Google’s done it again! Jens and Lars Rasmussen, the guys behind Google Maps, finally unveiled the results of 2 years of labour… Google Wave. The Google Wave page describes the tool simply as “a new model …
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If you were to read the titles of popular business literature today, you’d think we were headed back to the dawn of society… where human societal interaction had just begun to evolve. This is not so far off perhaps, since we stand on the brink of yet another evolutionary leap in the way we communicate, collaborate and lead. Be it the tribes of yore or the digital amalgamations of like-minded individuals along a ‘long tail’ of meaning, something’s definitely shifting…
I watched Seth Godin’s TED presentation online recently and was intrigued by the concept of ‘Tribes’ that he’s reintroduced. While critics have been quite hard on the book with regards to substance, the basic ideas are quite sound and make for good observations of how human interaction is evolving in the digital age.
To give you a jist of what the hoolabaloo is all about, here’s the video, plus a few excerpts taken from Amazon reviews of the book:
Google’s done it again! Jens and Lars Rasmussen, the guys behind Google Maps, finally unveiled the results of 2 years of labour… Google Wave. The Google Wave page describes the tool simply as “a new model …
If you’ve always dreamed of sitting at the helm of your global hotel empire…and terms like RevPAR, GOPPAR, bottom line profits and market share come easy, then perhaps it’s time you put your skills to …
A picture may be worth a thousand words…but most hotel PR & Marketing managers today would be at a loss for words at the plague of user generated photos out on the Internet today. Hoteliers …
About a month or two ago, following the release of our featured article “Hotel Mobile Marketing - A Hotel Guest Story From The Near Future” we had a barrage of emails from vendors and companies …
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In this day and age, it’s a rare luxury to be able to switch off completely…no phones, no internet…connectivity (and work-life integration) thrown to the wind! Yet, I had the opportunity to do just …
Someone from Global Fluency recently got in touch with the CMO council’s 2009 Marketing Outlook Report. I think the report reflects pretty much what we’ve been hearing lately from marketers around the globe and in …
Tim Berners-Lee’s recent speech at TED was released a few days ago…it’s interesting to watch Tim in his nervous excitement. as he asks the audience to repeat “RAW DATA NOW” after him, with a gleam …
Here’s a wonderful example of tech development that directly applied to daily consumer life. The limits of adaptability are only our imagination - I’m excited to think how many great applications a device such as …
In this interview, I have the distinct honor of interviewing Professor Zeger Degraeve, who is the ‘Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Professor of Innovation, Professor of Decision Sciences’ at London Business School. Not only is …
“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson may have put a poetic twist on human fascination with new technology, however the statement certainly lacks in bringing …
As technology evolves to offer creative new ways to interact with digital media, the possibilities for marketers become immense. We’ve all seen what multi-touch displays have done to improve the user experience… the Apple iPod …
Very early on this month, a colleague (thanks Lola!) sent me a copy of Peter Kim’s collaborative compilation of thoughts by bloggers on Social Media. I loved the format and the power that collaboration could harness…bringing together the …
A great 60 minute interview on Charlie Rose with Marc Andreessen, the man behind Netscape and Opsware, both companies that were acquired and made Andreessen a billionaire. In this interview Marc talks about a variety …
Very early on this month, a colleague (thanks Lola!) sent me a copy of Peter Kim’s collaborative compilation of thoughts by bloggers on Social Media. I loved the format and the power that collaboration could harness…bringing together the …
I did a quick survey recently called the Twitterati Dozen. This was basically an online survey with 12 questions addressed to prominent and very active Twitter users, to obtain their thoughts on Twitter use, connections, peeves, best …
