Tag Archive for 'remarkable'

Thinking ahead (or not)

Two stories that prove the effectiveness or otherwise of engaging with the online community.

From Mashable:  Dirk-Willem van Gulik is to join the BBC.

From everywhere today including the BBC: Facebook to pull Scrabulous.

The Purple Cow himself

I’ve just finished reading Seth Godin’s Purple Cow and here is the man himself talking about how to be remarkable whilst being remarkable himself. As always the story is better from the horses (cows?) mouth. Also Ted itself looks rather excellent and worth an extended browse.

Bloomingdale’s customer service

This post from Consumerist shows how to write a customer service letter and think of all the free advertising spreading round that family, (alright it cost him a handbag) not to mention online. If I was cynical I think he’d know this was going to end up online but it’s so nicely written I think that should be forgiven.

The future of Television

The Venice Project has announced a name change, a brand even, to Joost. Although still in beta this looks very exciting and promising, it’s ever cheaper to create content these days although as always the idea is the thing or as I read on the 37 signals blog today ‘the macguffin‘. With the admission of Apple that it’s a lifestyle brand not a computer company (I wonder how Apple Corps took this) this type of content will get easier to stream into our homes and perhaps garner more than a singular audience, or will our watching habits change (if they haven’t already) so we watch our bespoke entertainment in isolation or with others but online? There’s still something comforting about watching television or a film as a family at a prescribed time, if the content’s good enough, that’s what we’ll do.
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As yet I’ve only signed up for Beta so waiting impatiently to get invited and see how it works as despite the blogs and information there’s nothing better than getting something yourself to see how it works and slots in with your life.

Seth’s Blog: How to be remarkable

As usual remarkably readable and inspirational

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