Powerful structures for product-driven organisations
I imagine I was not the only person struck by the media collision around the coverage of the death of Jade Goody. The last few weeks of her life were marked by a quite depressing co-dependency with a media at once uncomfortable with their proximity to the unfolding real-life anguish, and delighted by it. For… Continue reading Status anxiety
The new Red Brick Road site contains a neat little spoof site about overblown promises and 'strategies' from agencies ("The Yellow Brick Road"). Particularly good is this fictitious company's philosophy statement: 'In today's networked world, we understand that the customer is no longer just your wife, she's the boss. That's why we believe customers shouldn't… Continue reading No longer just your wife
A good day, yesterday for things fitting together and falling into place (to mix up the metaphors a little). The day started reading Amelia's amazing piece in the Spectator. However much you're in to new media there's no denying how cool it is to read people you know in august titles like that, especially when… Continue reading In my day
Apple and Epic staged a contest for fans of Modest Mouse to make the video for the second single from their new album, "Missed the boat". Entrants were provided with high quality source video of the group and allowed to use as much or as little as they liked. The results are amazing and varied. From… Continue reading Movie stars
Leading product 