Monthly Archives: March 2009

The Filter of Stupidity

Successful communication is … the clarification of complexity via the application of the filter of stupidity. (generated whilst thinking about the success of the Sun and Daily Mail). The Filter of Stupidity is a bit like The Wisdom of the

The Filter of Stupidity

Successful communication is … the clarification of complexity via the application of the filter of stupidity. (generated whilst thinking about the success of the Sun and Daily Mail). The Filter of Stupidity is a bit like The Wisdom of the

Pub landlords – the future of newspapers

What is a bar?  The obvious answer is that it is place that sells drinks.  Wrong. Pubs and bars are not about drinking, they are all about – wait for it – process facilitation.   A bar is simply an

Pub landlords – the future of newspapers

What is a bar?  The obvious answer is that it is place that sells drinks.  Wrong. Pubs and bars are not about drinking, they are all about – wait for it – process facilitation.   A bar is simply an

There are no such things as Citizen Journalists

A re-tweet by @ajkeen alerted me to this classic example of social media comprehension failure i.e. the inability to understand the future unless it is dressed in the clothes of the past.   Everything about this article and the “No News” 

There are no such things as Citizen Journalists

A re-tweet by @ajkeen alerted me to this classic example of social media comprehension failure i.e. the inability to understand the future unless it is dressed in the clothes of the past.   Everything about this article and the “No News” 

Social media measurement – think carrots

(Note 19/10/09 – this post is getting a lot of hits at the moment, but I don’t know why.  Its not generating any comments and its ceratainly not my best post – visitors please feel to leave a calling card

Social media measurement – think carrots

(Note 19/10/09 – this post is getting a lot of hits at the moment, but I don’t know why.  Its not generating any comments and its ceratainly not my best post – visitors please feel to leave a calling card

Social media measurement – are we staring at the stones?

Social media measurement and ROI is a hot subject.  It was one of the issues debated recently at Social Media Influence 09 and listening to that debate and some of the frustrations and difficulties that people were expressing got me

Social media measurement – are we staring at the stones?

Social media measurement and ROI is a hot subject.  It was one of the issues debated recently at Social Media Influence 09 and listening to that debate and some of the frustrations and difficulties that people were expressing got me

SMI09 – productive confusion

Yesterday I went to the Social Media Influence 09 conference (#SMI09) – a very good event. Looking back – my impression of the day was productive confusion. For example, YouTube seemed confused as to what they are.  Benjamin Faes, their

SMI09 – productive confusion

Yesterday I went to the Social Media Influence 09 conference (#SMI09) – a very good event. Looking back – my impression of the day was productive confusion. For example, YouTube seemed confused as to what they are.  Benjamin Faes, their