Time for a bloggervention

And I don’t mean blog-convention. Because what came out of the most recent one – the idea of a blogger’s union – is first of all hilarious as a joke but sheer idiocy as a concept.In case you hadn’t heard, it’s buzzing around the blogosphere and even MSM like AP and...

Abort the pool feed – there’s a new pool in town

Do you want to know what it’s like to be at a press conference nowadays? Have a gander at Robert Scoble’s point of view.It’s no longer about a company waiting for rapt attention or PR vying for control. It’s a new scenario with multiple...

No ‘blue shirt group’ for me

I like blue shirts. I like them a lot.In fact, I have a closet full of them in many hues, tones and subsets. Some are plain, some are striped and the striped ones are further subdivided into vertical/horizontal and thin/medium/wide.And so on.Often, when I’m in a store...

And we all shrine on…

Have you ever noticed how iPod docking stations make it look like a shrine?Don’t get me wrong, it’s a breakthrough device. I just don’t feel the calling to worship at the altar of the iCon.

Stop being used

There’s an interesting post by Josh Bernoff about the way tech companies refer to their customers as users.And it dawned on me that if I’m a user then I’m probably being used.I guess that’s somewhat implicit in the symbiotic producer/customer...