As web content migrates to mobile internet
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Generation C, Media, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Newspapers, Participation, Social Networks, Television, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech | 8 Comments »This article is another installment in my thinking on what happens when the internet migrates to mobile phones. It is an ongoing megatrend - there are three times as many mobile phones as PCs. All mobile phones have at least ...
Revolutions, paradigms and the “surge” of development
Monday, January 29th, 2007 Posted in Trends | No Comments »From Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital A great surge of development is defind here as the process by which a technological revolution and paradigm propagate across the economy, leading to structural changes in production, distribution, communication ...
Looking forward to red lights while driving, says Blackberry CEO
Friday, January 26th, 2007 Posted in Convergence, Generation C, Messaging, Mobile, Networks, Participation, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Jim Balsillie. CEO of RIM (Research In Motion) of Canada, the company that makes the Blackberry, was interviewed in today's Financial Times (26 Jan 2007) At the end of the interview he was asked if he was addicted to the ...
Truth first casualty, even in our mattress war story
Friday, January 26th, 2007 Posted in Media | No Comments »They say in war the first casualty is the truth. We reported on the Fox News story that a US army sergeant was refused a sale of mattresses and insulted in the process. We did get most of the story ...
Do videogames rot the mind? Listen what the Economist has to say about violent videogames
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 Posted in Gaming | 1 Comment »My fave publication is the Economist, and of all its writing, primus inter pares, the first among equals, or the very best of the lot, are the editorials (leaders). This week's Economist (20 Jan 2007) has an editorial on violent ...
Engaging with the enemy in Iraq - AND with now new front with mattress supplier back home?
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 Posted in Media | No Comments »This is a sad story around misplaced anti-war sentiment and the power of digital community. We all know the Americans are quite emotionally charged now about the Iraq war, and we (Alan as an Englishman, me as a Finn based in ...
I want my MTV, want my MTV, want my MOBILE mtv, want my mobile junk
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 Posted in Mobile | No Comments »This is a story that fell through the cracks last December when I was moving to Hong Kong and then the earthquake in Taiwan disrupted our internet access for two weeks. A great story from MTV, everybody's fave music video broadcaster. ...
The Return of Lotus.. Notes, yes Notes goes Blog, Wiki, profiles
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 Posted in Web/Tech | 1 Comment »Ha-ha, here is a funny "ghost" from the past, which should sit very naturally in the Web 2.0 space. Lotus Notes (now owned by IBM) is a corporate/enterprise application for collaboration. I remember when I worked in the IT/computer industry ...
Your under 10 year old: not hand-me-down, but new cameraphone? Yes KDDI Japan innovates
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007 Posted in Convergence, Generation C, Mobile, Society, Strategy, Trends | 4 Comments »I'm chairing at the annual big 3G telecoms conference in Tokyo and my presentation today was on mobile phone user interface and design (with related iPhone comments of course). What I love about this annual "must-do" 3G event by MarcusEvans ...
