Hollywood goes gaming
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Gaming, Generation C, Participation, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »'Gaming is now a bigger industry than cinema' said Bobbie Johnson And now we find one of Hollywoods finest Steven Speilberg creating a game for the Wii On May 6 Steven Spielberg will release his first collaboration with game publisher ...
Gin, Television, and Social Surplus in the World of Participatory Culture
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Government & Politics, Media, Networks, Participation, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »Clay Shirky writes a very philosophical piece about culture/media and participation I was having dinner with a group of friends about a month ago, and one of them was talking about sitting with his four-year-old daughter watching a DVD. ...
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 ...
Flow
Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Generation C, Media, Networks, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »I was speaking to a good friend of mine earlier this week about the concept of FLOW It is one of the principles of Engagement Adam asked me where I had got to with the idea of flow - ? ...
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 ...
Radio Remix
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »Radiohead is a band that has given me countless hours of pleasure. At Radio 1 recently - whoever was hosting the show did their own version of Nude a Radiohead song as a remix. here's he link to ...
How do I reach Jan Chipchase @ Nokia and why is Apple so bad?
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Education, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Travel, Trends, Web/Tech | 4 Comments »If you need to reach Jan Chipchase, the best, and sometimes only, way to get him is on his cellphone. The first time I spoke to him last fall, he was at home in his apartment in Tokyo. ...
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 ...
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 ...
