Wise Buddha

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I’ve long thought thought that Bono has strayed the wrong side of uncool, you can’t argue with the bands success but there is something about the way he handles himself that gets on my nerves. I don’t have a problem with him bringing attention to some of the biggest issues in the world - good […]