In my rangy gambollings over the reaches of the web, I stumbled over this little gem of a blog post by Irving Wladawsky-Berger at IBM. He eruditely compares the current balls-up in the financial industry with the Dotcom Bubble, about which he was well placed to know a thing or two, running as he was [...]
Capitalism and the Internet - are We Just Looking at Another Bubble?
October 1st, 2008 by Ben · No Comments
Audience Research: Marmite – love it or hate it?
September 26th, 2008 by Ben · No Comments
A quick look on Clusty will end one of the most enduring debates of the modern world. After “yeast extract”, Clusty rates the top issue for a search on “Marmite” as “love”. “Hate”, on the other hand, is nowhere to be seen in the top ten issues.
Case closed.
More grand questions answered here on Ryan*MacMillan. Next [...]
A Peace of TV History?
September 12th, 2008 by Ben · 1 Comment
Bob Geldof and chums at Ten Alps, in conjunction with Norweigan media and human rights organisation Point of Peace, have just launched a new online TV platform, Peace Channel.
I say “just”, it was launched 22 minutes ago.
I look forward to seeing where this goes. There is clearly an increasing prominence of niche channels such as [...]
MeasurementCamp - One More Step
June 6th, 2008 by Ben · 2 Comments
I joined up with MeasurementCamp again on Wednesday, this time hudddled in a sweating mass in the upstairs of a cafe in Soho. Alright, so the social media industry may not be run from leather armchairs in smoke-filled club rooms but the croissants were first rate.
Watch Live Television While you Work Play
May 29th, 2008 by Ben · 3 Comments
Following recent discussions about the future, or for that matter the sad past, of TV, I’ve just been alerted to another platform for the medium.
Zattoo allows anyone to watch live TV, on PC or Mac, while getting on with other things. Not during work hours though, of course. Unless it’s for research. Wouldn’t dream of [...]