2007年7月26日 星期四

媒體未來式

這篇文章是應動腦雜誌七月號邀稿所寫的文章......

媒體未來式

早上七點半,整片落地窗的液晶玻璃慢慢由深色轉換成透明,陽光也隨之把臥室染成金黃;春嬌和志明在電腦控制好的光線、室溫和音樂中舒適地醒來。

志明小小賴床了一下,春嬌走進浴室的同時,鏡子上的一隅已經出現MMD(multi-media display)的畫面,春嬌輕輕地觸碰畫面上user的名字後,她訂閱的節目內容…股市解盤…立刻從頭完整出現。春嬌一邊梳洗一邊看著,一邊思索著今天上班該穿什麼衣服。

幾分鐘後,志明抓起床頭櫃上以電子紙作成、每天由wireless自動更新的電子報紙走進廁所,一邊嗯嗯一邊用手指在A4大小的一張電子紙上翻點縮放今天的新聞,所有的新聞就在這一張電子紙上。

春嬌走進衣物間的同時,落地穿衣鏡裡仍舊出現股市解盤的單元,但她又開了另外一個視窗。畫面是春嬌訂閱的”時尚導覽”,她以手指拖曳首頁上的選單,點擊”今天穿什麼”之後,畫面上出現了三套根據她先前上傳自己的衣服、配件照片所模擬出來的3D立體圖,這個網站根據天氣、星座、當季時尚潮流以及個人所有衣物提供從頭到腳穿著搭配的整體建議,這是一項付費服務。

志明這時也根據電冰箱上MMD液晶銀幕上的指示,挑選了今天的早餐。所有食物進入廚房的區域時,冰箱上的感應器可以自動從包裝上的RFID(一種取代bar code的產品通用碼)感應到,並將之儲存在電腦的食品管理系統之中,Eat@home網站根據個人的健康狀態每天提供餐飲組合,避免食物堆放逾期,並且建議下次的購物清單。

春嬌已換好了衣服,告訴志明今天不吃家裡的早餐,便走向車庫開車前往客戶的公司開會。一上車,春嬌說出目的地後,車上的電腦立刻在幾秒間規劃出路徑並且開始導航。就像民航機的駕駛主要負責起飛和降落,春嬌把車子開上快速道路之後,就把車子交由電腦駕駛,每輛車子都裝有快速道路導航系統,當車行至主要快速道路時,車上電腦會和埋設在車道裡的導航線介接,駕駛任務交由電腦接手。春嬌則從筆電上再次瀏覽待會和客戶開會的Power Point。這時她同時在行車電腦頁面裡拉出星巴克,透過網路標示出下快速道路後的第一個星巴克的位置,並且訂了一份當日精選早餐。

志明在書房一邊吃著早餐,一邊看著電腦上這兩天的待辦事項和schedule,發現他的同事也都已經上線,透過視訊他和他部門的同事聊著下週準備提案的內容;雖然概念上是部門的同事,除了他自己和另外一位住在台北之外,有一位住台中,一位住上海,一位住香港。大家到台北總公司的單趟交通時間都在三小時以內。

春嬌、志明和大多數白領階層一樣,家裡的書房是他們主要的辦公地點。為了節省龐大的交通以及時間成本,同時吸納不同區域的專業人才,大多數非服務業、製造業的公司企業都已經採行員工在家上班制。除非極重要的會議或社交需要,企業的上班地點就在員工的家裡,每位員工每天省下一至兩個小時的通勤時間,以及相對應的成本。

春嬌車已到星巴克,先前透過無線網路的訂的當日精選早餐已經準備好。因為春嬌是網路會員,會員資料庫早已通知這家分店,沙拉的馬鈴薯泥份量減半,沙拉的dressing是芥茉蜂蜜優格醬。

志明和同事們的多方視訊會談剛結束,他開始更改他負責的專案內容。志明打開他的另一面MMD,Joost網路電視的首頁出現的頻道選單高達300多條,他習慣地打開Red Bull的極限運動頻道,一邊工作一邊瞄著Red Bull的畫面,當他需要聚精會神地在專案上時,他就在Joost的畫面上按下pause鍵,不管何時志明都能接著看他喜愛的節目,而不會有一絲絲的遺漏。

春嬌今天上午和客戶的會議非常順利,結束時已接近中午,客戶邀她一起到公司旁的shopping mall用餐。還沒走到大門,她和客戶的手機不約而同收到mall裡不同餐廳傳來的rich media簡訊。這些廣告是訂閱的,當訂戶到達特定區域時,餐廳、服飾店、書店…會發出視訊廣告到訂戶的手機中,而不會被當成垃圾郵件給擋掉。

