Entries Tagged as 'cross-cultural communication'

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Discussing “Tribalism in the modern age” on WBEZ Chicago

This morning I was on WBEZ Chicago, talking on Eight Forty-Eight about the ways our ancient, social instincts play out in contemporary culture. Thanks to host, Tony Sarabia, and fellow guest, Rabbi Adam Chalom, for a great discussion! (My part starts at 12:20)   Like this? Share it! Tweet

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Filed under community, consumer insight, context, cross-cultural communication, culture, identity, identity marketing, interview, marketers, social psychology

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Google+: Bringing Context Back

When I was producing music festivals and nightlife events, Facebook changed its membership policy, opening up beyond just the collegiate community. Hundreds of people I didn’t know requested to add me as a friend. At first I balked at the idea of letting complete strangers into a space that had previously been the walled-garden escape [...]

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Filed under change, consumer insight, context, context control, cross-cultural communication, culture, eroding privacy, experience design, facebook, future, Google+, history, identity, mixed-race, myth, online trend, prophecy, sns, social media, social psychology, strategy, transparency, trend

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Who The iPad Ads Are For

Ever since Apple started putting a lowercase i in front of its products, their advertisements have been known for basically two things — articulating a visceral, transcendent grace inherent within the Mac product experience: …and making fun of people who don’t already use Macs: Which is why the iPad ads — with their exaggeratedly simplistic gestures, [...]

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Filed under ad, adoption rate strategy, adult, authenticity, business, campaign, change, consumer insight, cross-cultural communication, culture, experience design, facebook, future, gamers, history, identity, identity marketing, Millennials, prophecy, senior citizens, sns, stereotype, strategy, videogames, wii

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

How To Stand In the Face of Powerlessness For A New Generation

The ‘Source’ in the Distance Last week, my friend Kris Krug flew down to the Gulf of Mexico on the TEDxOilSpill Expedition, a week-long project to document the crisis in the Gulf and bring a first hand report back to the TEDxOilSpill event in Washington, D.C. on June 28. Kris, a photographer, web strategist, and self-described “cyberpunk [...]

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Filed under authenticity, branding, community, controversy, cross-cultural communication, culture, delusion, events, friends, fundamentalism, future, globalized unity, history, human rights, image management, man-made global crisis, massive social experiences, myth, online trend, politics, rebranding, recession, social media, sociobiology, strategy, sustainability, trend

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Microsoft gets aKin to Circus

While everyone else is busy speculating about the potential significance of Microsoft’s new mobile contender, the Kin, I just discovered last night that I am much more interested in the content of their new ads, namely Portland’s March Fourth Marching Band, who’ve been repping it for the Northwest Contingent of the 1-5 Circus Scene since [...]

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Filed under ad, campaign, circus, context, cross-cultural communication, culture, fashion, festival, history, identity, rad!, tribalism

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