by communities
Monday, September 4th, 2006 Posted in Darwin, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Newspapers, Participation, Society, Strategy, Television, Trends, Weblogs | No Comments »Nice mention of our book by Guardian journalist Vic Keegan It just doesn't pay to be a loyal customer Vic talks about the experience of being badly treated by a mobile operator. He says... It is worth mentioning all this - ...
Politics - communities and technologies of cooperation
Monday, August 14th, 2006 Posted in Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Generation C, Government & Politics, Mobile, Networks, Participation, Society, Trends | 3 Comments »We asked Andre Serranho to write from first hand experience his account of two examples of communities coming together, empowered by communication technologies to make a radical impact on what were then the existing political and social status quo. Alpha ...
The dream of the personal computer aka the world is mobile
Saturday, July 29th, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, 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, Health, Marketing, Mobile, Music, Newspapers, Participation, Society, Strategy, Trends | 6 Comments »From the Economist July 29th. On the PC's 25th birthday, The Economist leader article says. The IBM PC helped to democratise computing. Now to finish the job. Merchants in Zambia use mobile phones for banking; farmers in Senegal use them to ...
