Mitch Joel points to this excellent video by Henry Jenkins, which outlines some of the key points from his book Convergence Culture: Mitch uses this to point out the importance of storytelling in marketing: The brands that win are the brands that tell a great story. When it comes to transmedia storytelling, the brands that […]
Last week Tim and I were at the launch of the inaugural “Brisbane Innovation Scorecard”. It was a really nice event with 200 people in the room for lunch with many high-profile speakers. I have been involved with the project since March and its amazing to see something go from a small concept to such […]
Nancy Duarte beautifully tells the story of the architect Filippo Brunelleschi and how he won the right to build the Dome for the magnificent Cathedral in Florence. It’s a terrific story, and you should go read it – it’s ok, I’ll wait. … So, the climax of the story is that Brunelleschi does something clever […]
Three posts jumped out at me today, so I thought I’d share them with you and add some thoughts: First, John Borthwick wrote a fascinating and thoughtful review of the iPad. He says that the native applications that will make it a genuinely unique device haven’t emerged yet, but that when they do, they will […]
Here’s an actual conversation I had a few years ago with a programmer for whom I was doing some work: Tim: I did some usability testing on your website. Tim’s Friend: Great! Tim: There are some problems though – it renders poorly on Netscape and looks like garbage on a Mac. Tim’s Friend: I don’t […]
