Archive for the ‘Social Networks’ Category

Commonwealth in the networked society [3] Big pharma

Sunday, October 11th, 2009 Big banks, big pharma, big problems, writes John Martin, MONEY has thrown society out of kilter. Banks that once appeared to have mountains of cash have collapsed. As a consequence of the global recession, governments now recognise that banking is too ...

The end of TV as we know it: hyperland

Friday, October 9th, 2009 [caption id="attachment_4521" align="aligncenter" width="413" caption="TV the culture hearth of the family home?"][/caption] If found this post over at Russell Davies's gaff online. Russell has such a lovely turn of phrase dontchya think? Although as someone also said to me. 'sometimes Alan ...

Social Media Monitoring 09 update

Friday, October 9th, 2009 You can't move for falling over the word social media, I personally have a point of view on the phrase 'social media' but we can save that for a rainy day. My good friend Luke Brynley-Jones is putting what looks ...

Democracy lock down – but where is that exactly?

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 But its a bit complicated. However I think that communication technologies today are so powerful within a networked context that we are going to witness things we never thought possible - good and bad. In my lifetime I never ever ...

SMLXL: business and communications innovation

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 I am often asked what we do @ SMLXL here's a film that provides a brief overview of the SMLXL philosophy, and some examples of the type of work and projects we have undertaken over the last few years. From Interruption ...

Figaro Social communications conference

Thursday, October 1st, 2009 Social social everywhere, but why? The Figaro Social Media conference looks like its going to be a good event, as it blends some interesting topics and issues together. Both commercial and non-commercial. The challenges of understanding how to conduct successful communications ...

Mobile: my remote control for life, a masterclass

Thursday, October 1st, 2009 [caption id="attachment_4491" align="aligncenter" width="435" caption="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sicoactiva/2092062723/in/photostream/"][/caption] Mobile Marketing is increasingly moving towards the centre stage of the marketing industry. Many claim to hold the elixir of “how to do” mobile marketing, there are however only a few who really have that ...

Commonwealth in the networked economy [2]

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 [caption id="attachment_4475" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Overcapacity results in a bailout of General Motors to the tune of $50billion"][/caption] Last December the boss of Fiat, Sergio Marchionne, predicted that the economic crisis would finally force the world’s car industry to confront profit-destroying overcapacity ...

Commonwealth in the networked economy [1]

Sunday, September 27th, 2009 [caption id="attachment_4469" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="PL8xUi8OEnxtz0ytu4Vtz5GQo1_500"][/caption] the defining challenge of the twenty-first century will be to face the reality that humanity shares a common fate on a crowded planet. That common fate will require new forms of global cooperation, a fundamental point ...

building, fostering and interacting; the new rules of journalism

Friday, September 25th, 2009 [caption id="attachment_4463" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="learning to manage communities can be a tricky business"][/caption] I picked this up from a Jay Rosen tweet Managing Online Communities: What Computer Games Can Teach Journalists What does MMORG's have to do with journalism? The answer according to ...