Archive for July, 2008

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Lightning

Blink. I don’t mean the actual reflex of winking or batting the eyelid – I mean Blink… Malcolm Gladwell’s book I referenced last week in the discussion– http://www.gladwell.com/blink/.

Follow the thread. How do you know what’s right or not – forget about wrong –when you look at ideas or data? When you have to make decisions based on limited information or insufficient data points?

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Lies

Seduction of data. The false sense of empowerment that exists because we think we know – or can know – everything about everyone.

Think about it. How many articles have you read, presentations have you seen, or speeches have you heard, that purport to be the ultimate source/analytical answer/magic black box that will capture, understand, predict, motivate, push, sell, capture…the consumer/buyer…you get the circle…

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Advertising Interuptus

Advertising Interuptus. Advertising Disruptus. Mecca…

You know, the kind of communication that breaks the flow of everyday, normal, business-as-usual discourse. And, if you really want to be philosophical about it: communication that creates contradictions in the inherent vehicle presenting the argument that only can be resolved by the addressee acting in a manner that leads directly to some action – notably a purchase.