A couple of years ago I spent a lot of time reading and blogging about the global economy. There were lots of signals that things were looking bad, and finally the proverbial hit the fan. But in actual fact, it really wasn't that bad. As we, in Australia, can attest to. So pretty soon the [...]
Prologue: (purloined from http://www.fourthturning.com/html/boom_generation.html) The Boom Generation (Prophet, born 1943-1960) basked as children in Dr. Spock permissiveness, suburban conformism, Sputnik-era schooling, Beaver Cleaver friendliness, and Father Knows Best family order. From the Summer of Love to the Days of Rage, they came of age rebelling against the worldly blueprints of their parents. As their [...]
Yesterday, a leading Australian Academic suggested the fortifying of the Australian National Broadband Network with anti EMP measures. My response was that it was pointless as the public wouldn’t like Valve Radio powered wifi routers, and that we should just send flowers to everyone around the world to make them like us. [...]
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Tomorrow is the end of the world. For Foxtel at least. Well, as far as having me as their number one unpaid critic. You would think that with all the coverage I was giving them, they would have given me a “comped” account. But no, they ignored me – mostly. Apart from when they took [...]
The other day, Chris blogged about a new form of grey marketing. Blitzkrieg Cinema. Blitzkreig marketing is to commit all of your troops, with an in-place supply chain to ensure that the troops have a steady stream of ammunition (in this instance Movies from America). And it seems to be paying off for [...]
Chris Gilbey, my business partner at Perceptric, after 30 years in the music business continues to amaze me with his anecdotal stories of how up and coming artists “made it”. I have learnt a lot listening to Chris over the past few years. However, today I saw a new method of artist promotion. Twitter [...]
You may be familiar with Google Trends. Tom reminded me of it earlier today and gave me a fascinating tour into possibility with regard to some aspects of the profile of the downloader in Australia using this Google tool. Just forget for the moment which movie or song was the big hit last week based [...]
The big problem with a case like the Pirate Bay one is that there are no winners. Particularly not the public. And there are a lot of unintended consequences. I think that governments around the world are watching the results of the PB case and are starting to batten down the hatches. The real results [...]
It is a crazy world out there. There are pirates on the high seas capturing ships and holding them to ransom for millions of dollars. And the content industry insists on calling people who share a piece of music with a friend a pirate. The Spanish decriminalized drugs a number of years ago and The [...]