Archive for the ‘Identity’ Category

Pop Idol: commerce, culture, community, connectivity

Sunday, October 1st, 2006smlxl has produced a whitepaper on the phenomenon of Pop Idol, if you would like a pdf of the full document you can download it hereIts insights and conclusions point to a new way of creating value, experience and inviting ...

The big rethink

Sunday, October 1st, 2006Gardening is always good for me as it gets me exercising, and also gets me thinking.Reading a great deal, sometimes you get a moment where you see connections that perhaps you had not seen before.This weekend I wonder if the ...

Stephon Marbury and the Starbury sneaker

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006We 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, 2006Once 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, 2006If 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, 2006I have spent the last few days in Holland in the wonderful city of RotterdamI was giving a keynote at Emerce dayIt was a lot of fun and was sold out. I also met some great people:Albert Boswijk ...

Tracking the community

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006Is this good or bad?Some Users Find New Facebook Features "CreepyWhat 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 ...

Combat soldier videos in the line of fire

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006MTV has broadcast a documentary on the phenomenon, entitled Iraq Uploaded: The War Network TV Won't Show You.Time says that never before has there been such an uncensored "visual document" of life during wartime.Every soldier seems to have ...

democracy deserves the best thinking possible

Saturday, August 12th, 2006Steve Dahlberg left a great comment on our post about the challenges facing education. Referencing a new book, the thoughts are interesting to the point I think they deserve reposting so here it is... Thanks Steve for the heads ...

Blogging the war

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006An article today at the wall Street Journal online looks at what are described as Millbloggers or military bloggers[caption id="attachment_2745" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The Blogs of War"][/caption]Cry Bias, and Let Slip the Blogs of WarJ.P. Borda started a Web ...

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