I have here at my left elbow an original 1993 edition of The One to One Future, by Don Peppers and Martha Rogers — the inaugural book in the authors’ 1 to 1 series, and one that had no small influence on The Cluetrain Manifesto, written six years later by Chris Locke, Rick Levine, David [Read More →]
Awake at the wheels
November 24, 2010 — Doc SearlsA year ago, at VRooM Boston 2009, Ben Rubin, founder and CTO of Zeo — the hot new sleep fitness company — visited questions about who owns and controlled personal data. Was the sleep data you produce as a customer entirely Zeo’s? Was it yours? Both? Neither? What right should anybody have to use it, [Read More →]
The Personal Data Story
October 12, 2010 — Doc SearlsYesterday MyDex launched its Community Prototype at IIW. Coverage — Big long list of #mydex tweets NewMediaAge: DMA and government departments trial data privacy platform Civil Society: Consumers can control their data in new data store The whole release: Today (Monday October 11) Mydex announced a live test of its revolutionary Personal Data Store service. [Read More →]
VRM+FSW+PDS
September 18, 2010 — Doc SearlsHere’s a great video by Markus Sabadello. It draws, literally, the connections between VRM, the Federated Social Web, and Personal Data Stores. Here’s his blog post on the same topic, which also includes the video. Dig ‘em. In case you’re wondering, he’s standing in Austria, with the Danube and Slovakia in the distance.
Loose Links Raise Ships
May 8, 2010 — Doc SearlsLittle Brother TV for Every Single One of Us is a VRooMy project from Jonathan MacDonald. Writes Jonathan, Today I want to share ‘littlebrother.tv‘ with you. I am fascinated by the movement from ‘Big Brother’ type of activities in spying, behavioural targeting and deep packet inspection, to a society that is now empowered to turn the cameras [Read More →]
Beyond Brainwash
May 6, 2010 — Doc SearlsRecently I learned about a good idea that had been killed by a marketing meeting. This prompted from me an email venting my frustration. Here’s what I wrote: Marketing is bullshitting — especially to itself. It’s poisoned by the fecal brainwash it’s been gargling for the duration. It sees nothing more than what it wants, [Read More →]
CRM (Mag) digs VRM
April 29, 2010 — Doc SearlsGot an email a couple days ago from Andre Durand saying it was great to see VRM making the cover of the May 2010 edition of CRM Magazine. Well, “cover” doesn’t cover it. Seems like about half the magazine is devoted to VRM, or to what Cluetrain (which in many ways begat VRM) still says, [Read More →]
#vrm on twitter- @goonth @GregoryJRader @dsearls Telco 2.0 and captive/hostage customers, via @GrahamHill http://t.co/q4adNYHq is why I want #VRM apps
- @goonth you mean to meet in Google Hangout on #VRM #thickvalue with @nigelcameron @dsearls @gregoryjrader whoelse?
- RT @goonth: @CoCreatr bottom line, we've got to get cultural stakeholders together in the same room... #thickvalue #VRM @nigelcameron
- RT @goonth: @CoCreatr bottom line, we've got to get cultural stakeholders together in the same room... #thickvalue #VRM @nigelcameron
- @CoCreatr bottom line, we've got to get cultural stakeholders together in the same room... #thickvalue #VRM @nigelcameron