Ugly sells? Take a look at this post from Commission Networks (I couldn’t be bothered trying to find out who the person was, the site was too ugly for me and I couldn’t find an “aboutâ€). But it made me think.
I wonder if the Henry Ford “faster horses†statements can be made to apply to [...]
When they were asked what they wanted, the people said �Uglier horses�!
March 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Four pillars , Generation M, Stupidity
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A little slice of my favourites on my iPod
March 27th, 2006 · No Comments · Music, Retarded hippie
In no particular order, but maybe it lets you get inside my head just that little bit more.
Today I Killed A Man I Didn’t Know…. White Plains
(I’m) On the Road to Freedom…. Alvin Lee and Mylon Lefevre
Thoughts about Roxanne….John Mayall
Angry Eyes….Loggins and Messina
Maybe…. Dave Mason
Twas a Sunny Day….Paul Simon
The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys….Traffic
May You [...]
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Foundations underlying the Four Pillars: Setting the scene
March 27th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars
If you haven’t done so already, you must read The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov.
I’d like to pay Mr Asimov some form of homage and see whether I can construct the Four Pillar Foundations using the same book headings: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. This is neither meant to be pompous (in no [...]
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More on the need for accuracy in words and terms and metaphors
March 27th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars , Social software
I just came across this by Jon Udell. Well worth a read.
Unless we get the words and images right, we are going to face many uphill struggles, maybe even upmountain ones. [See earlier post on blogs and anchors, frames and metaphors. ]
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Co-creation
March 27th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars
It’s worth taking a look at this from Newsweek. More shape-of-things-that-are-here. And the buzzphrase machine is in overdrive.
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