« Groped | Main | Money, Not a Bank In Sight »

Cultural Arbitrage

Pattern recognition with a given format - URL, phone number, address, QR bar code...; the speed at which domain squatters squat; cultural nuances within a given format e.g. with numbers - the meaning of 666 in western culture or the number 4 in China; the opportunities for cultural arbitrage.

Related: the projection of status through phone numbers in Iran, Mongolia and China.

Writing from Sangenjaya, back of | March 18, 2008 | Permalink