The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect—to help people work together—and not as a technical toy… What we believe endorse, agree with, and depend on is representable and, increasingly, represented on the Web. We all have to ensure that the society we build with the Web is of the sort we intend.
Tim Berners-Lee, quoted by Joshua Porter.
Welcome to the Ourhouse Weblog. Blogging is something I’ve become increasingly interested in. Earlier this month I set up the Beyond Branding Blog which is
The competitive streak in me means I need to keep with Tony Goodson’s blog. The struggles of learning to speak “Movable Type” and thoughts on the nature of blogging.
Earlier today I was writing about passion brands and the power of community. I got a small but interesting example of this principle in action when I visited Ton Zijltra’s blog to find that he’s opened a separate blog on his planned abandonment of Microsoft.
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking – and worrying – about collaboration. I think the ability to collaborate effectively is becoming ever more essential
The AntiBrand: blackSpot sneakers, a project by Adbusters attacks Nike directly. In doing so they take on what has become one of the great icons
My friend Olaf Brugman has invited me to take part in a workshop in Brussels on October 29th. It looks set to be an interesting
The Church of the Customer blog quotes an NY Times interview with David Bowie who says: I’m fully confident that copyright for instance, will no
I’ve just started to suffer from Spam comments the latest effort by these wretches to publicise their sites. They basically post fatuous comments to weblogs
At the NGO conference (blogged yeserday and the day before) I met Martin Roell a German blogger and e-business guru. He’s blogged the event in
I’ve finally started paying attention to RSS and all this stuff about “Blog Aggregators”. The final shove was wanting to get Martin Roell’s English feed.
Workshop: Implementing Knowledge Cafes for Organizational Purpose 13 Sep 2011, London, United Kingdom (Gurteen Knowledge) I am a big fan of simple formats that let people "just" talk. Just in
Tom Guarriello had a chat with me the other day about my addiction to World of Warcraft. He’s now uploaded it as a podcast – Part One and Part Two.
I’ve long thought that marketing and human resources directors should collaborate much more. So I’m interested in Regina Miller’s blog HR’s brand new experience. (Spotted by Jennifer) Regina is focussing
UUUHHHGGG-rrrrRRR! Chewbacca blogs and it’s some of the most incisive commentary I’ve read on current events. (Via Steve Rubel) (tags: blogging funny) Better learning through acting? Sue Pelletier reviews research
