Links for 24-06-2008
Bad guys get more girls; pirate utopias; back-story and marketing; print-on-demand hits UK high streets …
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“You don’t push the features of the your product or the value of your idea by repeating its benefits again and again. Instead, you promote a back-story which situates you within a favorable context.”
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“Blackwell’s is to become the first high-street bookseller in the UK to offer print-on-demand books while customers wait. The innovation will be delivered by an “Espresso Book Machine” (EBM), which can print and bind any one of a million titles.”
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3 – Pirate utopias“… early forms of autonomous “mini societies” existing beyond the realm and reach of governments. These pirate enclaves typify proto-anarchist societies in that they operated beyond laws and governments and, in their stead, embraced freedom.”
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“Nice guys knew it, now two studies have confirmed it: bad boys get the most girls.” Damn.
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June 24th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Aha! I used quite a bit of Hakim Bey in a final year essay on international relations and p2p file-sharing. Kind of nice to hear that someone else has heard of the chap.
June 24th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I have a copy of TAZ somewhere, and a quote from it on my lounge door:
“Smash the symbols of the empire in the name of nothing but the heart’s longing for grace.”