Archive for the ‘Quotes’ Category

The story of the 4th Screen, humanity and communities

Saturday, July 26th, 2008The message of this ?4 screens? ad is compelling, but is it accurate? Are mobile devices permitting us as a society to connect in more personal ways that foster a greater sense of community and togetherness?I think the answer to ...

Speed

Friday, July 18th, 2008Speed is Good, Time is the Devil said Hitachi and John Thackera in his book In the Bubble writes thatOur designed world reinforces the value we place upon speed. But the signs are that speed is a cultural paradigm whose ...

The 100,000 mile Fireblade

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008This 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 ...

All the rest is Spam, spam, spam, spam

Thursday, June 5th, 2008Sitting here at JFK this caught my eye All the rest is spam by my friend DC @ Fasterfuture blogspotDavid mentions a Scott Karp post Why Traditional Advertising Formats Fail On The WebHe should have said ...

Gin, Television, and Social Surplus in the World of Participatory Culture

Monday, May 5th, 2008Clay Shirky writes a very philosophical piece about culture/media and participationI 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, 2008Way 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, 2008Johannes 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 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, 2008our 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, 2008Said Doc Searls, he continuesI 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 ...

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