“A curator is an information chemist. He or she mixes atoms together in a way to build an info-molecule. Then he or she adds value to that molecule by passing comment” (Robert Scoble)…kind of like a narrative? – Thousands of these atoms flow across our screens in tools like Seesmic, Google Reader, Tweetdeck, Tweetie, Google [...]
Branded entertainment is not a new concept. As Patrick Collings – Brand Architect points out in this wonderful presentation on the subject, Edouard Manet’s 1882 painting highlights a brand of beer included in the portrait of a bar maid. But what is new, is the cacophonous clash of film, digital and music to produce and entertainment experience [...]
We are all drinking from a firehose… We live in an age of information abundance; where information is no longer power. The deluge of information has crippled us, creating a lack of trust and confusion about where to look for the right information. But there are information nuggets; atoms of critical information…atoms that when brought [...]
Amanda Palmer is an entertainer, musician and now twitter entrepreneur! This video is a great piece that shows the power of a community with a cause. This story is a simple one…Amanda and several others at home on Friday night created a community – Losers of Friday Night on Their Computers #LOFNOTC This community defined a cause [...]
We were forwarded a thought provoking article last week from the Harvard Business Review, titled Having Ideas versus Having a Vision At the time, this article resonated with us, and the resonance became a tune yesterday when we caught up with a contact, Kieron Fitzpatrick who has previously built a business around helping businesses define [...]
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