Month: November 2006
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The Strength of the Wolf
I chose The Strength of the Wolf by Douglas Valentine as I needed a good paperback to read as I travelled back to Liverpool. It seemed strangely appropriate that I read a book about narcotics travelling there; given that Liverpool’s recent history and cultural renaissance has been intertwined with its association as the UK’s narcotic…
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Peanut Buttergate
Peanut Buttergate broke over the past few days. It is also better known as the Peanut Butter memorandum. What is it and why should you care? In the post below I write about it from my viewpoint as a former Yahoo! employee in the European marketing team focused on search. I am familiar with the…
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Google Answers + more news
Google Answers Google Answers decides to close up shop – Google Answers is an attempt to create high quality material for knowledge search and a monetisation model at the same time. At the top end, Google Answers looked like consultancy on the cheap. Given the size of the core Google business versus other media opportunities…
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Greenpeace reputation sails into dangerous waters
Greenpeace has been hauled over the coals with allegations that the large multinational pressure group used classic spin tactics of lies, disinformation and sensationalism. Roughly Drafted has gone toe-to-toe with the well financed pressure group to press for the truth around their greener electonics campaign: Greenpeace lies about Apple Greenpeace Apologizes for Apple Stink Top…
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American Pastoral
While reading American Pastoral I was reminded of when I was young I was told the tale of an old Chinese farmer. The farmer who had a son and some fine horses. The neighbours thought that he was lucky. One day the son was out riding one of his family’s horses, he was thrown and…