Month: September 2017
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Grenadier car project + other news
Grenadier Ineos Projekt Grenadier: an old-school 4×4 off-roader for 2020 by CAR Magazine – interesting that they think there is a gap here. Chemical conglomerate Ineos, have the money to pull the Grenadier off. Grenadier market? The larger question is around whether there is a market for the Grenadier? While we think of Land Cruisers…
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Shōwa era + other things
Shōwa era pop This week I have been listening to classic Japanese pop from the 1970s and 1980s – late Shōwa era for the win! The Shōwa era means ‘enlightened harmony’. It covers world war II and the subsequent economic miracle, right up to the bubble era of the Japanese economy. What we saw during…
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Alibaba Tencent and Huawei + more
Alibaba Tencent and Huawei will take on the west’s technology players and win, predicts Sorrell – Mumbrella Asia – Alibaba Tencent and Huawei may also end up being Galapagos type businesses, or being seen a threat by the Party because of their power. It would also be Huawei at least is a WPP client…. Ideas…
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AMD Live and the connected home ten years later
A decade ago I worked on AMD Live. A hodgepodge of hardware and software that provided media access where ever and whenever you wanted it. Here is a short video that we made at the time to bring it to life. The idea was that AMD would be able to sell higher specifications of PC…
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Google Facebook Amazon and Apple + more
Lost Context: How Did We End Up Here? – NewCo Shift – how did Google Facebook Amazon and Apple get to a position similar to that of the gilded age giants? What can be done to regulate Google Facebook Amazon and Apple? Online Facebook (FB) on Russian ads: Our platform doesn’t influence people; people influence…
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Machine learning sublime influence
Scott Galloway talks about the way brands are using AI (machine learning) and the examples are very much in the background. Welcome to the sublime world of machine learning where the impact on the customer experience won’t be apparent. In many respects this is similar to how fuzzy logic became invisible as it was introduced…
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Connection planning has some problems
A couple of years ago I did a presentation on connection planning and much of that thinking still has value. But some of the tenets of connection planning are now challenged by changes in marketing practice and strategy in the business to consumer space. The focus on user engagement has been affected by three things:…
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Narita airport + more news
Narita Airport dumping squat toilets in restroom reform：The Asahi Shimbun – OMG makes Heathrow seem even more barbaric by comparison. Both Haneda airport and Narita airport are a pleasure to fly into. More Japan related content here Media Some thoughts on #SMWLDN – Matt Muir nails the ephemera that passes for thought leadership in social…
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The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly
I re-read Kevin Kelly’s What Technology Wants and then decided to revisit The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future. The books make sense as ideal companions for each other, despite some overlap in terms of proof points. On the face of it The Inevitable is a less ambitious book than…