Thursday, March 23, 2006

Herbie Hancock news Herbie Hancock via Yahoo News. 9:21:26 PM

Church of the Red Museum Church of the Red Museum. I caught Church of the Red Museum last Tuesday, opening up for Montreal's Kiss Me Deadly. I had heard good reports about the band, so I was really excited. I missed about half their set, but I was blown away by the few songs I had seen. The band definitely creates a mood, almost macabre in texture, that is a really fun listen. Country Noir with some Tom Waits/Califone/Nick Cave feel thrown in for good measure. You can listen to some songs on their Myspace page. A full length is in the works. [donewaiting.com :: music commentary] 8:46:44 PM

umair, The Laws of Social Media New Stuff - The Laws of Social Media Folks, I ha... New Stuff - The Laws of Social Media Folks, I have decided to shift the Bubblegen model a little bit. Since I don't have time to consult with everyone, over the next few months, I am going to try offering a series of papers based on my research and consulting. Some of these will be free; the good stuff will cost you a bit. The first of these is called The Laws of Social Media; it deconstructs how MySpace dominated this space, and the mistakes that it's numerous competitors - notably Friendster - made and continue to make, distilling all this stuff into about 12 key lessons for social media strategy. It's like a mini workshop with me rolled into a nice, jargon-free 20 page pdf (not a dense, econ heavy ppt). Who should be interested? VCs - to understand how the dynamics of social media will unfold, and help your portfolio companies find advantage (read: to figure out how to scale). Attention Economy players - to dig deeply into your strategy and business model, understanding the drivers of advantage. Media strategists - to begin understanding how and why to create social value propositions. Ad and marketing guys - so you understand what to look for as potential buyers of and complementors to social media plays. Everyone else - to cut through the noise and really begin understanding concrete lessons about the Attention Economy If you would like to buy this paper, email me for pricing (less than a 300 page market research report, more than a copy of the Economist) + access. In the next couple of weeks, I hope to have a Google Base/Amazon set up going, and the majority of these papers online. The next one is specifically about building Attention Economy business models - so we don't clog the pipes, that one isn't available until next week. No big sales pitch - in fact, an anti-sales pitch: I don't like the idea of charging particularly, but I can't give this hard-earned knowledge away. Since I don't have time to consult with nearly as many people as I would like, I hope this experiment is a middle ground that works for all of us. - umair [bubblegeneration - strategy, business models, and innovation] 7:07:19 PM