Wise Buddha

It appears to have dawned on some people that the way that Agencies conduct business in Canada may need an overhaul. I would also add Clients to the discussion as they complete the circle and there is no doubt that many lack experience and under value Agency expertise. Marketing recently reported that Agency […]

Back in October last year I mentioned that those successful boys who created Skype had set their sites on changing the way we watch and consume TV. Well I’ve just completed my sign up to Joost and I am blown away, it’s still in Beta but holy crap it’s amazing. What is staggering is how […]

I have been keeping an eye on the increasing coverage of start up’s like Zopa who are in the so called social lending space. In a nutshell Zopa “..is the marketplace for Social Lending. People lend and borrow money with each other, sidestepping the banks.” The BBC has an interesting piece about social lending and […]

I have been trying SL on and off for a couple of months - mostly off btw as I have a life. I have been quietly watching real world brands, agency’s and consultants get all hot and bothered about it and the supposed potential. I have to admit that I was intrigued BUT hang on […]

Not sure if they are the worst album covers of all time but some of these can definitely be considered very dodgy. One things for sure they just don’t make CD sleeves like this anymore!

I’m not a fan of the Winter Olympics being hosted by Vancouver, not because I have any real ideological objection but because I have seen first hand the incapacity of Vancouverites to deliver big thinking. It does not get much bigger than hosting an Olympic Games and you only have to see the spin surrounding […]

Hate is a strong word I know BUT in the case of Vonage I think I can justify my feelings. I was an early adopter and signed up in September 2004, since then I transferred my home number and a fax line. I am now throwing in the towel and slowly but surely getting Vonage […]

Walmart have announced that they will stock a sub $300 HD video player which will effectively make HD available to the masses. Just like they did with DVD when they commoditized the hardware by offering DVD players for peanuts it will be interesting to see whether this will mean Mom and Dad will […]

The new SanDisk Sansa Connect in my estimation is the most interesting and significant evolution in the portable music player market since.well. the introduction of the iPod. Why? Because unlike the handicapped Zune it manages to integrate next gen thinking into a tight product form and apparently does it very well.
The new Sansa Connect integrates […]

You can’t have escaped the widespread media coverage of EMI’s decision to make their entire catalogue available via iTunes and other retailers free of DRM. If you have been living under a rock DRM limits what you can do with music that you have purchased from legit sources. Apple limits the number of times you […]