Category Archives: 5: Abstract

Meaning other than- yet about- material objects and or practical matters

Robert Scoble vs Facebook (or Freedom of Information vs. Commercial Silo-ing)

The Robert Scoble vs. Facebook saga is me thinks a taste of some of what is to come in the year and even years ahead. Its the old silo-race rearing its ugly little head again. Basically Facebook is saying you’re allowed to use ‘your’ accounts information as long as you do so manually, thus their [...]
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a recursive marketing strategy

Blogger’s Review of Online Grocery Shopping Rewarded by BlogKits Review (Marketing geeks will be forgiven for calling this a recursive marketing strategy)
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Redesign of Problogger.net – Nice

Redesign of Problogger.net I like it lots, the ‘fold-composition’ works very well on a a site like this that actually has enough stuff to justify having a fold. (One day I’ll update this blog’s template)
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let live… and die…

On my way down to the local spar to pick up some icing-less doughnuts with extra large holes for Je’anna (long story, later) this little chorus formed in my mind’s ear. Now for those of you who may not have gathered yet, I sometimes like to refer to myself and my core aesthetics as being [...]
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Logo design: ClickMaven

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open innovation dinner gig was interesting

I don’t think I spotted a single novel idea or argument in the presentation, the official presentation that is. Both Eddie Obeng and Jon Foster-Pedley are wonderfully charismatic speakers.
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Whats wrong with news media?

I think that observation is spot on, at least in terms of why the "News" is so incredibly depressing - the whole after the fact-ness. That there is F-all you can do about it except be grateful it is not you being written about - in most cases. Maybe the "News 2.0" approach
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kiss online radio goodbye, courtesy the Royalty Rates Crisis

imagine there was a law passed on an ice cream tax, and the tax rate depended on... You can still kiss your favorite on-line radio station goodbye.
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Ebay + Stumble Upon = a Big Deal ?

eBay has taken the idea of supply chain efficiency off the scale. Now add to eBay one very popular discovery engine with in depth profiling intelligence, and you have the makings of something truly impressive, almost scary.
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