Influx

Listening to Terry Gross interview Trent Reznor, I was struck by the musician’s drive for constant experimentation. He explained in the interview that in the process of recording the soundtrack for the new movie, The Girl with Dragon Tattoo, Reznor and his creative partner Atticus Ross, purchased...

The new album by Arcade Fire, The Suburbs, contains a track "We Used to Wait" which laments the bygone era, that the writer never experienced, of writing and waiting for letters. It's a statement that communication and culture has accelerated to the point that it's hard, even for someone in their...

There's a great slide in a presentation by Nick Emmel, Planning Director of Dare, that nicely sums up the scale of change we are talking about in the world of communication. While this might not be the whole story, it's a big part of it.Posted by Ed Cotton

Some nice data in this sample report from Netpopresearch on the shift from online entertainment consumption to communication. Posted by Ed Cotton

There's an interesting story on Textually about kettles that send messages. A group that represents the elderly in Australia is looking at some technology that can send a message from a kettle. The thought being that every time the elderly person makes a cup of tea a message is sent to their...

Mohamed Iqbal is a Senior Planning Director at Ogilvy in Bangalore, he is also a member of our Planning for Good team. A couple of years back, he wrote a paper that connected The Long Tail to brand communication. It won him a top prize from WPP. He has now distilled the paper down into a Change...

Interesting presentation from Jyri Engestrom of Jaiku about "Microblogging". A new form of communication that's all about regular contact with your network. Simple messages and information sent evey hour. This is obviously far simpler and easier than blogging and an interesting alternative to help...

YouTube explains itself using its own technology.It's a great example of getting beyond corporatespeak- real people explaining things in a way we can all understand, not hiding behind a product or a press release.Via Beet.tv

Over at Gristmill, there's a post discussing the response of GM's Bob Lutz,to a form letter that chastizes the company for its lack of progress in alternative or hybrid technologies. Lutz's response is priceless. It's candid and real. From: bob.lutz@gm.com Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 3:50...