Robert, Flickr and the $235 Paul Smith sweatshirt
Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Ethics, News, Society | No Comments »In the networked world, the only thing worse than being sampled is not being sampled. said Siva Vaidhyanathan. Which brings us nicely to the story of Robert, Flickr and a Paul Smith sweatshirt costing $235. [caption id="attachment_797" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Robs design compared with ...
WH Smith - the Post Office - and the social fabric of daily life
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Darwin, Economics, Ethics, News, Society, Trends | No Comments »On September 1 2006, I wrote Post office to move into WH Smith Outlining the strategy to move local post offices into WH SmithThe high street retailer is set to enter an agreement that would see the Kingsway branch office moved.The ...
The 100,000 mile Fireblade
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in News, Quotes | 3 Comments »This has absolutely nothing to do with this blog other than the fact that I go everywhere pretty much on my Honda Fireblade. Last week was simply an historic moment as the numbers 999999 clicked over on my Fireblade as I ...
Xtract at Millenium Prize Finalist Symposium
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Media, Mobile, Networks, News, Social Networks, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »The Millenium Symposium is an event that takes place in Finland and in fact brings many people together far and wide. For example The Chief Editor and Publisher, Jason Pontin of MIT Technology Review The ...
All quiet on the Western Front?
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in Economics, Media, Mobile, News, Strategy, Trends | No Comments »Its been a buy week - though not on this blog. I have been traveling widely this week throughout the US - talking to VC's, media companies and investment bankers. So the long days and travel have curtailed my blogging activities. What was ...
Rehab is for quitters
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Citizen journalism, Ethics, News, Newspapers, Society | No Comments »Sang Amy Winehouse. Well she didn't exactly say that, but the thought crossed my mind, when I stopped by my favourite wine shop in Cambridge called Bacchanalia. Because the owner Paul Bowles was reading an article about his shop published in ...
The data flow wars
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Law, Media, Networks, News, Participation, Philosophy, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Trends, Web/Tech, iPTV | 1 Comment »Way back in 2003 Tomi and I started working on a project called Communities Dominate Brands - today the very things that wrote about have become - well mainstream. Its a crowded house these days. So - here's another road-sign for ...
Opening the doors of the modern age
Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in Books, Culture, Distribution, Economics, Education, News, Philosophy, Quotes, Society | No Comments »Johannes Gutenberg was indeed the key to opening the door of the modern age. I watched a programme last night presented by Stephen Fry taking us through the story of printing and its father Johannes Gutenberg. Stephen Fry asks why ...
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 ...
Mash-ups for the masses: Storming the bastille 2008
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Generation C, News, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Intel wants to make the whole Web editable, just like a single Wikipedia page. The chip giant on Tuesday will make a beta available of Intel Mash Maker , a free browser extension that allows users to modify ...
