Archive for 2010

Data, lubricating a more open society

Friday, October 8th, 2010Picked this up from Future Gov. an interview with Tim Davis of Practical Participation, published by Dave Briggs.Reminds me of my postings last year on thinking differently about government in the networked society.Well worth a listen.

Bigging it up for iCheki

Thursday, October 7th, 2010Lars Cosh-Ishii from Wireless Watch Japan posted this and I couldn't help myself and take a peak @iCheki as I had just got back from Africa having been working on a very interesting mobile strategy project.Lars writes,Nice write-up on Alix ...

Networked and participatory education

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010The New York Times has run an informative article on gaming and education Learning by Playing: Video Games in the Classroom. Which reminds me of the work of Henry Jenkins on Participatory education and also of Howard Rheingold. Here is ...

What gets you out of bed on a Monday morning?

Monday, October 4th, 2010Didier Marlier writes,Daniel relates an interesting study run by the famous M.I.T. seeking to understand the impact of financial incentives on employees’ motivation. Participants were offered low, medium or high financial reward depending on their results in a series of ...

Incubate 2.0

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010[caption id="attachment_5772" align="aligncenter" width="553" caption="A quote by the Austrian artist – Hundretwasser"][/caption]No matter if you are running a local incubator, building an angel network or you are in charge of an government agency for SMBs, you primary question is: How ...

The Mobile patent wars [3]

Thursday, September 30th, 2010Interesting development shortly after my last two posts on mobile marketing and patents (Mobile Patent Wars), (Mobile Patent Wars 2).Legal battles between Apple and Nokia have been ongoing in the US over smartphone technology but the fight has just moved ...

Mobile money and Ian Bennett CEO and President of the Canadian Mint

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010They say life is stranger than fiction, last week Tomi Ahonen was with me in Africa, working with a world class team on the future of mobile for a client. Mobile money came up on a number of occasions, because ...

Helping companies grow in the networked world

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010What does a smart person do when relocated to another place where high-flying marketing jobs are not available? I was talking yesterday to Rebecca Caroe – she’s a marketing geek from way back with whom I’ve collaborated on a ...

The mobile patent wars [2]

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010Where has the puck patent been for mobile?In my last blog I wrote about The Mobile Patent Wars and how it will also impact Mobile Marketing in the near future. It is an accepted view that patents will play a ...

A people will only be free when their control their own communications Mr Murdoch

Sunday, September 19th, 2010The headline is a quote from Frantz Fanon someone who was recognised as an authority on post colonial rule, Fanon's statement about people, society, communication and freedom is encapsulated in the point Will Hutton makes, link to Observer story (here), ...

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