New business models for Creative Agencies continues to fascinate me. Seth Godin summarises four elements of a business model or architecture as  1. What compelling reason exists for people to give you money? (or votes or donations)    2. How do you acquire what you're selling for less than it costs to sell it?    [...]








I got a newsletter from Jonathan Ruffer which he concluded Above all, what I want to provide at Ruffer is a service.  Although half the world seems to work in a service industry, the idea of being a servant seems rather Gosford Park and not at all what the doctor ordered in the twenty first [...]








I have written about new business models and new ways of working and earning in the new economy.  Now Dougald Hine who I met earlier this year has started a new project specifically to write and consult on the wittily-named "Collapsonomics ".  Here's the definition collapsonomics, n. 1. The study of economic and state systems [...]








Cognac is a company that I've a lot of time for.  They make complex things easy to explain and understand. have a look at this animated History of the Internet .  Clear, concise, and with neat simple graphical images to aide understanding.  Done.








Getting organised for the Amplified East meetup on Monday 11 May from 2 – 6 pm.  Hosted by Cambridge Arts Picturehouse  Fabulous guest list already and topics on for discussion include Digital Britain and Collapsonomics! Alan Moore of SMLXL fame will lead one session and I'm hoping Dougald Hine can be persuaded to do another.  [...]








Image via CrunchBase Just got a stream of Friendfeed subscription notices – one fromPaul Carr who I know… thanks, mate! But when I checked a couple out I started to learn something….. Friendfeed has been quietly multiplying without me noticing.  It's an aggregator of social media feeds which is nice and it purports to be [...]