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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:04:03 -0800

Remembering To Forget
Image courtesy I went to a talk by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger at the RSA yesterday about his new book - 'Delete: The Virtue of...
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:36:34 -0800

Only Dead Fish: Convenience And Experience
Hi Dan - take your points. I think its all too easy though to downplay the more intangible qualities around media experience because they are just that - intangible. And much of what we focus on now can seem not to take proper account of the part that...
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:25:13 -0800

Convenience And Experience
There's a pretty insightful but controversial column written by David Hepworth in the latest issue of The Word suggesting that...
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:57:06 -0800

Only Dead Fish: Farming On Facebook
No worries. Good question about whether it will last. I think though that even if Farmville doesn't, far more socialised forms of gaming are here to stay
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:10:34 -0800

Only Dead Fish: Farming On Facebook
Hi Andy. Yes, indeed - linked to it in the post. Its a concern if they're not being upfront and open (although I think they may have done something about that?) but I guess the point of the post was about the growth levels and size it had acheived in...
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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:20:55 -0800

Farming On Facebook
So, gaming is huge. $50Bn huge. And it just gets bigger. This week's release of Modern Warfare 2 sold almost 5m copies (or...
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:02:20 -0800

LIFE MOVES PRETTY FAST...: CROWDSOURCING Advertising - can it work?
Useful couple of links re this:- if you haven't seen it, @eyecube did a pretty thorough look at the subject including an interview with Evan Fry here: http://bit.ly/2ObGnw And I think Jon Howard also makes a good point about how a crowdsourced poor idea...
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:15:30 -0800

Only Dead Fish: The Socialisation Of TV
Thanks Fiona. I think some media owners would say that having the BBC makes it harder to monetise their own content but I agree with you - we're lucky to have it. Great point about coming generations.
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:28:39 -0800

Only Dead Fish: The Socialisation Of TV
Thanks Slavin. Will take a look.
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:39:57 -0800

Only Dead Fish: The Socialisation Of TV
Great comment to pull lots of disparate thoughts together Ben...thanks
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:03:03 -0800

Only Dead Fish: The Socialisation Of TV
James Cherkoff has just written an interesting post about P2P TV which is relevant, over here... http://bit.ly/2mF3SK
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:32:22 -0800

Only Dead Fish: The Socialisation Of TV
Hi Simon - thanks, that's really interesting. I guess it makes sense that its all about the platform and proper integration would be the real game changer. Tess - thanks for stopping by. I like the thought of the 3 layers - that's a useful way of...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:51:33 -0800

Only Dead Fish: The Socialisation Of TV
Some great comments - thanks. John - yep, agreed. That thought about creating our own event TV with friends is kind of what I was getting at but I really like the way you've expressed it there Aden - some great links - thanks for stopping by Nick -...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:48:07 -0800

The Socialisation Of TV
Image courtesy Predicting the future of media is a bit like herding cats but like Faris, I believe that a key trend for...
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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:09:42 -0800

Post Of The Month - October '09 - The Winner
Well, this months vote rather turned into an AKQA / BBH face off but after a spirited race I'm delighted to announce that the...
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:13:41 -0800

Only Dead Fish: Making Content Pay
Thanks for the comments all. Doc M - good questions. Your right in that i-tunes separates context from content but I'd still say that (like Ian also says) the winners are more generally those who find the effective meeting place of the two. Although the...
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:34:35 -0800

Only Dead Fish: Post Of The Month - October '09 - The Vote
Yes, thanks Michael. Appreciate it anyway :-)
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:56:58 -0800

Only Dead Fish: Post Of The Month - October '09 - Nominations
Thanks for the nominations all. Voting up imminently...
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:50:29 -0800

Post Of The Month - October '09 - The Vote
Thanks everyone for some great nominations this month. Couple of notes:- thanks very much to Michael for nominating one of my...
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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:10:57 -0800

Post Of The Month - October '09 - Nominations
More great reading to be had in the month of October, evidenced by my starting five nominations below - please do nominate any...
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:40:24 -0800

Making Content Pay
Image courtesy "We're not going from a world of Business Model A to one of Business Model B, we're going from Business Model...
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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:32:01 -0700

Why Clever People Believe Stupid Things
This is the title of a chapter in Ben Goldacre's excellent book 'Bad Science'. In it, he talks about inherent bias - the...
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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:54:18 -0700

Bots And People
Image courtesy "Ask yourself this: do you think Wikipedia ever hired an SEO consultant in order to get its high rankings on...
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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:31:19 -0700

Only Dead Fish: Britain's Got Talent
Thanks Johnnie, Euan. It's a great quote alright :-)
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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:20:52 -0700

Hands From Above
This is genius. From artist Chris O'Shea. Fun, interactive, doing stuff with people rather than at them. Wonder how long...
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