Archive for the ‘Trends’ Category

The Futures Agency takes off

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010I am proud to be part of the Futures Agency today which launches officially today. Gerd writes,Today I am delighted to officially announce my new company, The Futures Agency (TFA). TFA is based in Basel, Switzerland and is currently comprised ...

Mobile enterprise in Latin America

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010For two months this year, I travelled through Latin America on a speaking tour with Blackberry called, The Blackberry Collaboration Forum.My topic, was how mobile communications could enable businesses to be more effective, more engaged, to work smarter and leaner. ...

tattoos, identity and meaning [2]

Saturday, October 9th, 2010I am writing this post as my old friend David O'Hanlon asked a question to my post on Tattoo's, identity and meaning that I think requires a somewhat in-depth response. Patrick Skinner is a PHD student at Cambridge University, his ...

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 ...

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 ...

Journey’s in augmented reality

Sunday, September 19th, 2010Picked this post up from Layar co-founder, M. Lens-FitzGerald. Urban Augmented Realities and Social Augmentations that Matter: Talking with Bruce Sterling, Part 2The post is well worth a read, and I picked this nuggetJesse Schell described the importance of AR ...

Location used to look like this

Friday, September 17th, 2010Ordnance Survey Maps for sale in the Market Square in Cambridge - shot with my mobile phone camera.Arguments in the car about someone's skills as  a "Map Reader"are now a thing of history and folk lore

News.me = mutuality

Friday, September 17th, 2010So its no surprise thatThe New York Times Is Preparing Social News Service Dubbed News.meThe future of newsbrands? 

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