2011 looks like a fad year… but with potentially many new digital fads.
As I look ahead to 2011, it seems like it will be a truly fad year in terms of world events. It is a “common” year in …
Wishlist for 2011?
FEVAD President Francois Momboisse – eCommerce In France
Attended a most interesting INSEAD breakfast presentation last week by François Momboisse, President since 2002 of the FEVAD (the association covering eCommerce and distance selling in France). François is also head of international digital operations for the FNAC (a leading …
Tweet Tweet : The pulse of the game. You pheel the Phillies!
Sporting a digital pulse
Not that I am a baseball fan, but I do keep an eye out for my adopted hometown, Philadelphia, whenever they are in the playoffs. This year, after a great regular season, I see that the …
The French Service Issue : “mal compris”
French Service
For some, “French Service” is an oxymoron. Some like to say the same thing of American Intelligence. But as far as French Intelligence is concerned and American Service, we tend to be on the right track!
Regarding …
Brand Building: The importance of Transparency
Brand Building: The importance of Transparency and where to place the limits. Part III of a 4-post series
Having discussed the issue of transparency at the governmental and societal levels, as well as the enlightening role of the Internet…
Walmart listening to its customers
THE MOST IMPORTANT DIGITAL LESSON I’VE LEARNED… I have picked this pearl of wisdom to share with you today: You can’t control what people say about you on the web, but you can be a good listener. This is from …
Apple Stores – Sheer Genius
Listening to Apple’s videocast of the opening speech at this year’s MacWorld 2009, I heard that Apple stores around the world receive 3.4 million visitors per week.
Via a separate source, I see that Apple had 251 stores as of …
Microsoft Opening Stores — A landslide or a landmine?
News is out that Microsoft is going to start opening its own stores. (Seattle Times 12/2/09 or Mercury News, 13/2/09) Having hired David Porter, a 25-year veteran of Walmart, Microsoft wants to go down the Apple path to …
NPR discusses Facebook Privacy…again
The issue of privacy continues to dominate the offline discussion on Facebook.
NPR’s Talk of the Nation, Science Friday, 21 March 2008, featured a special on Facebook, and the big privacy question. Hosted by Ira Flatow, the show …
Human Touch and the Anti-Facebook Trend
