Matt Reyes Washington, DC

Archive for August 2009

Why cool can’t be bought (or faked)

In Business, Change, Culture, Research on 28 August 2009 tagged cool, GM, Southwest Airlines, TPS Reports with no comments

Ever been to a shindig and the popular, Nickelback-lovin’ rock ‘n roller dude walks in and tries to fit in with the cool kids, only to make himself look like a fool because his fashion is about 2 years old and probably got his coach to negotiate his grades?
Yeah, that guy.

I really don’t mean to [...]

Marketing the medium

In Change, Culture, Technology, Television on 19 August 2009 tagged david sarnoff, digital media, marketing, philo farnsworth, radio, Television with no comments

One thing that really upsets me is the way marketers view digital media. It really does. I don’t mean to go to negative-town, but I really need to explain it to those who just don’t get it.
If Philo T. Farnsworth , the inventor of television, were alive today, he would tell you about all [...]

The Hacker Generation

In Business, Change, Culture, Technology on 10 August 2009 tagged gen x, gen y, hacker generation, Millennials, slacker generation with 1 comment

In order to understand how we got here, we’ve got to understand where we’ve been.

While Generation X was the Slacker Generation, I’ve deemed ours the Hacker Generation

Below is a algebraic representation of how the controllers (the elite) beckoned new media capabilities to the masses.
Put simply, if all you could do is believe, then the controller [...]

Get your \m/ up!

In Fun on 2 August 2009 with no comments

Help me create a digital revolution. Use “\m/” in all of your tweets, on facebook, and in your IMs.

Hook ‘em.