Jack Yan reports another example of marketing folks not seeming to get online media. He relates it to the recent Wall St Journal piece trashing blogs. I try to follow a self-denying ordinance so as not to get drawn into arguments about this. In the end, like Hugh, I find the debate feels a bit irrelevant.
Still I find myself provoked to dig out this online video of Nicolae Ceaucescu (one I’ve used before), as a reminder of the dangers of “misunderestimating” noisy crowds…
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.
The last few days have really reconfirmed my preference for getting my news online. The mainstream media, more than ever, offers only bread and circuses. The endless politics-as-horse-race coverage is
Laura Ries is upset. As soon as we write up a great case history of how a brand narrowed its focus owns a word in the mind and dominates a
I’ve been resisting commenting on the recent furore about bullying in the blogosphere for at least three reasons. 1 I don’t want to add any fuel to the flames 2
