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Ars Electronica FESTIVAL Podcasts

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From the New Cultural Economy Summit, lots of great stuff here, the podcast of my presentation, and the PDF is here http://www.mediafuturist.com/2... (and soon.... the video I hope) - Gerd Leonhard via Bookmarklet

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I'm returning to Basel today.

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Funny Web Images

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The ladies might not be but I'm impressed but I am, I'd like more images of that guy's costume. - Toby Graham

Hmmm... 2nd pic, EPIC FAIL for charm, but WIN for geekiness! :D - Ron

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“I've been listening to a lot of the For Immediate Release podcast series, I get smarter every time I do. Are you a fan?”

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I just subscribed, so we'll see! - DJ Lein

Definitely - I started listening in college in 2006 and it completely changed my perspective and career path - Allie Osmar via Alert Thingy

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Every Satellite Tracked In Realtime Via Google Earth

Friday at 6:12 am - Link

Joshua Oehler, atzmon, Greg, Gerd Leonhard and 2 other people liked this

Ok, so this is so COOL! Not really much to do with it. But DAMN its cool. Think about it. With one click of the mouse you can see every satellite (well at least those that are disclosed) in orbit. There is only one thing that comes to mind. With great power there must also come great responsibility. - Greg

Jason Goldberg posted an entry on socialmedian

Clipped on socialmedian: 10 Most Fascinating Savants in the World

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David Risley posted a message on Twitter

“Most bloggers are Mac users. Google was stupid to launch Chrome without a Mac version. Get with it, Google.”

Thursday at 8:26 am - Link

Gerd Leonhard, mhmazidi, Sarah Perez, Henry Winckelmann and 10 other people liked this

Who says most bloggers are Mac users? - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

I resent that remark David. ;) Some of us have unfortunate PC fascinations. - Steve Spalding

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I think you're going to have to prove that outrageous statement - David Knight

i don't think most bloggers are mac users necessarily, but most computer users are not bloggers either. - Cee Bee

Agreed. Seems like a Mac-elitist mentality. - Olaf via feedalizr

I know this really hurt their chances for me as a mac user to get this when it does actually come out for mac. Firefox=win Firefox add-ons=win - orionstarr

Dang, bro, did you think before posting that statement? Where's your numbers to back up that statement? How do you define blogger? - Jason Shultz via twhirl

Macs have always been the computers more in touch with a media savy market. It makes sense that most bloggers i'm sure use a Mac. Call me an elitist, I just like high quality products. - orionstarr

You guys crack me up. Seriously. - David Risley

The underlying reality is that the vast majority of web users don't use a Mac. It's a simple case of catering to the majority of the market and not the niche. - Olaf via feedalizr

As a Mac user I find that statement hard to believe. - Vincent Ferrari

excuse me?? - Steven Hodson

Labelling a Mac as a high-quality product, merely because it is pretty, is highly questionable. - Olaf via feedalizr

You might be able to get away with this statement if you substitute bloggers with designers but seriously . . . you are mistaken. Maybe his definition of bloggers is skewed. - Lindsey Smith

Ya, and we all have Parallels or VMware - Aryeh

You guys take everything so seriously. Wow. - David Risley

it does seem lame that they chose to launch it without a Mac version. - Thomas Hawk

David, must be the politics :) - Bwana McCall

Well being a Mac user/Apple snot myself, from a business perspective it's probably a sheer numbers thing....windows users are easy to tap into because they make up a huge part of the home computing market AND most of the workplace environments in corporate....at least in my experience in tech over the last 12+ years. - Rich Harris

Not exact an official launch, it is beta after all. Maybe google was too excited to compete. :D - Ron

Of course its a numbers thing. I'm not an idiot. - David Risley

@Rich BINGO! As much as we all hate Windblows, the underlying reality prevails - Olaf via feedalizr

Says me with both a Windblows laptop and Mac in front of me - Olaf via feedalizr

Having used a Mac for over 10 years I can give a good testimonial why I think it is a high quality product. No crashes, No Viruses, Doesn't slow down, Interface is lovely. My experiences with windows have been, virus ridden, computer bogs down and the interface is horrid. - orionstarr

Their are more ants in the world than people, does that make them superior? - orionstarr

@David I think you were missing the word "smart" - most "smart" bloggers are Mac users (.....ok people, i'm just kidding so RELAX - it's like you are all in a PC/Mac commercial or sumptin') - leigh himel

Yes, I'm finally proud to have a PC now. Suck it up Mac users!! - Imran Hussain via feedalizr

At the end of the day: whatever gets the job done as easily as possible. - Olaf via feedalizr

@orionstan Mac's don't crash? http://tinyurl.com/6ebxwv - Jason Shultz via twhirl

i'm quite happy with the launch - thanks :) - Morgan

I'll go with most Bloggers are heavier Firefox users, but I serious doubt Apple has gotten to the point where 'most bloggers are Apple users' ?? except maybe in the Bay area :) - Charlie Anzman

An interesting claim, no doubt. what do most blog readers use? - Justin via twhirl

