Category Archives: Research

Geology questions for Montecito and Santa Barbara

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Doc Searls

This post continues the inquiry I started with Making sense of what happened to Montecito. That post got a record number of reads for this blog, and 57 comments as well. I expect to learn more at the community meeting … Continue reading →

Posted in infrastructure, News, Research, Technology, ThomasFire, weather, wildfire | 2 Comments

On cryptocurrencies, blockchain and all that

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Doc Searls

Take a look at this chart: CryptoCurrency Market Capitalizations As Neo said, Whoa. To help me get my head fully around all that’s going on behind that surge, or mania, or whatever it is, I’ve composed a lexicon-in-process that I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Blockchain, Business, Cryptocurrencies, Distributed Ledgers, education, history, infrastructure, Internet, Links, money, News, Research, Science, Technology | 5 Comments

Exploring the business behind digital media’s invisibility cloaks

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Doc Searls

  Imagine you’re on a busy city street where everybody who disagrees with you disappears. We have that city now. It’s called media—especially the social kind. You can see how this works on Wall Street Journal‘s Blue Feed, Red Feed … Continue reading →

Posted in adtech, advertising, Broadcasting, Business, Culture, data, infrastructure, Internet, Journalism, Life, Links, marketing, News, Politics, privacy, problems, publishing, Research, Technology | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

A few words about trust

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Doc Searls

[3 December update: Here is a video of the panel.] So I was on a panel at WebScience@10 in London (@WebScienceTrust, #WebSci10), where the first question asked was, “What are two aspects of ‘trust and the Web’ that you think … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, data, infrastructure, Internet, marketing, privacy, Research, VRM | 7 Comments

Nobody else owns our experiences

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Doc Searls

Who Owns the Mobile Experience? is a report by Unlockd on mobile advertising in the U.K. To clarify the way toward an answer, the report adds, “mobile operators or advertisers?” The correct answer is neither. Nobody’s experience is “owned” by … Continue reading →

Posted in adtech, advertising, Broadcasting, Business, Internet, News, problems, publishing, Research, Technology, VRM | Tagged , , , , | 15 Comments

The Data Bubble redux

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Doc Searls

This Post ran on my blog almost six years ago. I was wrong about the timing, but not about the turning: because it’s about to happen this month at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. More about that below … Continue reading →

Posted in adtech, advertising, Business, Events, Law, marketing, problems, publishing, Research, Technology, VRM | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Rethinking John Wanamaker

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Doc Searls

This is an improved edit of a post I made to a list I’m on. Rather than let it scroll off to oblivion, I decided to put it here as well. The other parties are in italics. I’m in plain … Continue reading →

Posted in adtech, advertising, problems, Research, VRM | 7 Comments

Talking customer power and VRM

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Doc Searls

I’ll be on a webinar this morning talking with folks about The Intention Economy and the Rise in Customer Power. That link goes to my recent post about it on the blog of Modria, the VRM company hosting the event. … Continue reading →

Posted in adtech, advertising, Business, Cluetrain, Internet, Law, Life, Live Web, marketing, News, Personal, privacy, problems, Research, Technology, VRM | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Will Content Blocking push Apple into advertising’s wheat business?

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Doc Searls

[Update on 3 January 2016: Buzzfeed reports that Apple is killing iAd and getting out of that business, ending the conflict I detail below. And Apple confirms the decision, here. For a look at what I am sure is behind … Continue reading →

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Separating advertising’s wheat and chaff

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Doc Searls

Advertising used to be simple. You knew what it was, and where it came from. Whether it was an ad you heard on the radio, saw in a magazine or spotted on a billboard, you knew it came straight from … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising, Business, Internet, marketing, privacy, problems, Research, Technology | 29 Comments