Friday
February 27
It's funny to see how Facebook, seems to be evolving from a social network to a country. Which seems kind a logical since they have more than 175 million active users (which would make it the sixth most populated country in the world).
Should they also evolve from a company board of directors to a government?
This is what CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to say about it:
History tells us that systems are most fairly governed when there is an
open and transparent dialogue between the people who make decisions and
those who are affected by them. We believe history will one day show
that this principle holds true for companies as well, and we're looking
to moving in this direction with you.
Facebook as a democracy... makes sence to me, only thing is, Facebook doesn't run on tax payers' money, it runs on advertising money.
Friday
February 27
For me this cute but powerful culture jamming-concept is a perfect sign of our times. Skillfully condensed in a small sticker ... available online for free...
Link to the sticker
here, (and if you happen to be near Vienna) to the expo
here.
Tuesday
February 24
Despite the
massive takeup of Twitter in the last couple of months, the initial debate about whether the microblogging service is useful or useless still rages on, as testified by this email conversation on our officefloor.
From: BP
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:24:46 +0100
To: JW, TDB, Boondoggle All
Conversation: news on twitter
Subject: RE: news on twitter
Mijn gedacht van twitter bevestigd J
From: JW
Sent: dinsdag 24 februari 2009 14:22
To: TDB, Boondoggle All
Subject: RE: news on twitter
Blijken gewoon 2 F16’s te zijn , na iets beter onderzoek.
J
From: TDB
Sent: dinsdag 24 februari 2009 14:21
To: JW; Boondoggle All
Subject: Re: news on twitter
Straf hé
Ik had het ook al zien passeren en geen enkele nieuws site heeft het intussen al opgepikt.
@Davy Er zouden luide knallen en "bevingen" geweest zijn in regio Gent-Oostakker. Iemand meer info hierover? (19 minuten geleden)
From: JW
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:17:13 +0100
To: Boondoggle All
Subject: news on twitter
Retweeting @amedee <http://twitter.com/amedee> : Breaking news: een ontploffing bij ArcelorMittal Gent (aka Sidmar)
Wednesday
February 11
We came accross the following study that lists some demographic information about the major social networks.
http://business.rapleaf.com/company_press_2008_07_29.html
Note: the dataset was a database of mainly US-residents.
(information found via: www.insocialmedia.com)
Tuesday
February 10
More than making onlineadvertising.
More than making Facebook apps.
It's about 'getting it'.
Getting the modern world.
Getting modern consumers.
Getting modern business.
Bevahaving in a non-stupid way.
It's a way of thinking about things.
Being interested in how things work.
Not just what's in them.
Having a go at making things better.
Just having a go.
Wise words from Albion. Found them via the long tail here.
Couldn't have said it better when trying to explain the difference between online and digital to more traditional minded marketeers.
