The Craftsman and the special human need of being engaged
Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Research, Marketing, Participation, Philosophy, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »I have been reading Richard Sennett's book The Craftsman. And is something that I want to dwell on in a few posts. Defining craftsmanship far more broadly than “skilled manual labor,” Richard Sennett maintains that the computer programmer, the doctor, the ...
Advertising Furniture - Business models and Collapse
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 - ...
C’mon everybody
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Marketing, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends | 1 Comment »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 ...
Periodic Table of Videos
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 ...
The anthropology of YouTube [2]
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Media, Networks, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »last night I went and had a good dig into the blog led by Dr. Michael Wesch I was intrigued initially by his amazing films first sparked by The machine is Us/ing us In a section of his presentation to the Library ...
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.
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 story of the 4th Screen, humanity and communities
Saturday, July 26th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Culture, Engagement Marketing, Ethics, Generation C, Media, Philosophy, Quotes, Society, Trends | No Comments »The 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, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Ethics, Generation C, Philosophy, Quotes, Trends | No Comments »Speed is Good, Time is the Devil said Hitachi and John Thackera in his book In the Bubble writes that Our designed world reinforces the value we place upon speed. But the signs are that speed is a cultural paradigm whose ...
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, ...
