Are you a customer? As a customer, is your experience of life any different than anyone else’s? OK, granted – we are all different and unique…but not that different. As humans, we share some amount of common expectations and some amount of common hope.
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
A Thought for an August Morning
- Completely agree with your comments on this - thanks for taking the time to post. Read more >Posted by Cheap Toilets on 2010-02-26 08:26:25
- check out the differences between the IPOD and the Zune
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/magazine/10wwln-consumed-t.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=zune&st=cse&oref=slogin Read more >Posted by david on 2008-08-10 11:21:59
- Prof Douglas Holt (quoted in Judith Levine's "Not Buying It", paraphrased by me): It's not really about status, but more about a process of open-ended self-creation and identity.
Ie, not social, but more self-centred. Not the appeal of recognition, but more personal. The appeal of the mechanical watch, because of what it "makes me". Emphasis on "makes". Emphasis on "me". ...Read more >Posted by Tom Osborn on 2008-08-10 05:28:00
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…
- and what's the right way? Therin lies the rub...
- And that's probably the most difficult part to do.
- AND looking at the data in the right way.




