Archive for the ‘Engagement Politics’ Category

The erosion of trust

Friday, March 31st, 2006The economic survey is undertaking tracking research on trust via the World Economic ForumFull Survey: Trust in Governments, Corporations and Global Institutions Continues to DeclineSince signaling the importance of trust in world affairs, the World Economic Forum has been ...

When push comes to pull: the new economy & culture of the networked society

Thursday, March 30th, 2006I have been reading the Aspen Institutes latest ouvre, entitled When push comes to pull. The new economy & culture of networking technologyWhich resonates deeply with Communities Dominate Brands.David Bollier the author states If the world seems a confusing ...

When push comes to pull: a new paradigm

Thursday, March 30th, 2006I have been reading the Aspen Institutes latest ouvre, entitled When push comes to pull. The new economy & culture of networking technologyWhich resonates deeply with Communities Dominate Brands.David Bollier the author states If the world seems a confusing ...

Commerce, Culture, Community, Connectivity

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006I was speaking at the MediaGuardian Changing Media Summit yesterday.One of the topics discussed was "finding new ways to connect with consumers in a collaborative world."Unfortunately, there was not enough time to really get stuck into the topic.Its interesting ...

Business, society and the nuturing of communities

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006I was speaking at the Media Guardian Changing Media Summit yesterday.One of the topics discussed was "finding new ways to connect with consumers in a collaborative world."Unfortunately, there was not enough time to really get stuck into the topic.Its ...

Gooogle is passé and comment is free

Friday, March 24th, 2006Google is now in danger of being pass? - as a purely mechanical way of finding informationSays Alan Rushbridger Editor of the GuradianFurther And just to be "really terrifying", hundreds of sites are scraping the ads out ...

The digital holes in the digital cheese

Friday, March 17th, 2006Rupert Murdoch talked about being either a digital immigrant or a digital native and then went and bought the holes in the digital cheese - though he did not realise it.I was thinking about the how an industrialised ...

Adapting to survive – Collaboration the key

Monday, March 13th, 2006Chimpanzees Recruit the Best Collaborators Humans collaborate with non-kin in special ways, but the evolutionary foundations of these collaborative skills remain unclear. We presented chimpanzees with collaboration problems in which they had to decide when to recruit a partner ...

Come together as one

Saturday, March 11th, 2006Today only about 5% of global advertising is online, yet 20% of media is consumed online.And so nobody is as clever as everybody "Collaborative usage of the internet is rising," said Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, a free ...

The explosion of the networked society

Saturday, March 11th, 2006Digital music downloads triplesDigital music sale revenue tripled in the first half of 2005 compared with 2004, figures have suggestedDigital music sale revenue tripled in the first half of 2005 compared with 2004, figures have suggested. The International Federation ...

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