Archive for the 'a-list' Category
Trendwatching: Eco-fatigue, Gen Z and Pet-Passe the future of marketing!
2 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello November 7th, 2007 in A-List Blogs, Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious, Conjecture, Fun with PR, Futurist, Humor, Innovation, Market Research & Intelligence, Research, Research Summary, TrendSpotting, Viral marketing, a-list, great ideas, parody, social ideas, tech humor.As someone who watches for trends in technology one of the many sites I frequent is Trendwatching.com. They offer a bevy of free research reports on global Trends with pithy insightful commentary and links. If your not getting their free reports or buying the paid stuff, then your missing out. Their most recent Trend Briefing [...]
Digg Bows to Spontaneous User Protest
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello May 4th, 2007 in Blogosphere, a-list, a-listers, copyright, digg, drm, riot.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn0QoUpPG80]
A must read article over at Rev2.org on the Digg rebellion and its outcome. Two items that I think are really interesting and deserve more thought:
1) spontaneous user protest
2) siding with your users is a winning strategy
DVD’s, cracked. HD-DVD’s, cracked. Blu-Ray disk’s, cracked. There has to come a point where the movie guys realize that [...]
What Evil File-traders Think about the Virtuous RIAA
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello April 15th, 2007 in AllOfMP3, Groups Opposing the RIAA, Market Research & Intelligence, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, Research, Survey, a-list, anti-drm, file sharing, p2p, p2p research.Last week, I mentioned the survey from P2Pnet.net, that AllofMP3.com was promoting on their homepage. Well the good folks at P2Pnet have released some initial data and say they will release the entire data-set on Monday. So far they have over 750 respondents and what looks like some really good directional information on the thinking [...]
Frankly Awesome
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello January 18th, 2007 in A-List Bloggers, User Generated Content, Ze Frank, a-list, futute tv, video.I’m a big fan of Ze Frank. From the unblinking monologues to the zanny assignments, The Show is one of the best Vlogs (video blog), that doesnt include a beautiful 20something named Zadi (Mmm, Zadi!). Anyway, you have to check out this video, it’s one of the funniest and most creative skits from Ze this [...]
Blog Castes: The Real Ranking of the Blogoshpere
15 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello November 7th, 2006 in A-List Bloggers, A-List Blogs, Blogosphere, Blogs and Blogging, Conjecture, Hugh MacLeod, Tech Musings, User Generated Content, Viral marketing, Vlogs, a-list, a-listers, blog rank, social ideas, social networking.In ancient India, along the scenic Indus Valley, someone came up with a system of social control so good it survives to this day. It was called the Caste system and basically it codified the privileges reserved for the in-crowd and the drudgery dished out to everybody else. While the Caste system is no longer [...]
