The anthropology of YouTube
Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Engagement Marketing, Film, Generation C, Networks, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Dave Cushman wrote a very engaging piece The great disruption of social networks reaches its tipping point which accompanies this very well.
The link economy vs. the content economy
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Darwin, Economics, Networks, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »Some interesting thoughts from The imperatives of the link economy 1. All content must be transparent: open on the web with permanent links so it can receive links. It?s not content until it?s linked. 2. The recipient of links is the party ...
Festival - technology and We Media aka social networking
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Engagement Marketing, Ethics, Generation C, Mobile, Networks, Participation, Philosophy, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »I am in the process of reading John Thackara's book In the Bubble He writes Throughout the modern age we have subordinated the interests of people to those of technology, an approach that has led to the unthinkable destruction of traditional cultures ...
The LA Fire Department using Twitter
Saturday, July 26th, 2008 Posted in Darwin, Mobile, Networks, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | 6 Comments »The city fire department is on the cutting edge of Web 2.0, the new wave of innovation that has moved the internet away from the static screen and helped turn it into a dynamic, world-wide community. Exhibit A for the ...
Here comes Everybody
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Curiously, Clay Shirky gave this speech on my Birthday. There is a great deal of overlap in what we have to say and Clay's message
In the Network Society - would you vote for this man?
Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Government & Politics, Media, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »John McCain 'technology illiterate' doesn't email or use internet 'Nuff said. here's a few words we wrote about a younger black man who utilised the power of networks to move his campaign in overdrive. Via Emma Mulqueeny
Learning can no longer be seen as something that is done to children by teachers
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Education, Engagement Marketing, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Health, Media, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »And I could not agree more. A different approach for teaching our children is a report published by Charles Ledbeater and covered in the Guardian The word relationship drops in as does that qualifications aren't the only goal of an education, ...
Cost Per Related Audience
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Media, Social Networks, Trends | No Comments »Nice thought from Ajit at Open Gardens Cost Per Related Audience Which follows on from the beginning o our discussion which started as cost per relevant audience. Ajit writes The mathematical theories underlying social networks have existed for some ...
The Four Principles Of Social Computing In Business
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Engagement Marketing, Ethics, Generation C, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »Euan Semple and I met up yesterday to talk stuff about a project we want to do together. On his blog was a great piece of insight he had - Ffffound via wikipedia Whoever ...
Metrics in the networked society
Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Social Networks, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Ajit Joakar of Open Gardens has posted this In a previous blog, I discussed how Long tail social network analysis could be a business model for Web 2.0 The key insights are a) The Web has a higher CPM ...