下午工作了一個多小時,志明決定休息一下,上上Second Life網站,這個虛擬世界的會員已達八千多萬,若以實體國家來看,它已可排名世界前15大國家。志明在這網站扮演的角色是一個身材火辣的辣妹,他打算看看今天有哪些傢伙想約他去米其林三星級的餐廳用餐。

下午四點不到,春嬌從公司回到家,為了上午重要會議已經忙了一個多禮拜的她決定提早回家小小犒賞自己一番,看看IPTV上漏了好幾天的金城武偶像劇。這週漏掉的5集都已掛在網上,她一邊吃著冰淇淋,一邊打開五天前播出的那一集,打算今晚一口氣拼完這五集。在看偶像劇的同時,”新鮮貨”網站的視窗在MMD的一角跳出,把今天新豋場的rich media廣告清單秀在春嬌面前,有新手機、超市打折、化妝品各種第一天上檔的廣告十數支。春嬌今天只想專心看金城武,因此在畫面上按下”儲存”鍵,找時間再看看這些廣告…..

以上,是我用有限的知識,加上一些想像力所拼湊出來10年後的世界。其實部份我描繪的狀態早已悄悄進入我們的生活,從這些快速改變的生活風貌中我歸納出幾個數位生活與媒體的特質……

- 媒體零碎化:相較於現在的broadcasting,未來將是slivercasting的時代。數位介面的類型、數量急劇增加,在數位世界裡,每一個介面好像都可以接觸到眼球,但人流量大小懸殊,目前流量大的平台如Google,YouTube,Flickr沒有一般商業廣告,而數以千萬計的部落格人流稀少卻歡迎廣告。但人流多未必精準,精準觸達使用者的介面人流未必多;如何善用不同物件的特性,集合出一個有價值的數位媒體計畫是未來媒體代理商的挑戰。

- 內容主控權的轉移:資訊的流通超高速且無遠弗界,越來越多人可以在自己喜好的領域找到滿足自己的資訊、娛樂。隨著multimedia on demand成為資訊娛樂的主要取得方式,一群人趕在同一時間收視同一個電視節目的場景將越來越少。過去電視台的節目表左右觀眾的作息,未來觀眾可以在任何時間、任何地點編排量身訂做的閱聽內容。

- 媒體效果生命周期拉長:未來因MOD盛行,單一區域觀眾的集體媒体經驗將被稀釋,要在短暫時間內獲得集中的高媒體效果相對難度更高,這樣的現象有助於品牌的長期經營,而短效式廣告的露出更集中在具時效性的媒體如日報上。

- 廣告由侵入式轉型為被訂閱的生活資訊:廣告變成生活必備資訊,透過網路,消費者可藉由訂閱廣告了解他們關心商品的最新資訊,因為是主動的資訊搜尋,一次的廣告接觸效果遠勝於多次突襲式的侵入。

- 網路行為更易觀察:不同於現有媒體的抽樣調查,在網路上的所有接觸行為皆可輕易被全面性的了解…去過哪些網站、哪些頁面、停留起始時間……都可從IP的追蹤一窺全貌。撇開法律問題不談,網路世界提供廣告主更清楚的消費者生活面貌。

- 數位媒體的黏著度(adhesiveness)是關鍵:不管是傳統媒體或新媒體,眼球或耳朵和媒體之間的黏著度都是媒體效果評估的重要關鍵。在數位時代,由於內容的切割更精細,數位媒介更容易找到黏著度高、社群屬性鮮明的閱聽人。但也因為複雜度高,也為現在的媒體代理商帶來挑戰。

這樣的未來,其實離我們不遠,你準備好了嗎?

2007年7月24日 星期二

Uniqlo Mixplay

日本知名平價品牌Uniqlo(坦白說我不怎麼喜歡他家的東西,總覺得呆板粗糙)為Mixplay新系列推出的廣告......

廣告?可能比較像content,看完一次肯定印象深刻;這不就是數位時代廣告的最佳形式嗎?

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2007年7月18日 星期三

一封告別書

同事轉寄了一封某個在JP Morgan工作的傢伙,在離職日寫給同事的告別書,真是精彩極了......


Dear Co-Workers and Managers,

As many of you probably know, today is my last day. But before I leave, I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know what a great and distinct pleasure it has been to type "Today is my last day."

For nearly as long as I've worked here, I've hoped that I might one day leave this company. And now that this dream has become a reality, please know that I could not have reached this goal without your unending lack of support. Words cannot express my gratitude for the words of gratitude you did not express.

