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 ...
I want YouTube, everyone wants YouTube
Saturday, October 7th, 2006 Posted in Advertising, Broadcast, Citizen journalism, Culture, Darwin, Data, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Identity, Law, Marketing, Media, Music, Networks, News, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Television, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »The value in the cheese is in the holes is an old Dutch saying And we are at the beginning, not the end of the journey into the networked society. Which is why YouTube has received a "flurry" like snow, of offers ...
Stephon Marbury and the Starbury sneaker
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 Posted in Culture, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Marketing, Ethics, Identity, Marketing | No Comments »We all know that many poor kids aspire to the $150 sneakers - it gives them cred in a world that asigns value to objects of desire. Hey if I wear those sneakers I am someone. That is the power of brand ...
Reposessing folk culture for the 21st Century
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Research, Ethics, Generation C, Health, Identity, Media, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech, Weblogs | No Comments »Once you storm the Bastille you don't go back to your day job - that is all about the total break down of big media trying to control our culture and cultural production. My muse was on the 50646+ video's on ...
Citizen calling
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Ethics, Generation C, Health, Identity, Media, Participation, Philosophy, Science, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »If the world is exploding with peer-to-peer communication, communities of interest, communities of commerce, and as the younger generations grow up familiar with technology that is always two way - Any business or institution that only works in broadcast mode ...
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 ...
Tracking the community
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 Posted in Data, Ethics, Generation C, Identity, Media, News, Social Networks, Web/Tech | No Comments »Is this good or bad? Some Users Find New Facebook Features "Creepy What happens when a social network gets too plugged in? Facebook is finding out after launching a News Feed that shows all the comings and goings of a ...
Living in Edun
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Marketing, Ethics, Generation C, Marketing, Networks, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »People sometimes ask me if I am an optimist and I say - I hope so. I nicked that line from Bill Bailey. But it is a belief of mine that brands of the future will be successful when there is ...
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 - ...
The grave truth about junk mail
Friday, September 1st, 2006 Posted in Advertising, Ethics, Marketing, News, Society | No Comments »Following on from the great junk mail revolt is an article about junk mail sent to the dead It is said that eight pieces of non-electronic junk mail are now posted on average each month to a ...
