by Minter Dial | Oct 7, 2010 | Social Media
To some degree, the very idea of rules is something that is cultural. They say that England (and Anglo-Saxons, in general) is a country governed by rules with laws that the populace tend to break; while France is a country governed by laws with rules that the...
by Minter Dial | Oct 6, 2010 | Marketing
Here is Calvin & Hobbes (by Bill Waterson) from the Herald Tribune this past Monday (4/10/2010). Not that I frequently read the cartoons, but sometimes I can’t help but read and smile about the mischievous Calvin. Almost as good a bet as reading Fred...
by Minter Dial | Oct 5, 2010 | Social Media
In the “old” world, we were in a push environment. The only thing that counted was the product. The battle was for share of shelf space in a confrontation between distributor and brand. And, in on the television, we had (especially in countries like...
by Minter Dial | Oct 4, 2010 | Social Media
Enterprise 2.0 — How wikis can make sense in a company setting One of the top sites in pretty much any country is Wikipedia, with some 360 million monthly visits. It is 7th worldwide per Alexa (6th in the US, 11th in France and 124th in China). The very notion...
by Minter Dial | Sep 30, 2010 | Entertainment
The internet (and that includes the email) is full of mixed truths. Some of the images/stories are circulated via emails, spreading the word via the email database. Others circulate via Facebook and others again around the dinner table. Fortunately, there are ways to...