I would especially like to thank all of my managers both past and present but with the exception of the wonderful Saroj Hariprashad: in an age where miscommunication is all too common, you consistently impressed and inspired me with the sheer magnitude of your misinformation, ignorance and intolerance for true talent. It takes a strong man to admit his mistake - it takes a stronger man to attribute his mistake to me.

Over the past seven years, you have taught me more than I could ever ask for and, in most cases, ever did ask for. I have been fortunate enough to work with some absolutely interchangeable supervisors on a wide variety of seemingly identical projects - an invaluable lesson in overcoming daily tedium in overcoming daily tedium in overcoming daily tedium.

Your demands were high and your patience short, but I take great solace knowing that my work was, as stated on my annual review, "meets expectation." That is the type of praise that sends a man home happy after a 10 hour day, smiling his way through half a bottle of meets expectation scotch with a meets expectation cigar. Thanks Trish!

And to most of my peers: even though we barely acknowledged each other within these office walls, I hope that in the future, should we pass on the street, you will regard me the same way as I regard you: sans eye contact.

But to those few souls with whom I've actually interacted, here are my personalized notes of farewell:

To Philip Cress, I will not miss hearing you cry over absolutely nothing while laying blame on me and my coworkers. Your racial comments about Joe Cobbinah were truly offensive and I hope that one day you might gain the strength to apologize to him.

To Brenda Ashby whom is long gone, I hope you find a manager that treats you as poorly as you have treated us. I worked harder for you then any manager in my career and I regret every ounce of it. Watching you take credit for my work was truly demoralizing.

To Sylvia Keenan, you should learn how to keep your mouth shut sweet heart. Bad mouthing the innocent is a negative thing, especially when your talking about someone who knows your disgusting secrets. ; )

To Bob Malvin (Mr. Cronyism Jr), well, I wish you had more of a back bone. You threw me to the wolves with that witch Brenda and I learned all too much from it. I still can't believe that after following your instructions, I ended up getting written up, wow. Thanks for the experience buddy, lesson learned.

Don Merritt (Mr. Cronyism Sr), I'm happy that you were let go in the same manner that you have handed down to my dedicated coworkers. Hearing you on the phone last year brag about how great bonuses were going to be for you fellas in upper management because all of the lay offs made me nearly vomit. I never expected to see management benefit financially from the suffering of scores of people but then again, with this company's rooted history in the slave trade it only makes sense.

To all of the executives of this company, Jamie Dimon and such. Despite working through countless managers that practiced unethical behavior, racism, sexism, jealousy and cronyism, I have benefited tremendously by working here and I truly thank you for that. There was once a time where hard work was rewarded and acknowledged, it's a pity that all of our positive output now falls on deaf ears and passes blind eyes. My advice for you is to place yourself closer to the pulse of this company and enjoy the effort and dedication of us "faceless little people" more. There are many great people that are being over worked and mistreated but yet are still loyal not to those who abuse them but to the greater mission of providing excellent customer support. Find them and embrace them as they will help battle the cancerous plague that is ravishing the moral of this company.

So, in parting, if I could pass on any word of advice to the lower salary recipient ("because it's good for the company") in India or Tampa who will soon be filling my position, it would be to cherish this experience because a job opportunity like this comes along only once in a lifetime.

Meaning: if I had to work here again in this lifetime, I would sooner kill myself.

To those who I have held a great relationship with, I will miss being your co-worker and will cherish our history together. Please don't bother responding as at this very moment I am most likely in my car doing 85 with the windows down listening to Biggie.

One!

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2007年7月3日 星期二

來去金門



台大EMBA同學的outing上週六日去了我建議的金門,雖然金門軍力從早期的廿萬大軍一路減到現在的五千人,不過過去的烽火痕跡處處可見,也見識到當年國軍建構花崗岩工事的鬼斧神工。而金門閩南式、洋樓式的建築更是更是此行我主要欣賞的標的。

金門距中國領土最近處只有2100公尺,1947年國共兩軍在古寧頭一役,讓金門成為反共的最前線,金門人也從此過著戰地的生活。漢人移居金門的歷史遠比台灣早,閩南語也和台語稍有不同,新加坡的閩南語就和金門如出一轍,因為金門移民新加坡的人不少。

隨著兩岸情勢的和緩,單打雙不打的砲轟早已不見。現在的金門靠著金門高梁成為台灣一個最富裕的縣,但也因為地理位置,有著和廈門更親近的經濟依存;每天來金門的大陸人遠比台灣人多,而金門人在廈門讀書置產的人也遠比在台灣多。

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