Maybe Google was smart and didn't because they knew no true Apple loyalist would dare use a non apple product. Apple has Safari, why break ranks and use something from a competitor? If it's made by Apple, it's surely the best. - Jason Shultz via twhirl

I am a PC user. - Jeff P. Henderson

I can use either and like both. But price and being associate with Mac users with self esteem issues keeps me from buying one. - Jason Shultz via twhirl

I use Ubuntu. Maybe they should have launched Chrome on Linux first. The most tech savvy people use Linux or another Unix derivative. ;-) - roel

not on Mac over here! (but feel free to buy me one) - Sarah Perez

Charlene Li posted a message on Twitter

“Does having a "chief community officer" make sense? Initially, yes, but community *engagement* needs to be responsibility of every employee”

Thursday at 12:01 pm - Link

David Recordon, Cecilia Pineda Feret, Tom Beardshaw, ~C4Chaos and 9 other people liked this

Most firms don't need one yet (sadly), but some do and certainly CCO will become more commonplace in the next few years IMHO. - Dion Hinchcliffe

That's my big question - what is the "official" role of the officer over Social Strategy? CCO? Chief Social Officer? Chief Social Strategist? Chief Social Evangelist? I like the "community" idea. - Jesse Stay

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The social applications of today are great for letting employees loose, for collaboration and innovation. But it's still something to get used to. A CCO shouldn't come from a knowledge management background. The CCO needs to be a conversation instigator, and significant information filter for others. - Hutch Carpenter

"Chief Community Officer" sounds a bit over the top to me... is CCO > VP Mktg? nice to have "Community Evangelist" separate from traditional mktg, but at CXO/VP level, i think it's either Marketing or Customer Service. if you're saying that "Community" = both "Marketing + Customer Service", then maybe i understand. - dave mcclure

Dave, I think it depends on the company. My company, for instance, is building a Social Strategy, in addition to traditional communications channels. The Social strategy plays just as big a role as the traditional communication, and is key to the company's success. I would suggest a CXO position is warranted for that case. - Jesse Stay via twhirl

But, in the end, titles are mostly marketing terms anyway - if you think you need a "CCO" or similar position to properly market your company and share with the world what it does I think it's okay, personally. - Jesse Stay via twhirl

A key Chief Community Officer responsibility would be: Build and maintain the strongest possible community network effect. Unfortunately, I talk with Global 2000 companies all the time that are still wondering what this Internet thing is when they built their existing business fine without it. Even many so-called 2.0 firms are having trouble with community. It's a very different (and better) way to run your business. Some are succeeding however (SAP, XM, iRobot, and others) - Dion Hinchcliffe

This is part of the discussion of who "owns" community. It will be different for each company, but it's an interesting Q of whether community is integrated into all divisions/aspects of a company's operations, or if it should reside in a few departments who are responsible for driving it. A CCO elevates it, but also removes it from any single department -- which may could kill initiatives with no buy-in, or accelerate them because of C-level involvement. - Charlene Li

I originally read this from an internal community perspective, as in getting employees to use the new tools. But I can see the need for someone tasked to manage external communities. - Hutch Carpenter

I consider myself a catalyst & community gardener. I prepare the soil and remain responsable for the social system to grow healthy. I don´t work inside corporations. My work is mainly with people interested in the conscious evolution of social systems. This has many advantages as people are interested in creating new forms and empowering community, relationship as the center of wealth generation (where money is a small piece of this wealth). No owners just trustees. - Fernanda Ibarra

still - probably a good way to get going is to assign the gig to a c-level person at first? - Gerd Leonhard

As a program manager running several virtual teams to accomplish specific goals, I suppose I am a CCO. Time to change my business card :) - Jody C

We just discussed it and my title is now officially, "Chief Community Officer" :-) - Jesse Stay via twhirl

Jody, Jesse - nice! - Hutch Carpenter

Jesse, that may mean that you have to sign for the FedEx and UPS packages and take the mail to the post office. :) - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

There are currently VPs of client services, so this isn't too far fetched - Jeremiah Owyang

Dave Winer posted a message on Twitter

“Just gave $100 to Obama.”

Thursday at 1:45 pm - Link

Duncan Riley, David Petar Novakovic, John LeMasney, Sean McBride and 17 other people liked this

I'll match your donation to McCain - David Ward

I gave $100 too. - Robert Scoble

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Dave, I don't necessarily agree with everything you post (and I hide a lot of it) but I really, really appreciate and respect that you back up your textual passion with your pocketbook. Not a whole lot of people can say that they do. - Akiva Moskovitz

I'll raise u 100 x's 2 that I won at a poker tournament. - adolfo foronda

I've donated $75 so far. Will probably do more this month. - Graham English

$100 to Obama as well. He's raised $8 million in 24 hours after Palin and expected to hit $10 million before McCain takes the stage. The republicans: raised $1 million in the last 24 hrs - Grant Gochnauer

http://marcambinder.theatlanti... - Grant Gochnauer

I stopped giving directly to candidates when I found they spent all my money soliciting me for more money. I wanted a better use of my money. PAC's seem to do a better job of using my money. - Roland Smith via twhirl

