Taking the twit out of twitter
Until recently, Twitter passed me by. It just seemed so small. The delightful dull blog pictured provides dullness should you want it, but with irony and humor. But then the worm turned, and I’m now twittering with the best of them. The reason? I don’t have a TV. And this is as close as TV [...]
Jim, do you want cash or cheque?
Mr Griffin is one of the brightest minds in the business of reinventing the media industry. His insights spring from, well, just being damn smart. And from having spent the past two decades trying to drag the music industry kicking and screaming towards the money trough. I’ve been so persuaded (or maybe that’s brainwashed?) by [...]
Salutory metaphor for Nokia
This is right on the money regarding the ever-present need for big companies such as ours to innovate: Every company innovates until it finds a cash cow. At that point only innovation that supports the cash cow is promoted. Further, any innovation that threatens or does not support the cash cow languishes or is actively [...]
Suffer the children
Kim Cameron reports on a rather worrying situation with UK education – fingerprinting kids without their parents’ consent. This from the BBC: The guidelines, published next month, will “encourage” schools to seek consent before taking biometric data. The move comes after it emerged some primary schools stored children’s thumb prints for computerised class registers and [...]
The humble contacts book: An object of perfection, or ripe for a revamp?
Whether it’s at a dinner-party or late night foray into a strange bar, the fact that I work for Nokia is an easy ticket to talk. People generally have powerful reactions, as more often than not I’m working for the company that makes the product that gets them to work, connects them with who matters [...]
Mark Anderson speaks at Nokia
One of the fun aspects of my job is to organize informal “speaker series” sessions. These are opportunities for thought leaders, techno visionaries, business people and other really interesting people to come to Nokia House (just outside Helsinki) and present their ideas and have Q&A with Nokia folks. This has been running for a couple [...]
Back to the drawing board for free energy
Ever since Wired had the “cycling machines as energy generators” as an Artifact from the Future (can’t find the link) I’ve been intrigued by the possibility of getting the gym goers to replace the nuclear energy plants. Oh well. Via venturebeat: Does all that gym peddling create usable energy? — No. It’s been bandied about [...]
Patent spending
I wonder if / when Friendster’s business model will transition from advertising to IP enforcement? San Francisco – Online social network Friendster announced this week that it has been granted its third social networking-related patent, this time for a “system and method for managing connections in an online social network.” The company says the patent [...]
What in the world is WAYN doing with their signup?
I like the idea of WAYN – a location based social network built around the concept “where are you now?” – though from the loud, garish site, and mulitple flashing ads I guess I’m probably double the age group they had in mind. However, I just tried to register to check it out but it [...]
One bomb could switch off the Internet in the UK?
This could be fairly nasty, as more and more of our critical functions – not just emailing powerpoints around – rely on web connectivity. According to an article by David Leppard, Scotland Yard has uncovered evidence that Al Qaeda operatives were going to blow up Telehouse Europe, a large colocation facility in Britain that is [...]
- RT @agingtoo: Four keys to unlocking the aging opportunity (presentation) http://t.co/yFZ5TWMf
- Er, hold the champagne. Seems that SOPA was just a feint to distract attention from ACTA, its scarier big brother. http://t.co/tD45CEk5
- Yep, I think I'll be taking a few trips to San Francisco next year: Fastest America's Cup Ever http://t.co/6FDi9SQs via @bi_enterprise
- Come to Social Media Week in NYC 13-17 Feb, it'll be awesome, healthhub especially. Registration is live: http://t.co/LDpK8Bty #SMW12
- Some interesting innovation challenges by the Living Labs Global Award, e.g. this from Eindhoven for reducing obesity: http://t.co/b1vCsr9W
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Some stuff I read
- Aging in Place Thoughtful commentary about growing impact of longevity disruption
- Conrad Egusa Practical advice for getting startups off the ground
- Mobihealth News Brian Dolan’s excellent comprehensive guide to mobile healthcare news
- Quantified Self Extracing and making sense of data about ourselves
- Tim Ferris Life hacking guru, provider of the most value out of any book I’ve read, and a genuinely good guy.
- Venture Hacks Useful how tos for startups
Some stuff about me
- 2007/03 – Corporate Wikis Go Viral (Business Week) Two European companies show how the collaborative practice spreads from early adopters of wikis at work to become mainstream business tools
- 2007/03 – Recommended Reading (Wall Street Journal) Mr. Johnston is one of the brightest minds in the business of connecting people. His insights spring from working on Nokia strategy from London. The site focuses largely on the direction of the new economy and lets readers profit from the insights of some
- 2008/04 – Mobility and location (The Economist) – reg reqd MICHAEL HALBHERR was driving from Berlin to Budapest the other day when he passed what looked like an empty field. The fact that his mobile phone stayed quiet annoyed him. Here he was, speeding by the site of Napoleon’s great victory at Austerlitz, and no
- 2008/11 – Innovation in America: A Gathering Storm (The Economist) Confronted by Asia’s technological rise and the financial crisis, corporate America is losing its self-confidence. It should not
- 2009/06 – MBA Tales: Searching for Work in a Recession (Business Week) For the Class of 2009, landing a job may seem next to impossible, but for the Class of 2002, flexibility and persistence paid big dividends
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