Wise Buddha

I have decided to take a break from blogging for a couple of months at least. I am in the midst of moving to Australia and well to be honest blogs and blogging have left me a little jaded.
I plan to thin out my bookmarks, remove most of my RSS feeds, read a book or […]

An interesting experiment last night by CNN to link with YouTube and give us a prime time TV glimpse into citizen journalism - to fuse big media journalism i.e. CNN with ‘new’ citizenship social web type journalism i.e. YouTube. You would think listening to all the hype about this that these tools were about to […]

OK I admit it I have a proverbial bee in my bonnet at the moment about the BS I see being promoted by people who feel that the social web, Web 2.0 is vital to the marketing chances of any business. I am particularly bemused by the narcissistic goings on amongst certain bloggers in the […]

So I’ve mentioned numerous times that Web 2.0, social web etc. etc. from a marketing perspective is just a channel albeit it an interesting one. I have also commented, observed and been sarcastic about how overly excited certain people have got about turning the social web or whatever it is called today into some sort […]

A month or so ago I posted about how I felt that Second Life was being overly hyped and gushed over by so called social marketing consultants and the like. I felt that I had to defend myself somewhat from the charge of being a technophobe or just for having a differing opinion. This is […]

In my previous post I alluded to the opportunity that exists to develop broadband, it is available and comes in different flavours though I am not sure a 256kb connection quite should be described as broadband but there you go. It is going to be interesting to keep and eye on and hopefully be involved […]

I am in Australia as we are in the process of relocating from Vancouver. Australia is one of my favourite places, they love their sport and are good at it and have a determination to be the best they can be. I think us Canadians could learn from that a bit. They are funny, friendly, […]

A week or so ago I posted about how I had signed up for Joost and had been blown away, in fact I went so far to say that I felt it was the future of TV. Seems that could be nearer than I thought as Techrunch is reporting that Joost is in negotiations to […]

Is Google starting to act a bit creepy? I am starting to think that the all pervasive Google needs to be reined in a bit for a couple of reasons.
1. Their recent launch of Street Level search was badly handled from a PR / communications point of view and the service is invasive […]

In my last post I argued that Agencies need to up their game in order to elevate their perceived quality and value of their services. On balance I came out in favour of Agencies but as I also alluded to the fact that sometimes they are their own worst enemies. Just to show that I […]