Archive for April, 2009

21 Apr 2009

How Important Is Facebook’s Governance?

Facebook now has more than 200m users making it the 5th biggest nation in the world - if it were a nation. But the fact that it is not a nation shouldn’t mean that Mark zuckerberg shouldn’t be seen as a leader. Afterall, his site houses the messages, photos, events, friendships, relationships and habits of its inhabitants; and Zuckerberg controls how we interact with them. Zuckerberg has never been one to shy away from making contraflow decisions and sticking to them. However Facebook inhabitants are revolting. Is Zuck changing his leadership style?

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8 Apr 2009

Spotify Brand Applications: The Obvious and the Innovative

Spotify is about to release an API. That means Spotify is about to explode through the web, gaming, and PCs. But is it more than just “a magical version of iTunes in which you’ve already bought every song in the world“? And if so, is it brand friendly?

Yes. And yes.

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