http://wisebuddha.com Insight. Innovation. Action Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:04:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://wisebuddha.com/marketing/time-for-a-break/ 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 ... http://wisebuddha.com/culture/citizen-journalism/ 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 ... http://wisebuddha.com/culture/is-citizenship-journalism-here-to-stay/ 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 ... http://wisebuddha.com/web-20/blogs-relax-everyone-its-only-a-channel/ 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 ... http://wisebuddha.com/marketing/second-life-trials-and-tribulations/ 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 ... http://wisebuddha.com/marketing/more-from-oz/ 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 ... http://wisebuddha.com/marketing/hanging-in-oz/ 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 ... http://wisebuddha.com/entertainment/more-joost/ 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 ... http://wisebuddha.com/marketing/privacy-is-important/ 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. ... http://wisebuddha.com/marketing/follow-up/