Comments on: Social networking and the dead http://cultureby.com/2007/08/social-networki.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 23 May 2012 20:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gugoda http://cultureby.com/2007/08/social-networki.html/comment-page-1#comment-2654 gugoda Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:00:32 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=435#comment-2654 I met Geoffrey once. I was in discussions with Motorola about a potential consulting engagement. It seems he was not to happy with Ogilvy & Mather NY. We met for about an hour and I shared some stories of my experience as a planner, exploring the relationships in people's lives and where they find meaning. Geoffrey had a great energy about him and clear vision about what he wanted to build at Motorola. And had been given the permission to do it. He knew what he would do wouldn't be popular in the corporate culture that pervaded the company and he saw this as somewhat inevitable. It was an enjoyable meeting. The opportunity fizzled out. It turns out Ogilvy was bringing in someone considered - and I remember the explanation to this day - "second only to God in planning". It was Jon Steele. Well, that I suppose that makes Mr Frost only second to God in marketing. I met Geoffrey once. I was in discussions with Motorola about a potential consulting engagement. It seems he was not to happy with Ogilvy & Mather NY. We met for about an hour and I shared some stories of my experience as a planner, exploring the relationships in people’s lives and where they find meaning.

Geoffrey had a great energy about him and clear vision about what he wanted to build at Motorola. And had been given the permission to do it. He knew what he would do wouldn’t be popular in the corporate culture that pervaded the company and he saw this as somewhat inevitable. It was an enjoyable meeting.

The opportunity fizzled out. It turns out Ogilvy was bringing in someone considered – and I remember the explanation to this day – “second only to God in planning”. It was Jon Steele.

Well, that I suppose that makes Mr Frost only second to God in marketing.

]]> By: Peter http://cultureby.com/2007/08/social-networki.html/comment-page-1#comment-2653 Peter Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:20:50 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=435#comment-2653 Nice post, Grant. The web not only extends our mental capacities through space (in the form of knowledge), but also through time (in the form of memory). I have had similar experiences with two people whom I also did not know, whose achievements I commemorated with web obits, and am delighted by the unexpected contacts which these pages regularly bring me. Charles Hamblin (1922-1985), an Australian philosopher and early computer pioneer: http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~peter/this-month/this-month-3-030303.html and Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664-1753), a Swiss mathematician who first proposed the "push" theory of gravity: http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~peter/this-month/fatio-bio.html Each of these people has been somewhat written out of the history of their respective disciplines since their deaths, which was the main reason I wrote these obits. Nice post, Grant. The web not only extends our mental capacities through space (in the form of knowledge), but also through time (in the form of memory).

I have had similar experiences with two people whom I also did not know, whose achievements I commemorated with web obits, and am delighted by the unexpected contacts which these pages regularly bring me.

Charles Hamblin (1922-1985), an Australian philosopher and early computer pioneer:

http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~peter/this-month/this-month-3-030303.html

and

Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664-1753), a Swiss mathematician who first proposed the “push” theory of gravity:

http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~peter/this-month/fatio-bio.html

Each of these people has been somewhat written out of the history of their respective disciplines since their deaths, which was the main reason I wrote these obits.

]]> By: Mac Randall http://cultureby.com/2007/08/social-networki.html/comment-page-1#comment-2652 Mac Randall Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:14:31 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=435#comment-2652 Interesting post. Another dimension to what you are talking about can be seen at deceased user’s profile page on social media sites like Facebook. When users die their profiles often turn into an impromptu memorial with friends posting memories and photos of the dead. Interesting post. Another dimension to what you are talking about can be seen at deceased user’s profile page on social media sites like Facebook. When users die their profiles often turn into an impromptu memorial with friends posting memories and photos of the dead.

]]> By: Michael Turro http://cultureby.com/2007/08/social-networki.html/comment-page-1#comment-2651 Michael Turro Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:44:50 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=435#comment-2651 Used to be you'd have to walk on water to get that kind of after death discourse started. Used to be you’d have to walk on water to get that kind of after death discourse started.

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