Month: May 2011

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    Gone Fishing

    I'm taking a brief blogging break for a week, but will be back before you know it. Have a good week and be nice to each other 🙂

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    Find The Problem To Solve

    Such a good point made by Instagram Co-Founder Kevin Systrom in this short video (below), about how often it's not generating solutions to problems which is the hard part, but finding the right problem to solve. And as Ed Cotton says, planners […]

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    You Don’t Know Who You Are

    I've been doing a bit of teaching to a Masters class in Digital Marketing recently. Some of the work that has been originated by the class around digital business models has been something of an eye opener to me. Not so much […]

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    Wahwah.fm

      Every now and then you see an idea that makes you take a sharp intake of breath. Wahwah.fm is an app (currently in beta but soon to be more widely available) that enables you to listen to your music but also […]

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    Smarter Media

    I've been mildly obsessing lately about applying predictive capabilities to content delivery through data, and what that might mean for media consumption and content producers of all kinds. So I decided to write a piece for Mediatel about it. The announcement last […]

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    No End To The Magic

    I've been reading Seth Godin's blog for years and for all that time it has never been less than an astute, insightful and intelligent read. But for once I think he's got it completely wrong. In today's post ('An End Of Magic') […]

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    B-Squares

    Oooh, a modular electronics system that can bring solar power, energy storage, and interactivity instantly to a whole range of stuff. Yes please. God I love Kickstarter.

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    I Scrobble, Therefore I Am

    I gave a talk this morning to some publishing and film executives and in it found myself talking about Scrobbling (the practice of accumulating consumption data to build a profile of a user's tastes, which can then be displayed on profiles, shared […]

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    Post Of The Month – April 2011 – The Winner

    Well, despite a strong showing for John Willshire's excellent post on VRA, and Phil Dearson's 'What Is Digital?', Ben Malbon was something of a runaway winner in this month's vote after a groundswell of support quickly built for his excellent posts on […]

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    Post Of The Month – April 2011 – The Vote

    Thanks everyone for the nominations – another strong shortlist. Our vote this month is between: There Are Two Types Of People In The World by Chris Dixon Do We Really Need Chief Innovation Officers in Ad Agencies? and Ten Things I've Found […]

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