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Comment on Pinterest: The crack cocaine of digital consumption and sharing by kristy

kristy — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:40:00 +0000

Sigh. And I didn’t mean to comment as “promtacular.”

Comment on Pinterest: The crack cocaine of digital consumption and sharing by promtacular!

promtacular! — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:38:00 +0000

But, there is a flip side to this that I know I’m not alone in:

I have actively spent more time “doing” things I’ve discovered on Pinterest (recipes and crafts, shopping in actual stores) than from any other singular site.

I don’t disagree with anything you’ve written here, but I think that Pinterest is special in how much impact it’s having on our off-line lives.

Comment on Pinterest: The crack cocaine of digital consumption and sharing by bitstrategist

bitstrategist — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:26:00 +0000

I definitely see your points…Life isn’t nearly as fulfilling without both meals and desserts. We need each for different reasons, in different times and places. It’s all good, as long as we don’t wind up in a place where people mistake desserts for meals, or where that’s all there is to eat.

Comment on Pinterest: The crack cocaine of digital consumption and sharing by alizasherman

alizasherman — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:18:00 +0000

I agree with your assessment of where things seem to be going, and I “predict” there will be a snap back of sorts, a backlash if you will, where we shed these increasingly trivial interactions and go deep again. But until that time, I think there is a place at this time for these “single-action” networks where there is little friction (and little depth) but merely bursts of connections and small interactions because, frankly, that is all our overloaded minds can handle at the moment. To turn eye candy into serendipitous moments of contact – brilliant. And satisfying if only for a moment.
I could have pinned about two dozen things in the time it took to read this post. This is the meal, much more fulfilling, satisfying and nutritious. But I still would like a little….dessert. We humans love our instant gratification.

Comment on Don’t be a hamster: Own your routines by elaine

elaine — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:18:00 +0000

Well said. Routines grow stale when we lose sight of the greater context of what makes our lives fulfilling. When we’re on vacation, most of us like to ‘take it all in’ because we’re doing something outside of our normal routine – Being present makes our experiences so memorable. But if you live every day with purpose, you don’t need vacations to realize a life of fulfilling experiences.

Comment on Digital ecosystems: A framework for online business by Greg Green

Greg Green — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:07:00 +0000

I like this analysis of the modern company’s communications problem. Specifically the Domino’s example, which when fuloly laid out does make you wonder how large a team of people they have managing all these components and what that costs. What would be the real impact if, for example, Domino’s ditched twitter? Seriously, who cares what domino’s tweets?

What I’ve observed as a Micro ISV (Independent Software Vendor) is that user expectation is that all these components and the amazing ajax functionality that goes with them should also be available from small companies. “Let’s just build a social collaboration portal, you know, a Website, all the documents and everything will go through there.” one client said to me, with no knowledge of what this implied.

So will this scale advantage enable larger companies to outpace the little ones who can never get that momentum because they can’t hit all those customer touchpoints? Will the big only get bigger at the expense of the small?

Comment on Digital ecosystems: A framework for online business by Ryan McCormack

Ryan McCormack — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:06:00 +0000

Thanks Dave!

I agree that the overlap between the physical and the digital is an important one (you didn’t miss it — I just didn’t include anything about it in this post). Service design lives right at the intersection of the two, and is another key to great customer experience. Maybe that’s worth another post; it’s too easy for businesses to slip into binary thinking (i.e., the digital OR physical world), as opposed to thinking holistically (digital AND physical).

Comment on Digital ecosystems: A framework for online business by dave cronin

dave cronin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:27:00 +0000

Provocative stuff, Ryan.

While I’ve often used the term “ecosystem” to talk about a constellation of digital experiences, I often felt a little dishonest with the”eco-” prefix. Though in reading this, it just now occurs to me that the “eco-” can refer to the biological component that is people.

I might have missed it, but it might be worth considering more about the boundary between the digital and physical/in-person. When done successfully, this service design approach better supports customer needs and branding/selling objectives (see the Apple store).

Comment on Smackdowns, hyperbole and semantics: The world of social media debate by Albert_Maruggi

Albert_Maruggi — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:18:00 +0000

What is the most dramatic and ironic twist is social media, especially in PR/marketing etc, exists in a socialistic environment. Increasingly interdependent, given to sharing information freely and recognizing others. It is becoming shrouded in the economic realities of capitalism. Open competitors sharing their “secrets” of social success in a open platform then potentially needing each other to garner success for their clients. Odd isn’t it?

Comment on How to add personality to a basic WordPress theme by Sethbain

Sethbain — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:19:00 +0000

Thanks for the clear breakdown. Makes me want to go out and start building my own sites