RE: [backstage] [Fsuk-manchester] Free for All
The Long Tail is a good book but the idea is facing some criticism http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F23%2F1745248from=rss Thankfully Chris Anderson is embracing the doubts and it could just be down to a general oversimplification of the primary concept. http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2008/06/excellent-hbr-p.html Robin Doran bbc.co.uk -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Fearghas McKay Sent: 09 January 2009 09:52 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] [Fsuk-manchester] Free for All On 8 Jan 2009, at 21:55, Tim Dobson wrote: Interesting thing to hear.. and the Chris Anderson book on the Long Tail is well worth a read. f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] [Fsuk-manchester] Free for All
Communities are built around people who are willing to exchange valuables (insert definition here). The credit crunch has hit us because we are no longer confident with our exchange systems. The only way forward is being confident about our exchanges, trust me. Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Robin Doran robin.do...@bbc.co.uk wrote: The Long Tail is a good book but the idea is facing some criticism http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F23%2F1745248from=rss Thankfully Chris Anderson is embracing the doubts and it could just be down to a general oversimplification of the primary concept. http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2008/06/excellent-hbr-p.html Robin Doran bbc.co.uk -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Fearghas McKay Sent: 09 January 2009 09:52 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] [Fsuk-manchester] Free for All On 8 Jan 2009, at 21:55, Tim Dobson wrote: Interesting thing to hear.. and the Chris Anderson book on the Long Tail is well worth a read. f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] [Fsuk-manchester] Free for All
On 8 Jan 2009, at 21:55, Tim Dobson wrote: Interesting thing to hear.. and the Chris Anderson book on the Long Tail is well worth a read. f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] [Fsuk-manchester] Free for All
Also worth listening to the previous episode Changing Placeshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/inbusiness_20090104.shtml Richard Florida argues why it matters where we live and work. Particularly interesting for me was his aside on Noocastle (upon tyne) Richard 2009/1/9 Fearghas McKay fm-li...@st-kilda.org On 8 Jan 2009, at 21:55, Tim Dobson wrote: Interesting thing to hear.. and the Chris Anderson book on the Long Tail is well worth a read. f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
