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BRIC(ks) of Bond Street
The summer is back, and so is 007. I am suddenly reading “From Russia With Love” (great new cover art…
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Another Foggy MIP
Despite the outpour of eco-aware speeches, global warming was nowhere in sight at the recent MIPTV convention in Cannes. When…
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YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS
I have never been much of a feminist. In fact, I have never understood why being a woman ought to…
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Midem notes : an academic perspective
You’d think that history classes in a pre-Perestroika elementary school would seem quite useless in retrospect. In a span of…
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The OFF Aesthetic
French journalist Philippe Labro must have been channeling Oscar Wilde when he said “A woman in her thirties is a…
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Future Perfect
Perhaps the most telling moment of my recent trip to Korea happened upon landing back in Paris. Groggy after a…
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Good news from Cannes
When Homer recited the Iliad, it was full of nostalgia for heroes of yore, much unlike the mortals of his…
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Yes to No
A neon sign outside my window says “ YES TO ALL”. I have been wondering about it. A solid bright…
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Brand Academy
A commercial for Madonna’s clothing line for H&M features a young woman in a plaid skirt and black schoolboy socks…
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LONG TAIL: THE OBITUARY
I wrote about the Long Tail in this column some months ago, so I feel it is my duty to…
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The revenge of P2P
I have a scoop for you, and it’s called P2P. It’s nothing new for those who work in technology, but,…
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Dreams 2.0
There is a harrowing resemblance between the Internet dreams of the last decade, and the Web 2.0 excitement we are…
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Midem notes
I have just gotten back from Midem in Cannes, and I am depressed. It is not the state of the…
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Talkonomics
Whenever I have a business meeting at a real company – halogen-lit hallways, black shiny shoes, ties, cubicles, and shiny…
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New Models, Old Prices and how YouTube might fix it all
Media people don’t seem to understand the concept of good karma – they like to be paid in advance. This…
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MySpace Is YourSpace
10 years ago a famous digital thinker came to MIT to talk to about the impact of the Internet on…
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The true Tokyo
“I am afraid you might be disappointed by this visit to Japan – you expect so many traditional things that…
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On Hats and Pricing
In 1920s a fashionable Parisian lady went to a famous milliner to order a hat. The designer picked out a…
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The Short End of the Long Tail
In the small but bustling business of Video-On-Demand a day will not go by without someone referring to “The Long…
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Betting on Betty
It appears that the “future of Television” has arrived in Switzerland, and her name is Betty. This is at least…
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