Couple of weeks ago I started a little experiment to test the new hype and obsession with the Stream Theory. Quick reminder: The next phase of media, I’ve been thinking, will be after the page and after the site. Media can’t expect us to go to it all the time. Media has to come to [...]
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 [...]
The interweb is flooded with some absolutely amazing conference presentation videos, I’m starting to believe that the only reasons for you to pay some good money and go to a conference today is for the sake of personal contact, the social gathering and networking (Gd, how i hate this word) which are as valuable as [...]
Few days ago I stumbled upon the concept of Chindogu. “A tool that exists on the edge of reason” or the art of making/inventing everyday useful objects that are almost completely useless. Think for example of Hay Fever Hat, a strap-on roll of toilet paper that provides allergy sufferers with a continuous supply of tissue [...]
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 [...]
Few recent search frustrations reminded me that with all the massive development in social media (read, the internets), search functionalities feel somehow legging behind. I’m sure Google, yahoo and Microsoft are pouring millions on development but that doesn’t (yet) change the feeling that it’s time for search to be smarter. Couple of weeks ago Udy [...]