The most valuable part of having a large social network (for me at least) isn’t visibility, it’s about reducing middlemen. The internet has destroyed many middlemen, and created countless new ones. I barely use the former, and when I don’t have to I avoid the latter. Examples Classifieds –> Craigslist and eBay Travel Agents –>… Continue Reading
Category Archives: theory
Gross Digital Happiness
Happiness metrics have often been thought of as these things that are lofty or ridiculous or simply idealistic. Maybe they are to some extent. Anything not directly tied to money or some economic growth standard doesn’t seem to merit the weight and attention of the general public. Sadly, psychologists contend that most people don’t think… Continue Reading
Dealing with Duality
Narcissism is often considered to be the driver of a digital network’s success. Omitting certain details (whether unflattering or boring) and highlighting successes has become the unsurprising norm. And this duality of our existence continues to grow the more that the internet pervades our lives. This fissure also begins to develop earlier and earlier as… Continue Reading
This blog post isn’t free.
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” It’s a statement that many of us have uttered at some point, and also whole-heartedly believed. But for some reason when it comes to web content, we’ve all been trained into believing the exact opposite. The last decade or so has gone by and professional publishers haven’t… Continue Reading
The Big Pivot – part 3
The following is a guest series by Brendan Howley. Brendan is a Canadian investigative data journalist/collective intelligence specialist; he is at present co-authoring a book with Gunther Sonnenfeld and Sasha Grujicic, designed by Sarah Doody, on the global revolution in storytelling and its effect on brands, businesses and markets. This is the third and final… Continue Reading
The Big Pivot – part 2
The following is a guest series by Brendan Howley. Brendan is a Canadian investigative data journalist/collective intelligence specialist; he is at present co-authoring a book with Gunther Sonnenfeld and Sasha Grujicic, designed by Sarah Doody, on the global revolution in storytelling and its effect on brands, businesses and markets. Note: This series stems from a… Continue Reading
The Big Pivot — Part I
The following is a guest series by Brendan Howley. Brendan is a Canadian investigative data journalist/collective intelligence specialist; he is at present co-authoring a book with Gunther Sonnenfeld and Sasha Grujicic, designed by Sarah Doody, on the global revolution in storytelling and its effect on brands, businesses and markets. Note: This piece stems from a… Continue Reading
The 2012 election signifies a new opportunity
As the fever dies down and the world returns to dealing with the massive issues ahead it is important to take a moment and understand what just happened. Criticize the electoral process, the college, the super PACs, the advertising, the spamming of our news feed, the Sesame Street memes along with the distraction from global atrocities happening… Continue Reading
The silence of our transactions
The advancements we all benefit from technology and the internet are really beyond scope and imagination. The pace of its acceleration and amplitude continues to astound as more markets, businesses, power structures and veils of control continue to crumble in its wake. Disintermediation of industries continue and as one looks forward, as Wikibrands has, there are up… Continue Reading
Relationship Economics (A shiny, busy graphic! Eat it for breakfast or for lunch!)
Some of you might be familiar with the notion of relationship economics. Or not. Paul Jaminet describes it as “a form of Ronald Coase’s transaction cost economics which hypothesizes that the costs of forming and maintaining personal relationships, and the benefits of those relationships, dominate decision-making in many contexts.” David Nour wrote a how-to book… Continue Reading