Another great Brexit thing (making 2): this ad for Marmite came out on the day we were originally meant to be leaving the EU. Although of course in the end we just had another vote and then went back to wondering what might happen next. I was stood on a tube heading through central London… Continue reading Independence Day
Category: democracy
Too much transparency
This week, this month, we are living through incredibly interesting times. That such a large chunk of the world population has been forced to move is monumentous. Our reaction to it has been perhaps the biggest test of our values (that much overused word) for several generations. Some have come out looking better than others.… Continue reading Too much transparency
20 days for 20 years
I've been thinking about what 2009 holds in store. At this point, I should of course wheel out all of the great reasons one should not make predictions (especially about the future). Or perhaps I should recall the fictional Magrethea in HitchHikers' Guide to the Galaxy, a planet which decided to hibernate through Galactic recession… Continue reading 20 days for 20 years
Now we know what the future looks like
The whole phrase is 'Now we know what the future looks like, what would we like to do with it?' For the second post in a row I'm afraid I'm in a rather idealistic mood. But it seems to me, now, that we look at the structure of business and marketing as it's being done… Continue reading Now we know what the future looks like
In the name of democracy
This post from a chap at LBi starts out as a review of Chris Anderson's The Long Tail but turns into an interesting discussion about the concept of democratisation in internet economy and amongst internet communities. We talk endlessly about the effect that the internet has on people. It allows anyone with a PC (and let's… Continue reading In the name of democracy