by JAK | Jan 24, 2018 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
Just because we can do something is not a great argument for doing that particular thing. I’m thinking that the current monopoly of the online universe by Google and Facebook in particular is being distorted well beyond what we altruists ever imagined. In a...
by JAK | Dec 13, 2017 | big ideas, culture, online marketing
I was tagged into a discussion of social media recently and I realised that while there are many self proclaimed experts a lot of population is swimming in social without much insight. For a couple of years I hosted a course on digital marketing at a local educational...
by JAK | Dec 7, 2017 | culture
This is what happens when our technology begins to blow back on us. In a story of be careful what you / we wish for it seems clear that the largest technology companies in the world are gutting us of our essential humanity. And we don’t seem to know what to do...
by JAK | Nov 7, 2017 | culture
Disclosure: I like Apple products. I don’t like that Apple the corporate entity engages in BEPS* on a grand scale and is currently hiding something like $US 128b of earnings that have not been taxed equitably. As some wag put it there is more innovation in...
by JAK | Nov 1, 2017 | online marketing, WordPress
If you have just seen a message in your web browser that your site (or another) is insecure – relax. It probably just means that you don’t have an SSL certificate. Your site or the site you are visiting hasn’t had a sudden security fail – it is...