Last weekend i decided to switch off. I needed a break from the world of stuff and so exercised my Jewishness and went offline cold turkey for the Sabbath (From Friday eve to Monday morning). Apart from the much needed break and the (leaned) ability to not be (self) distracted one thing I found really [...]
The latest Smirnoff ad campaign is all about being there, unforgettable moments etc. “I can’t believe I was there” you hear someone says in one, “this was crazy and I was there” someone says in another. They are actually really nice and enjoyable to watch. I was looking for the one that is aired on [...]
Mummy are we there yet? In the past few years I’ve written couple of posts about the opportunities and challenges of search through people (rather than through better algorithm). Couple of quick wins I had recently through my network reminded me to revisit this topic as the last post I wrote was pre-twitter/facebook. Quick recap [...]
Probably both and neither. I’m talking of course about the most recent Twittersphere common mantra, i.e. is twitter killing blogging? Please allow me to make some random observations as well 1. Recent social-technological developments and trends prove time and again that we are suckers for dense, ambient, immediate communication. The instant the reply/feedback the better. [...]
To paraphrase the title of the much discussed article from Nicolas Carr, I wanted to share an unstructured thought with you regarding feeds, bookmarking, skimming and the lost of depth or, put differently, the hidden problem within tools that suppose to help us with the information overload. I might be extrapolating from my own ADD [...]
In the past 2 weeks I’ve had this weird feeling of deja-vu from reading bloggers and twitterers getting all excited about brands that ‘listen to the conversation’ (especially the Twittersphere), replying immediately to people’s rants and solving customer service issues. Sounds perfect, you say, why are you spoiling the party? Well, let me take you [...]
“Over the past few years I’ve had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuitry, reprogramming the memory. My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell—but it’s changing. I’m not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I’m [...]
Before i delve into socio-psychological-brain-shag here’s a little exercise: When was the last time you’ve experienced something – from the most mundane (being tired, basking in the sun, fighting jetleg, craving a banana) to slightly more elaborated one (thinking about politics, being in a good restaurant, getting pissed off with shitty morning commute, watching a [...]
Hello 2008. The pressure of writing the first post of the new year have left me wordless but I now have enough experience to overcome this ‘can’t think of anything interesting to write’ syndrome by simply writing about the very first thing that touched me this morning. Try it sometime – there is always this [...]
“The advancing of age matters when it gives you experience – the kind that adds wisdom, power and self-confidence to you – and thereby makes you a more attractive individual for the satisfaction and joy of you, your family, your friends and the world.” Yoko Ono via a wonderful post over at digital digressions (one [...]