The Age of Unreason in the Age of Networks
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Citizen journalism, Culture, Generation C, Government & Politics, Humour, Media, News, Social Networks, Society, Television, Trends | 2 Comments »I came across this today A book and idea which requires some reflection anti-rational government is not the product of a Machiavellian plot by ?Washington? but is the inevitable result of ?an overarching crisis of memory and ...
Making data free is economic sense
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Distribution, Economics, Ethics, Government & Politics, Society, Statistics, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »We seem to have a theme going on about data and its various uses at the moment. I spotted this recently Two years ago, we launched our Free Our Data campaign on an act of faith. ...
Creative Britain - A nation of shopkeepers?
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Education, Gaming, Generation C, Government & Politics, Networks, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | 2 Comments »Vic Keegan wrote an impassioned piece recently about the creative industries in the UK. Vic writes When the 1850 public libraries bill was going through parliament, opposition came mainly from MPs representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. ...
Power Play on the Global Stage
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Government & Politics, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Strategy, Trends, Uncategorized, Web/Tech | No Comments »The way that consumer power is shifting across the globe is going to significantly affect the way that brands maintain ‘relationships’ with their customers. The impact of new economic global powerhouses, coupled with the empowerment of ‘digitally fluent’ consumers means ...
The Twittering Government
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Government & Politics, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Picked this up from Jeff Jarvis A speech by Tom Watson The 19th century co-operative movements had their roots in people pooling resources to make, buy or distribute physical goods. Modern online communities are the new co-operatives. Jarvis makes his own ...
remix America!
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Engagement Marketing, Government & Politics, Networks, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Web/Tech, Weblogs | No Comments »I just read Ellen McGirt's poignant feature story on The Brand Called Obama in Fast Company, and my marketing head is spinning. "The fact that Obama has taken what we thought we knew about politics and turned ...
Its the small things that keep communities together
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Ethics, Government & Politics, Politics, Retail, Society, Strategy | 1 Comment »Just imagine you are part of the government. Among your principal concerns are how to hold society together at a time of rapid change. You worry about social and community cohesion and the practical, psychological and economic isolation of the ...
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 ...
The Experts vs. the Amateurs
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Law, Media, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 2 Comments »An interesting debate this one. A tug of war over the future of media may be brewing between so-called user-generated content -- including amateurs who produce blogs, video and audio for public consumption -- and professional journalists, movie makers ...
Social Marketing Intelligence and society
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Government & Politics, Media, Mobile, Science, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Sorry to our readers that I have been somewhat absent - Tomi thought I had fallen off a cliff - the fact is I have been working on a number of rather time consuming projects. Anyway a lot to get through. We ...
