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Understated benefits of blogging et al Euan thought this was good and so do I: 5 Social Computing Benefits that Adoption Rates Don't Show...
Posted by Johnnie Moore on April 20, 2008
Those puppets Somehow the sturm and drang over this has passed me by till this morning. Catching up on it all has been... FASCINATING! ...
Posted by Johnnie Moore on April 11, 2008
An interesting straw in the wind If you get excited about where social media might take us all, you'll probably enjoy this post by Grumblemouse: San Fran torch relay is a social media extravaganza. The notion of a guy helping to organise a protest in San...
Posted by Johnnie Moore on April 10, 2008
Not tagging I notice I've pretty much stopped adding tags to my posts. This isn't a strategic choice, but I do tend to blog when and how I feel like it and something about categorising stuff this way now feels burdensome rather...
Posted by Johnnie Moore on March 26, 2008
Innovation Conference I generally find the cheapest conferences are the best, so a free one is not to be sniffed at. NESTA are hosting a one-dayer 20 May called The Innovation Edge and I plan to be there. Here's their blurb for...
Posted by Johnnie Moore on March 26, 2008
High touch Years ago in his book, Megatrends, John Naisbitt's best chapter was about High Tech, High Touch. He preseciently forecast a world where there'd be high technology and a compensating enthusiasm for quilting clubs. Well, Lloyd's Social Media Cafe is majorly...
Posted by Johnnie Moore on March 17, 2008
Facebooked out? This isn't too far off: Hat tip to Andrew Rixon...
Posted by Johnnie Moore on March 11, 2008
Twittering warcraft I set up a Tweetscan for the word "warcraft" as I wondered what my fellow addictsplayers might be saying on twitter. I found it hilarious - and revealing. If you're in branding, I recommend doing this for your brand -...
Posted by Johnnie Moore on March 5, 2008
Social banking Antony Mayfield has an interesting post on specualtion that social banking (things like peer-to-peer lending) could account for 10% of all retail lending in a couple of years. This comes via Jason Gardner, blogging with refreshing honesty from within Lloyds...
Posted by Johnnie Moore on February 21, 2008
Brick wall or campfire I made a new friend today, Jeremy Sweeney. Here's something from his site that might indicate why: Brick wall or camp fire organisation.Brick walls help build structures. Camp fires stimulate a desire to connect and co-operate. Business science and managements...
Posted by Johnnie Moore on February 14, 2008
VRM Adriana has been beavering away furiously on VRM for months now and it's exciting to see it bearing fruit....
Posted by Johnnie Moore on February 14, 2008
More peer-to-peer lending A tweet from Jevon pointed to this: Canada gets its first peer-to-peer lending company. I've written/podcast on this theme a few times before and I'm glad to see the idea is spreading (absolutely no causal link implied!)....
Posted by Johnnie Moore on February 12, 2008
Podcast: Expert insight or human engagement? A couple of days ago, I blogged about two posts by Sean Howard and Piers Fawkes. They seemed to have a common thread of dissatisfaction with business-as-usual (in stakeholder research for Sean, and trendspotting for Piers). This afternoon, I lured...
Posted by Johnnie Moore on February 9, 2008
Wasting or engaging brains Annette Clancy spotted this YouTube: A vision of students today. Michael Wesch asked his students - what is it like being a student today? - and dozens of them collaborated to produce this response. For me, the opening is the...
Posted by Johnnie Moore on January 27, 2008
The myth of someone in control Mark Earls has another good post on the pitfalls of seeking the "key influencers" as a way of instigating change. I share Mark's scepticism about over-rational models for explaining how change happens, and also about the hero-centric notions of leadership...
Posted by Johnnie Moore on January 25, 2008

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