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 ...
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 ...
Manuel Castells on the self and society
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Culture, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »our societies are increasingly structured around the bipolar opposition of the Net and the Self (1996, p. 3). The Net means the new, networked forms of organization which are replacing vertically integrated hierarchies as the dominant ...
Nobody owns it, Everybody can use it and Anybody can improve it
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Philosophy, Quotes, Social Networks, Society | No Comments »Said Doc Searls, he continues I make zero money with blogging. (No advertising. Love that.) But I make more than zero because of blogging. Not enough to make me rich, but enough to make me valuable. And far more ...
Accountability and the modern state
Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Philosophy, Quotes, Society | 2 Comments »On Monday this week I sat down with Euan Semple to discuss a project that I have in mind. It centered around the concept of Engagement as a bigger idea beyond marketing communications. How could we evolve to be more ...
Incubators for Media Innovation
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Darwin, Economics, Media, News, Newspapers, Quotes, Strategy, Trends | No Comments »With 110 million members and $800 million in annual revenue, MySpace has become a growth engine for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (NWS) media empire. Now the media mogul wants to turn the online social network into a breeding ...
What Age are we in?
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Education, Engagement Marketing, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Media, Networks, Philosophy, Quotes | 2 Comments »I was in Amsterdam yesterday working with the staff from Freedom Lab in Amsterdam - probing, exploring, discussing some of the major themes that preoccupy me. And one of the questions that came up yesterday was - What Age ...
Henry Jenkins on Obama and the “We” Generation
Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Government & Politics, Participation, Philosophy, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »The community generation is how we describe what are otherwise known as Digital Natives Henry Jenkins has added his thoughts on Barak Obama and the transformation of American politics, he states Commentators have noted his tendency to use ...
Henry Jenkins on Obama and the “We” Generation
Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Government & Politics, Participation, Philosophy, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »The community generation is how we describe what are otherwise known as Digital Natives Henry Jenkins has added his thoughts on Barak Obama and the transformation of American politics, he states Commentators have noted his tendency to use ...
Henry Jenkins on Obama and the “We” Generation
Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Government & Politics, Participation, Philosophy, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »The community generation is how we describe what are otherwise known as Digital Natives Henry Jenkins has added his thoughts on Barak Obama and the transformation of American politics, he states Commentators have noted his tendency to use ...
