George Soros has started blogging. (Via BoingBoing)
Blogging for Ourhouse
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
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Keeping up with Tony Goodson
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.
The power of community
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.
Collaboration
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking – and worrying – about collaboration. I think the ability to collaborate effectively is becoming ever more essential
Just Undo It?
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
Trust and NGOs
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
David Bowie says IP is in for a bashing
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
Spam comments and the power of community
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
Comment spam solution
Like many others I’ve been getting more and more bogus comments from Spammers promoting their sites. So, having delayed for a while, I’ve just installed
Google translates compliments well… but strangles a lot of stuff!
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
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The meaning of life…
Nick Smith has another good post (and the above funny cartoon) about well, the meaning of life. Let’s be really frank and honest with each other here – we don’t
10 February 2007
Beyond unconferences
Alastair Somerville is doing some interesting thinking about the assumptions we easily make when organising conferences. He’s pushing at the limits both of more conventional events and of unconferences. It’s
7 February 2013
links for 2010-10-03
Johann Hari: Drug Warriors — It's Time for You to Go to Rehab I found this quite persuasive. The war on drugs mentality seems a rigid belief system that doesn't
3 October 2010
Doing “nothing”
Stuey the Coach introduced me to a nice piece of jargon from the sports world: in-task silence. That’s where the coach watches his player(s) but doesn’t actively intervene. Whilst this
15 July 2013