Marvel MCU Movies as a value creating network
The movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe are a great example of how networks (in this case, of multimedia texts) create value. Iron Man (2008)… Read More »Marvel MCU Movies as a value creating network
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On pushing every door
I was recently reminded of the unreasonable impact of finding favour with the right person in the right place: the right source of information, the… Read More »On pushing every door
Seth Godin on “Where do you get your ideas?”
I really liked this post from Seth Godin on 22nd February: That might not be the right questionThe thing is, everyone has ideas. All the… Read More »Seth Godin on “Where do you get your ideas?”
Matt Ridley on the Wright Brothers: innovation is gradual
… with very few exceptions, man-made technologies evolve from previous man-made technologies and are not invented from scratch. This is a key characteristic with evolutionary… Read More »Matt Ridley on the Wright Brothers: innovation is gradual
Innovation as network phenomenon: Matt Ridley on who invented the motor car
So who invented the motor car running on an internal combustion engine? Like the steam engine – and as I will show later, the computer… Read More »Innovation as network phenomenon: Matt Ridley on who invented the motor car
10k
… views of DriverlessCroc, as of 23rd September 2020, not including email subscribers. At 9k I suggested that 250 views per week would be a… Read More »10k
Twitter: use case
Not for news or self promotion, but for finding experts, following their reading, and listening in on their conversations.
Selective serendipity: places, people, ideas
This morning I listened to Nicholas Bloom lamenting the current absence of conferences and seminars in the Covid-19 era in part because of the loss… Read More »Selective serendipity: places, people, ideas
DC goes exponential
Not really. But we did fly past six-thousand views in early June thanks to Tyler Cowen re-tweeting a link to this post about reading. The… Read More »DC goes exponential
In it to win it (2): OK Go on the sandbox theory of how to find a wonderful idea
This may seem to you like testing, but it really isn’t, because at this point we don’t yet know what our idea is: we don’t… Read More »In it to win it (2): OK Go on the sandbox theory of how to find a wonderful idea