Did you realise that if you just Google the word “Evelyn”, Evelyn Rodriguez is the fifth entry. Evelyn Waugh is a whole page behind her. And for “Hugh”, Hugh MacLeod come in as number 2. Hugh Jackman limps in fourth. I won’t say what happens when you try “Robert”, it might get Dave Winer complaining again.
Not saying this means much, but it amused me.
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.
I had an interesting conversation last week about intangibles. I think this word gets used in strange ways. When businesses talk about “intangibles” it seems to me they mean things
It’s hard to know where to begin in talking about the state of the world economy but one theme that constantly returns for me is this: there is a lot
My friends Barbara Tint and Simo Routarinne are offering workshop on Working with Power Status and Rank on September 20th in London. Here’s a pdf with more details: SPR, LONDON
Viv is visiting and we’ve been reflecting on our experiences using the problem theatre approach. Borrowing ideas from the maker movement and agile processes we see this a way of
