I have been back in London for about two months now, and it has occured to me that, whilst the city is for the most part quite lovely and not full of stone-cold killers like Moscow, there could be some improvements:
1. A midday free newspaper, so that a luridly-clad distributor can annoy the living bejesus [...]
Entries from March 2007
Things That London Really Needs
March 8th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
In Stories · Storytelling
On Harriet Klausner (or Everyone Hates Harold Bloom)
March 7th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · 1 Comment
In Influencer marketing · Sharing · Social media · Stories · Storytelling
On who? Harriet Klausner is Amazon.com’s no.1 customer reviewer. She has reviewed 13000 books for the site. Even being generous and assuming that she’s been stalking Jeff Bezos reviewing books from day one of Amazon, that’s about three books a day. But let’s not be generous - most days, she posts something like a dozen [...]
Mood Swings, as Encouraged by the Internet.
March 6th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
In Stories
So first I read some filthy lies told by scientists, which angers me. And then I read about how the best show on TV is embracing fragmentation, rather than ignoring it, which delights me.
Bipolarity, thy name is my ill-arranged RSS feeds.
Herds and adverts
March 5th, 2007 by Leo Ryan · 3 Comments
In New technologies · Sharing · Social media · Stories
I’m just starting to dip into Mark Earls‘ book ‘Herd; How to change mass behaviour by harnessing our true nature‘ (Wiley & Sons 2007). And I was struck by a seemingly simple observation that appears to be eluding many of the traditional broadcast advertising agencies; “The internet was founded on the basis of sharing and [...]
Its MySpace for opera singers
March 3rd, 2007 by Leo Ryan · 1 Comment
In Networking · Stories
Kinda. The Operagenesis site is more like the Linkedin functionality of member profiles meets They Rule’s graphic interface that allows you to quickly understand the America is really ruled by eight people. But this site looks dead cool and its from the Royal Opera House. It allows you to see how different performers and composers [...]