Can't quite do a hundred, but I did donate to Obama today. - Cheryl Rice

I gave $100 immediately after Palin's speech and then another $50 this morning. I am 25 years old and this is all that I can give but I felt it needed to be done. - Johan Lieu

I'm waiting to give $100 during McCain's speech. - Jody C

My goal is $500 plus my time with the South Florida campaign http://my.barackobama.com/page... - Julio F ~ @SocialJulio

Dave your wasted you money. - Ernie Oporto

I already donated but I still haven't received my special edition Obama-Biden car magnet. - ~C4Chaos

I personally wouldn't give any of them any money as they already have a lot more than me :) - Ian May

I gave $120. The donation page had a $120 selection button, no $100 button. :-) - Steve Garfield via twhirl

I agree with Akiva. I am not an Obama guy, but I always respect the fact somebody backs up their opinion with their money. - David Risley

Sarah Palin has energized the Democratic base like crazy! :) Really. She's scaring the hell out of many people. - Sean McBride

@Sean McBride: Palin has also energized the "elite" media - http://www.politico.com/news/s... - ~C4Chaos

Chaos - normally I don't much like Roger Simon, but this is beautiful. :) - Sean McBride

me too - don loeb

planning to. Waiting for megafail from mcain/palin. Oh, wait. - John LeMasney

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good read! - Gerd Leonhard via Bookmarklet

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I'm starting a trip to Linz today.

Wednesday at 4:29 pm - Link

I'll be there from September 4th until September 6th. See more in my Dopplr profile. - Gerd Leonhard

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Wippit Put Out Of Its Misery; Pioneering Legal P2P Service Dies | paidContent:UK

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another company that tried it the legal way.... dead! - Gerd Leonhard via Bookmarklet

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Coase's Penguin, or Linux and the Nature of the Firm

Wednesday at 9:51 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

I know... Benkler again. and from 2002! still - worth a good read... beware: hardcore economics in the full-length text ;) - Gerd Leonhard via Bookmarklet

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Hulu to Stream Season Premieres Ahead of TV Debuts | Digital Media Wire

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wow... how times have changed!! - Gerd Leonhard via Bookmarklet

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PDF with my best blog posts from April 2008 to today

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The Media Futurist Collection - Gerd Leonhard

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MediaFuturist: PDF with my best blog posts from April 2008 to today

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About a dozen of my best Media Futurist Blog Posts, all within a single PDF... enjoy! - Gerd Leonhard via Bookmarklet

Nice one Gerd =) - Graham Steel

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Nokia - Comes with Music in the UK

Wednesday at 3:26 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Is this BRANDING and Marketing spend for Nokia, or is .... Music 2.0? - Gerd Leonhard via Bookmarklet

Gerd Leonhard posted an entry on MediaFuturist

The Future Revenues for Content: Attention Revenues UP, Copy Revenues DOWN -- get used to it.

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we are indeed heading into a future of Attention Revenues exceeding Copy Revenues - and I am talking within 3-4 years here, and probably much sooner in Asia where 'selling copies' has never been the #1 money maker for content creators. - Gerd Leonhard

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Gerd Leonhard Future Of Radio 2007

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My 2007 Presentation on the Future of Radio - Gerd Leonhard via Bookmarklet

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trendwatching.com: "OFF=ON"

September 2 at 6:24 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

"OFF=ON | More and more, the offline world (a.k.a. the real world, meatspace or atom-arena) is adjusting to and mirroring the increasingly dominant online world, from tone of voice to product development to business processes to customer relationships. Get ready to truly cater to an ONLINE OXYGEN generation even if you’re in ancient sectors like automotive and fast moving consumer goods." - Gerd Leonhard via Bookmarklet

Guy Kawasaki posted a message on Twitter

“Good video about branding and differentiation http://tinyurl.com/64g29h”

September 1 at 8:53 am - Link

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Great stuff, recorded the video using cosmopod for safari:) - Gerd Leonhard

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Can Hulu Be A Bigger Business Than YouTube?

September 1 at 9:16 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

"Hulu may not size up well against YouTube – in May 2008, Hulu served about 88 million videos compared to YouTube’s 4.2 billion videos – but it has the luxury of monetizing the vast majority of its videos instead of the three percent that YouTube can sell ads against" - Gerd Leonhard via Bookmarklet

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“Blog posting on The End Of Control and lifehacking: http://tinyurl.com/6jcpgo”

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3 Awesome Sites for Stumbling Across the Best of the Web

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Gleonhard's Slideshows on the Future of Media (PDFs, too)

September 1 at 2:45 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

A collection of some slideshows, on the future of music, media, radio, TV, advertising etc. Download all of them, or embed via their widgets... enjoy! - Gerd Leonhard via Bookmarklet

Mobile 2.0: Jason Brooks posted a link

Understanding Mobile 2.0 - ReadWriteWeb

August 27 at 4:19 am - via Reshare - Link

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How to Get Noticed

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goof read by Jeremiah - Gerd Leonhard

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The top 25 of the last 25 - Los Angeles Times

August 31 at 2:21 pm - Link

if you have ever been to LA you will appreciate this! - Gerd Leonhard