Month: April 2010

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    Invention, Innovation and Imitation

         “Live in the market, not in a spreadsheet” Cheryl McKinnon I agree with Noah that the word innovation is so overused that it’s all but meaningless. And that what meaning is attributed to it is often misplaced. A point he eloquently […]

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    25/04/10

      I'm still reeling from the experience of running the London Marathon yesterday. I'll not bore you with the detail but to paraphrase something Tom said, all the willpower/goodwill/support and general humanity on display was truly humbling. I want to say a […]

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    Unproductivity

    How much time in businesses is spent fulfilling unproductive corporate practices that add little value? I'd guess it's a lot. And I'm guessing you think the same. I'm sure you recognise Matthew Parris's vivid description of the curse of e-mail, the kind […]

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    Objects And Stories

      "Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not truth, truth is not beauty, beauty is not love, love is not music, and music is THE BEST." Frank Zappa The DIKW model is a hierarchy used in the fields […]

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    Location, Location, Location

    So, I've started doing some writing for Gordon MacMillan and Brand Republic on their excellent new social/marketing/digital blog The Wall. My first post, on the potent combination of mobile and social, has just gone live. To celebrate, I'm cross-posting it here: You’ve […]

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    Empowered Audiences

    I'm chairing an event on 'Empowered Audiences' for the Association Of Online Publishers in a couple of weeks time. It's a good line up, with Kate Day (Communities Editor of The Telegraph), Paul Hood (Head of Digital at Mirror Group) and James […]

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    #VLM10

      I don't make a habit of asking for anything on this blog but I'm making an exception for something exceptional. In less than two weeks time I shall be running the Virgin London Marathon for the PSP Association, a small, little-known […]

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    Think Video

      YouTube are running an event called Think Video 12th May in London (disclosure: YouTube are a client of mine) looking at the ever-changing and rapidly developing video-on-demand market. There will be some independent perspectives (including one from me) plus some insights […]

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    Contact

    You can e-mail me at neil at onlydeadfish dot co dot uk You can find out more about me here. My other places on the web are:     And I’m neilperkin on Skype: http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js

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       This blog is home to my opinions on advertising, media, digital, planning, emerging technologies, and a few other things besides. If you like what you read, then please subscribe via RSS above, or via e-mail below. Enter your email address: Delivered […]

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