Tag Archives: brand names

Hope & Change: Flipping the F-word & Removing the Old-Fashioned R-word

Posted on November 6, 2020 by nmw

I have an important announcement to make: I’ve learned something — and what I learned has helped me to change my course. Many years ago, I started using Facebook (in large part because one of my friends said “facebook” was … Continue reading →

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Some Reflections on the Revolution in Propaganda

Posted on December 21, 2018 by nmw

More or less exactly ten generations after Edmund Burke’s treatise concerning the French Revolution and roughly about twenty generations after the invention of Gutenberg’s printing press, I would like to give you a small update on the state of news, … Continue reading →

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What are you going to do about it?

Posted on November 2, 2016 by nmw

I have a friend who works in the field of healthcare, and we were talking about corruption in the medical and pharmaceutical industries – the kind that leads to patients getting misdiagnosed and mistreated. I had shared something I had … Continue reading →

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Voluntourism

Posted on August 27, 2016 by nmw

In a recent podcast episode, Eliza Rubin mentioned „voluntourism“ (see episode #28 for her explanation of the term). Here, I want to apply the concept to the web / internet / online space – so basically: virtual voluntourism. In my … Continue reading →

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The Rationality of Algorithms: Facebook Algorithm, Google Algorithms or No Algorithm at All?

Posted on July 21, 2016 by nmw

If you could choose any of the following three options, which one would you pick? Facebook Algorithm Google Algorithms No Algorithm whatsoever Granted: You probably have more choices than that – I’m just trying to keep it simple (stupid 😉 … Continue reading →

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What is a Naming Agency?

Posted on April 1, 2016 by nmw

The New York Times had a Weekend Magazine article about naming agencies (and naming agents) a while back — it is mostly about how people find names that can be trademarked, but the article is nonetheless useful insofar as it … Continue reading →

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