A Little Bit of Catch up
A project I helped frame and secure funding for 3 years ago is nearing its end point. Citizen Media set out to investigate how citizen media might look in the deep future - not so much citizen journalism as any kind of creativity online that substitutes for conventional media production and delivery.
Well today I [...]
The Privileges of Communication
When I get a chance to blog these days one of my first thoughts is to go looking at what other bloggers are saying to see if I can tie in with them but to date I didn’t find a blog post talking about the privilege of being able to communicate.
So many of us (most [...]
More in my iPhone and 02
Received this response from 02 on my faulty iPhone (faulty iPhone number 2)
In response to your query unfortunately it is Apple policy that the hansdet, if it becomes faulty, must be sent for repair. Unfortunately we are unable to alter this. I would advise to also be aware that you are in contract until the [...]
Me and my iPhone
Over in London last week the iPhone dial screen froze - I cannot dial. Rang 02 on another phone and explained this is the second time - I am holding a replacement iPhone in my hands right now.
Answer: we’ll send it in to Apple.
Question: how long will that take
Answer: we hope we can do it [...]
Command and Control Management
Many of the changes we need in management, to get us out the other side of recession, have been known pretty well for 2 decades. More emphasis on finding the right creative talent in an organisation, more collaboration, less command and control management. The fact that some of these elements are finally winning over a [...]
The New Civil Rights
Work had forced me to think about social networks more than I do when I’m filling in a “what are you doing right now” box. It occured to me that while I find some of the functions of social networks slightly irrelevant, taken as a whole am I not part of a new civil rights [...]
Beyond Business: The Rise of Digital Sociology
Martin Parker wrote a great article in last week’s Observer “If Only Business Schools Wouldn’t Teach Business”. Martin is professor of organisation and culture at Leicester University’s School of Management.
The general drift was the education system relies heavily for cash on the business schools but all the business schools are teaching is business…. something wrong [...]