I have had a number of branding jobs over the last few months. What is interesting about developing brands is that every job is totally different. Developing a brand architecture for an enterprise requires for there to be a real insight into how the model works, what the underlying brand promise is, and most of [...]
In Australia we are in the early stages of a federal election. The interesting thing about this election is that it was preceded first by a “palace coup” in which the deputy Prime Minister essentially ousted the existing and elected PM. This took place, it appears, as the result of the party apparatchiks determining that [...]
(Our previous article was the first upset.) This time, Canadians have made the top ten list of countries that are “out to get” the content industries. They share this dubious honour with the following countries. Priority Watch List (Links retrieve country specific pdf reports.) Argentina Canada Chile Costa Rica [...]
Early last year we blogged about Anonymous and his speech posted on Youtube. We described and quoted a US website as to what constitutes an act of war. DECLARATION OF WAR – An act of the national legislature, in which a state of war is declared to exist between a nation and some [...]
In an article in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning: Broadband billions left hanging as wireless bites back Ari Sharp January 13, 2010 SMH http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/broadband-billions-left-hanging-as-wireless-bites-back-20100112-m4u7.html Which stated that wireless 3G services were a runaway success? Consequently the opposition seized this opportunity to snipe at Senator Conroy about the financial viability of the [...]
It would be hard for anyone who has a serious (or comedic for that matter) bone in his body to allow the changes to the Liberal Party in Australia to pass by without comment… Today the Libs (who, if you are reading this in another part of the world, are akin to the British Conservatives [...]
There was a a brief follow up story to this one in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning that Clubs Australia is planning to help local unsigned musicians get their music played in restaurants and venues – as long as those musicians are not signed to a major label. The premise is that the planned [...]
Have you ever noticed how the media is sometimes used as a weapon of mass destruction? Example: News Headline: Jews are Ruining the Economy! Result: Krystallnacht and 6 million Dead Jews. Rupert Murdoch wields News Limited as his private editorial rapier, slashing, trimming, opining and burning. Burning institutions, politicians, industrialists, bankers, entrepreneurs. [...]
Revolutions What are revolutions and why do they happen? There are two kinds of revolution – those that involve technological progress – like the Industrial Revolution and those that involve political upheaval – like the French Revolution. Both are disruptive to the social norms of the day. But it’s the political revolutions [...]
Bob May was a guest on The Science Show a couple of weeks ago. Or Lord May to all of us plebs. He was born in Australia and has variously been Chief Scientific advisor to the British government, President of the Royal Society, and a host of other titles too many to include here but [...]