Scott Galloway on the break up of big tech – notes and video from DLD18
I’ve been mostly travelling since the DLD conference, so just catching up on my notes and reflections now. Scott Galloway was one of the people …
Taking back the future – DLD18 notes from Day One
I’ve already posted about Paul Daugherty of Accenture’s session on AI – the following are some themes and notes I picked up through the rest …
Reckitt’s strategic approach to Facebook marketing
Reckitt Benckheiser is taking social media seriously enough to start joint business planning with Facebook, according to AdAge: Reckitt Benckiser, like other packaged-goods players, has …
Slow-mo social: Friction and frictionless sharing
Interesting train of thought set in motion by an excellent blog post from Chris Thorpe. He makes a case for “frictionless sharing” (stuff you read or …
On revolutions: two blog posts that stopped me in my tracks
Two blog posts – one notes for a Newsnight feature that never got made, the other an academic paper – made a deep impression on …
Causes and contexts: Arab Twitter revolutions and the origins of the First World War
Image: A troop train in the First World War (cc) drakegoodman @avschlieffen: Is anyone srsly suggesting trains caused the biggest war of all time? WTF!?! …
Facebook planet
This image has been on my computer desktop and on my mind since I saw it in December. High time I shared it here, really. …
Platform fixation vs. pattern recognition
(NB: I *know* – I’m late with this. What? I’ve had a break. It was Christmas…) That TIME magazine’s judging panel refused to listen to …
Three beautiful storytelling approaches from the web
This is a post about three lovely things that are all about using technology to help tell stories in new ways. Storify In private alpha …
Facebook vs. websites: sometimes Facebook is better
There’s a kind of web media theologians’ debate that goes on at the moment over whether brands should ditch their websites and move their web …