Tag Archives: Communities

Beyond the web…

What makes the evolution of the web more interesting is that in whatever small ways, we all are drivers of the changes that are happening. Seth Godin wrote a thought provoking post sometime back on the evolution of a medium, … Continue reading

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Beyond run-of-the-mill

..and I took a look at the last few posts and realised, that the excitement of the Facebook -Google- Twitter three way fight was making me obsessed, and I figured you guys would like a break from that too. Thankfully, … Continue reading

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A rocky future ?

The video that marked the end of Rocky Mountain News, a daily newspaper in Denver, would have a sobering effect on anyone who’s worked in the industry. The newspaper printed its final edition on Feb 27th, 55 days short of … Continue reading

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Communities and Brandstreams

Last week, I’d written about transparency in organisations, and touched upon something that’d force transparency on them – conversations about them. While conversations can happen on the organisation itself, I believe the brand will also act as a starting point … Continue reading

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Linkin Parks

I’ve been a fan of del.icio.us for a long time, and was extremely happy with the plug-in they’d made for FF3.  Although this offers a perspective of people who don’t bookmark, I’ve found the idea of a taggable, online database … Continue reading

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Brand Manager 2.0

Disclaimer: I promise to work on the 2.0 fetish -#7 here I’ve always been a fan of this thought – ‘the tyranny of the big idea‘. This is also a great read on the same subject. The one line take-out … Continue reading

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The Virtual Address

Read a very interesting argument yesterday here on how an online community is different from a group on a social network, or is it? As i commented there, while Orkut definitely works as a way to rekindle those school crushes/ … Continue reading

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