Entries from May 2008

How to Run for Political Stardom

May 8th, 2008 by Ben · 2 Comments
In Customer retention · Networking · Online PR · Politics · Social media · Stories

Several recent posts on this blog have criticised the (lack of) social media creativity in UK politics. Many comparisons have been made between ours and the slick US online political campaigns. Turn now, if you will, to the liberal land of the Danes for how to really do it well.
Danish PM, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is, [...]

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QR evolution

May 1st, 2008 by Gregu · 4 Comments
In New technologies

Is it just me or is there a lot of talk these days about Quick Response codes? QR codes have been a huge success in Japan, not so elsewhere but that may be about to change. As handset technology improves we may see an increase in the use of inbuilt barcode scanners and their reappearance [...]

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The Endless Battle Between Closed and Open Systems

May 1st, 2008 by Ben · No Comments
In Stories

The internet was founded by geeks who wanted to share ideas and data with each other. Though nobody foresaw the size of the internet’s success, the conception of what is now the largest resource in history was an act of social behaviour. The internet was never branded, there was no business plan, and I don’t [...]

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