Category Archives: Networks

We are social animals.

Interesting talk on the impact of loneliness on society by Tessy Britton, as part of the RSA 2Gether series which I recommend highly. The need for people to participate in society fulfils a very basic human need Oh marketers, advertisers, … Continue reading

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Alex Bogusky seems to agree with me

“The question for creative agencies is whether they can wake up, react to what’s going on, engage the crowd, and make themselves a part of the new reality.” So says Jon Winsor (Crispin Porter’s innovation guy) in Business Week, and … Continue reading

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There goes everybody

There’s something in this in how participation hierarchies create value. Compare and contrast with the Digital Britain speech in previous post below, which needs to recognise that ‘consumers’ are also ‘producers’ now.

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Digital Britain Unconference now online

Over the past couple of weeks the Digital Britain Unconference has been gaining momentum with report from across the country being edited and compiled into a single document submitted to BERR this week. Here’s my comment as signatory (and erstwhile … Continue reading

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For those of you that haven’t seen Jack Black’s latest movie romp Be Kind Rewind I can recommend it for two reasons. It’s a highly amusing take on amateur filmmaking (what we now call User Generated Content) and introduces the … Continue reading

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Where I’ve been? To the bank, obviously.

Facebook. We’ve been talking about it for months. Our friends are talking about it. Our clients are talking about it. This is my second post in a row about it. Agencies all over the world have been trying to get … Continue reading

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Facebook’s default fault

I got a Facebook account a few months ago. When I signed up, I didn’t know anyone on it except my girlfriend and one of her colleagues. It was a lonely place. I was just about to give it up … Continue reading

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Turbo capitalism, hippies and why work together online…

There was a great article in the press today discussing “turbo capitalism”. The complaint was against a burger chain. The injured is a Berlin suburb who believe that the lifestyle of their children will be changed “from lunches of sandwiches … Continue reading

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Gamers are a funny bunch

Hardcore video gamers are using all this technology we’ve been building since the 70s to make their own science fiction. Anybody that’s played a recent video game on widesceen, wearing headphones, pumping out 125 frames per second at high definition, … Continue reading

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Please be my friend…

    Apple invades another social networking hit of the moment… FACEBOOK.  In predictable style, Apple re-enforces that buying one of their shiny ‘puders is more than a just purchasing an average lapdog - Apple now gives you lots of iFriends…  come on kids, join the Apple Community … Continue reading

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