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Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Research, Generation C, Marketing, Media, Networks, Participation, Philosophy, Quotes, Strategy | No Comments »

In my presentations I ask people what is advertising? They describe all the furniture of advertising, you know 60 sec. spots, billboards, double page spreads etc. Right now I am reading Jeffrey Sachs - Commonwealth. Economics for a crowded planet Fascinating - ...

Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Marketing, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends | No Comments »

in Widgets, People and the Web - I pointed to David Cushman and his thoughts about how humans become in a world of ubiquitous social computing the very nervous systems upon which future commerce and all other things will be ...

Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Generation C, Marketing, Media, Participation, Retail, Social Networks, Sociology, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »

Dave Cushman presented his thoughts on how people become the key distributors of information in the networked society Dave mentions Reed's Law - the law of group forming networks. Another thought that has crossed my mind is that there is a ...

Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Generation C, Media, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »

The Periodic Table of Videos is something that Euan picked as one of his fav's of the web and 12 Seconds There are some that decry the web as a place that kills culture. I just can't figure out what ...

Friday, October 3rd, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Mobile, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Networks, Retail, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »

I am speaking at an event in Slovenia in November and I was asked to write something about my presentation. I thought it was worth sharing It is often said that that what works in one country, does not work in ...

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Ethics, Generation C, Media, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »

Says Vint Cerf in his Op-ed piece about the Internet I have no doubts that its social repercussions will take decades to be fully understood, but it has already done much to benefit the world. It has provided access to information ...

Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Sciences, Marketing, Mobile, Networks, Retail, Science, Social Networks, Society, Web/Tech | 5 Comments »

Affirmation is a great and positive word and I have been feeling some affirmation recently and here is another small slice The concept of Web 2.0 is a dynamic, user-driven mesh of technologies Absolutely, and Carlota Perez in her book Technological ...

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 ...

Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Broadcast, Convergence, Economics, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »

An interesting and indeed an engaging set of videos which are well worth looking at how media is evolving, how TV and the web will converge, how we will go increasingly mobile, how search and discovery will transform advertising ...