Archive for the 'parody' 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 [...]
Vivoleum: The Yes Men Light Up Oil Industry
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello June 15th, 2007 in Conjecture, Humor, parody, social ideas, tech humor, vivoleum.It looks like the logo for a cool new Web 2.0 company and sounds like the name of a pill to stop geriatric incontinence but Vivoleum is a lot more. Postioned, by the non-evil good guys at ExxonMobil, as a renewable non-polluting energy source, Vivoleum is a major step towards ending American energy dependence. [...]
RIAA to America: You’re All Guilty! So Pay Up.
3 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello March 4th, 2007 in Anti-social behaviour, Digital Music, Music Musings, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, file sharing, lawsuits, p2p, p2p monetization, parody, profits.Tasked with rescuing the major labels from it’s very public death spiral, the Recording Industry Ass. of America has struck on a novel idea. Sue Everyone! Not just old ladies and children but everyone in the US. While you might think it’s a joke, its not. As a first step in their plan to sue [...]
RIAA to America: You’re All Guilty! So Pay Up.
5 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello March 4th, 2007 in Anti-social behaviour, Digital Music, Music Musings, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, file sharing, lawsuits, p2p, p2p monetization, parody, profits.Tasked with rescuing the major labels from it’s very public death spiral, the Recording Industry Ass. of America has struck on a novel idea. Sue Everyone! Not just old ladies and children but everyone in the US. While you might think it’s a joke, its not. As a first step in their plan to sue [...]
Pirate Bay Bitch Slaps MPAA
4 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello February 12th, 2007 in BitTorrent, Broadband, Groups Opposing the MPAA, Humor, Movie downloads, The Pirate Bay, YouTube, anti-drm, copyright, movie downloading, mpaa, p2p, parody, video.“Were winning” they say! I’d have to agree.
Our favorite swashbuckling buccaneers over at the Pirate Bay have done it again. These guys have all the swagger, ambition and balls that their name implies. Its not enough that they want to buy an island to freely distribute the digital goodness we all crave, or that they [...]
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While exploring GooTube I came across this humorous blueprint of how a company can be its own worse enemy. companies erase innovation through . Taken as a metaphor for the innovation process, it highlights a bunch of steps that get in the way of a great product. Even more amazing is this video was made by the good folks in Redmond.
Innovation is the hard to achieve because ultimately it requires a leap of faith. An emotional connection to an idea or ideal that is so strong it transcends the available information and may in fact contradict it. Its this leap of faith that management cant make, especially when their 401k’s, titles, and careers are on the line.
Business management is a pseudo-science that attempts to establish and maintaining order by institutionalizing processes that allow for control. Innovation is a pseudo-religion that resists control and requires the same faith in its existence that all gods have, since humans started creating them.
Linden Labs Does Right By Parody Second Life Site
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello January 22nd, 2007 in Blogosphere, BoingBoing, Humor, copyright, great companies, linden labs, parody, satire, second life, tech humor.I’ve played with Second Life on and off for a little over a year and have been as underwhelmed by the experience as I’ve been overwhelmed with the passion of its users. Some folks “grok” Second Life and some folks dont. I’m definitely one of the donts. To me SL is just D&D 2.0 with [...]
