Archive for the ‘Networks’ Category

Commonwealth in the networked society [3] Big pharma

Sunday, October 11th, 2009 Big banks, big pharma, big problems, writes John Martin, MONEY has thrown society out of kilter. Banks that once appeared to have mountains of cash have collapsed. As a consequence of the global recession, governments now recognise that banking is too ...

The end of TV as we know it: hyperland

Friday, October 9th, 2009 [caption id="attachment_4521" align="aligncenter" width="413" caption="TV the culture hearth of the family home?"][/caption] If found this post over at Russell Davies's gaff online. Russell has such a lovely turn of phrase dontchya think? Although as someone also said to me. 'sometimes Alan ...

Democracy lock down – but where is that exactly?

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 But its a bit complicated. However I think that communication technologies today are so powerful within a networked context that we are going to witness things we never thought possible - good and bad. In my lifetime I never ever ...

I suppose going back to the way things were is a bit out of the question?

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 Euan Semple writes about his antipathy to the phrase Enterprise 2.0, Stowe Boyd wrote today about his discomfort with the phrase Enterprise 2.0 and his preference for "social business" as a way of describing the changes we are seeing currently. While ...

SMLXL: business and communications innovation

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 I am often asked what we do @ SMLXL here's a film that provides a brief overview of the SMLXL philosophy, and some examples of the type of work and projects we have undertaken over the last few years. From Interruption ...

Figaro Social communications conference

Thursday, October 1st, 2009 Social social everywhere, but why? The Figaro Social Media conference looks like its going to be a good event, as it blends some interesting topics and issues together. Both commercial and non-commercial. The challenges of understanding how to conduct successful communications ...

Mobile: my remote control for life, a masterclass

Thursday, October 1st, 2009 [caption id="attachment_4491" align="aligncenter" width="435" caption="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sicoactiva/2092062723/in/photostream/"][/caption] Mobile Marketing is increasingly moving towards the centre stage of the marketing industry. Many claim to hold the elixir of “how to do” mobile marketing, there are however only a few who really have that ...

Commonwealth in the networked economy [2]

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 [caption id="attachment_4475" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Overcapacity results in a bailout of General Motors to the tune of $50billion"][/caption] Last December the boss of Fiat, Sergio Marchionne, predicted that the economic crisis would finally force the world’s car industry to confront profit-destroying overcapacity ...

building, fostering and interacting; the new rules of journalism

Friday, September 25th, 2009 [caption id="attachment_4463" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="learning to manage communities can be a tricky business"][/caption] I picked this up from a Jay Rosen tweet Managing Online Communities: What Computer Games Can Teach Journalists What does MMORG's have to do with journalism? The answer according to ...

Advice for regional news groups in the networked economy

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 Regional newspaper publishers are gearing up to play a big part in the future provision of ITV news following a government report. was the news on Hold the Front Page Which prompted the comment: So these big newspaper groups can find the money ...