Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

How the net is transforming news

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006Via the BBC The impact of the internet on news has the potential to transform the interaction between politics, media and the public, beyond recognition, argues the BBC's Director of Global News, Richard Sambrook.The argument is The ...

More reviews of Communities Dominate Brands

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006In a connected world, communities hold great power, and not just via hyperlink analysis on the Web. The groundbreaking book "Communities Dominate Brands" provides a truly realistic glimpse into the way communities have affected the way we market. Communities ...

Communities Dominate Brands book reviews

Monday, January 16th, 2006Customers reviewsvia Books shop Date: 2005-09-20 Title: Brilliant This book is brilliant...I read it cover to cover in 6 hours. A must read for all those interested in integrated messaging and new media. Mark Barounos President of Marketing and SalesDate: 2005-06-21 Title: If you haven't ...

George Bush – The Cookie Monster?

Monday, January 16th, 2006The intelligence service at the centre of the row over eavesdropping tracked visitors to its website, despite US government regulations. Monitoring files, known as "cookies", were discovered by a privacy activist at a time when the White House is ...

Would Jefferson have been a blogger?

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005FOR WHATEVER REASON, PROBABLY BECAUSE there have been so many recent advances in what we call "publishing," opportunities to cite the First Amendment have abounded of late. I know that I'm in a very small minority here, as a ...

Liberté, Equalité, Fraternité … err now hold on a second

Friday, December 9th, 2005France may soon enact the worst copyright law in Europe, sneaking it through in a legislative session scheduled for December 22 and 23. says Ming the MechanicWhilst I wonder why the French still don't get it. Command and control ...

Storming the Bastille

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005I read with great interest Jeff Jarvis in the Guardian on Monday his article annointed Chaos Spreads from the web to the streetsIf you don't read Jeff Jarvis I strongly urge you to do so. Its good ...

Live8: People Power at its finest

Tuesday, July 5th, 2005Manchester online saidMr Brown hailed the Live 8 spectacular as an example of Britain at its best and proof that "people can have power if they make their views felt".It has been fascinating to ...

Give me back my media

Sunday, June 12th, 2005Its funny when you are reading an article here, a book there, a post over there when suddenly an idea seems to shape in your head and then you feel you have to pursue that thought in ernest to understand ...

Alan speaks to OgilvyOne in Barcelona

Sunday, May 15th, 2005 Last Thursday, I gave a speech to 60+ senior members of OgilvyOne in Barcelona. Thank you OgilvyOne for inviting me. Of course, I was talking about our book Communities Dominate Brands and the converging issues that are forcing businesses ...

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