21 Apr 2012
Answer: Do what the MTA in NYC did… set your data free. I’ve seen this MTA/Subway ad before, but its implication hadn’t sunk in until yesterday. The implication being that the New York Transit Authority has an advertisement for their data APIs on the subways. And, in the ad they’re poking fun at themselves by acknowledging […]
20 Apr 2012
So, Bank of America hasn’t figured out that people hate banks and will use whatever creativity they posses to the let the bank know it. Bank of America has a social campaign that lets consumers create their own BoA Ads, and calls it “Your Bank of America”. The first few times I looked, I didn’t realize […]
13 Apr 2012
This social media thing is funny. It’s often unprofessional to use words like “morons” or “shit heads”, but fortunately for companies, not uncommon. Why fortunately? Well, they’re getting honest feedback. And, while it’s best to keep it “professional” cursing in writing/online has a different impact than cursing on the phone. Cursing a person is perceived as […]
9 Apr 2012
I can’t help but feel that all this patent stuff might help companies look good short term, but in fact is not really about delivering better products to market. First companies asked employees to work harder, then pursued acquisitions (in part) to bring “economies of scale,” then layoffs made companies look more efficient, now companies […]
30 Mar 2012
Interesting conversation over at eBizQ set-off by Peter’s question: Will the ‘personal cloud’ replace the PC by 2014? The question is driven by a Gartner position that the personal cloud will replace the personal computer as the center of users’ digital lives by 2014. One of the fascinating things about the conversation is how seemingly few of […]
