Links – 15th February 2009

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Simon Kendrick

Things I have read in the last week that I would recommend:
Henry Jenkins has begun serialising his white paper on spreadable media – If it Doesn’t Spread It’s Dead. Part 1 – on media viruses and memes – and Part 2 – on sticky and spreadable – are both fascinating
Andrew Scott argues that Google Latitude [...]

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Links – 1st February 2009

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Simon Kendrick

Part 2 of the Good Stuff, following on from links yesterday to top articles on insights, marketing and advertising, online video and music.
Social media
I haven’t yet read it but I’m sure it is brilliant: danah boyd’s PhD dissertation
The Vitrue top 100 social media brands of 2008 (with methodology included)
Charles Frith provides an excellent case study [...]

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Links – 3rd October 2008

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Simon Kendrick

This blog has been quiet on content for the last month or so. I’ll try and change that in the coming week.
Anyway, things I’ve read in the last week include
Blog-related
Jeff Jarvis argues that news sites should evolve into community-based collections, where articles are continually updated and evolving (as in Wikipedia). Doc Searls disagrees, arguing that [...]

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Links – 14th June 2008

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Simon Kendrick

This is part 2 of my 5 part long-overdue link update. See the bottom of the post for links to the others in the series.
Interesting essays/Food for thought

China’s all-seeing eye (Naomi Klein) – Rolling Stone essay on Chinese/US cooperation in advancing surveillance techniques
The Million Dollar long bet (Kevin Kelly) – Warren Buffet bets $1m that [...]

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