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How not to say anything

Another example of an urban narrative - graffity with a "point". Althoug it seems that the author has nothing to say he/she does it with a bold statement. I think all of us can somewhat relate to the message. I often get overwhelmed by the overflow of information and I sense somekind of an obligation to create content myself... if you don't publish, you don't exist on the web. But what if I have nothing to say? Is it acceptable to be only a media consumer in the world of web 2.0?

Image borrowed from Geroli's post.

Urban forms of narrative

This is relatively new graffity. The overprass is near the place where I grew up and it's a favorite spot for graffity artists. Just recently I discovered that the previous graffity had been "erased". But this seemed to be an invitation and "a clean page" for new artists to try their skills. I like this kind of graffity because someone has put real effort into painting this. It's more than the usual scribbled profanity. A narrative is in there somewhere... with two characters. They seem happy. The flower is a nice touch. Perhaps a female influence?

A story of a brand

It's interesting how brands evolve... a good brand is one that is worth copying and one that has a story to tell. We associate images and emotions with brands. This means that the true value of a brand lies in it's story. Just by adding these two words a narrative is linked to a simple wooden bike.

A flow schematic

How it all should come together...  - Jaan@Flickr

Lab

#narrativeecology laboratory panorama  - Jaan@Flickr

In the lab

This is how it started at Ecological Narratives.  - Jaan@Flickr

Ecology of Narratives

Ecolofy of Narratives is a new course starting today at TLU (IMKE). For this course a narrative will appear in this blog that will be shared by others.

Social media works for Barack Obama

A report by Edelman analyzes how Barack Obama used social media (Internet and mobile) during his election... and very successfully I might add. Jalai Hartman has also written an article on the same subject called Obamanomics (it seems everybody is trying to coin a term these days). Both articles make an effort to point out that Obama did not treat the Internet and social media as just another channel or an "add-on" to promote his campaign. Obama went a step further and made Internet presence and community the hub of his campaign effort.

Obama's success is just another indication how big of a role social networks on the Internet are playing. To put it more colourfully - in a sense, future politics will be determined by the speed of your Internet connection.

My fellow IMKE student Olja has also made a nice blog post about social media and marketing 2.0 with some good links in there.

Image source: www.barack-obama-now.com

Web 2.0 apps

IT Redux keeps a very comprehensive list of Web 2.0 apps in their Office 2.0 Database which is organized into categories like Bookmarks, Calculator, Calendar, Business Intelligence, Contacts, Database, Document Manager, CRM, Fax, Instant Messaging, Photo, Video Editor, Word Processor, Voicemail, Spreadsheet etc. A very nice list indeed!

So, the next time you are shopping for a new application, why not check out possible web alternatives which are often free.