Event ad, NYC: The Hatchery goes Mobile
I met David Blumenstein recently at a schmooze-fest in New York. He’s one of the founders of The Hatchery – a mashup of Dragons Den and a traditional tech meetup. He circulated this flyer- thought I’d post. Am planning to attend, so ping me if you are too. _______________________ Stephen, Please alert startups in the [...]
Impressive new york taxis
Impressive new york taxis Originally uploaded by sdbj have to say am impressed with the consumer facing technology installed recently in the new york cabs. it’s a in car TV + credit card consoles. impressive stuff. ok you have to put up with the anodyne vapidity of the talking heads talking about non stories, but [...]
The American service paradox
America is a wonderful place that revels in its leading edge technologies and superior service culture. Much of that is, much of the time, perfectly valid. But it seems there are various blackholes into which the latest techno wizardry and service with a smile disappears with a poof. Healthcare, finance and telecomms industry are three [...]
What happens to us, when our cars get increasingly smart?
I have a 5yr old VW golf, and one of the reasons I like it is that it lets you kill yourself if you want to. Well, more specifically, it lets you drive without your seatbelt on and does not disturb the peace with a wretched warning bing bing, that seems to be the preserve [...]
Spamming the spammers
There has to be an easier way to remove your name from a company’s database. We’ve all done it – absent mindedly give out your address while engaging in a low level transation with some shop or other. In this particular example that has me riled, I was getting some new grips put on my [...]
Is it safe?
Is it safe? Originally uploaded by sdbj Just stayed in a hotel in Berlin. Good news – there was free Wifi Bad news – it involed a 26-digit WEP key to get to it. This took me three goes to get right, and at the end I was cussing and spitting like a navvy. A [...]
C’mon BA, get a grip
Now, I’m no UI designer, but I do happpen to be a human being. And as such this rubbish on BA’s website really irritates me. I have no idea who designs their website, but please – telling your customers they can access “post-PIN content and functionality” is just a horrible mangle of pretension and obfuscation. [...]
Seven suggestions for an Innovation stream
This week I’ve been in Amsterdam, in Nokia’s annual jamboree – the rare occasion when the Finnish modesty and reserve is traded in for a colourful look-at-me celebration of all our cool stuff, good people and great partners. It’s actually quite glitzy, and I hesitate to say, “American” in theme, and getting more so – [...]
Nokia’s innovation story part 2 – Internet innovation
Apologies for the tardiness of this second and final installment of this gripping story – a 2 day USA business trip has turned into a 10 day one, and my admin has gone to pot. Now back in UK, the advantage of jet lag is it gives you odd windows to do stuff. Carry on… [...]
Speaker Series: Sean Moffitt on Wiki Brands
I met Sean Moffit, the founder of Canadian word of mouth marketing company Agent Wildfire, a few months ago at one of Don Tapscott’s seminars and he gave a convincing talk on the need for brands to be more defined by customer interactions – hence the name Wiki Brands. He came over to Nokia House [...]
- key to change is finding passion. but i wonder how david sobel actually got his fisherman to use his passion to deliver change? #mh2012
- "A good predictor of longevity is not just whether you're getting social support, but whether you're GIVING support" #mh2012
- Congrats Amos! @memotext @ourlark
- RT @jslorentzen: #MH2012 rajiv kumar: map your population via email traffic (or other method) to find key influencers > target for in ...
- likewise @grapealope. thanks for the link. let's keep talking about sensors and big ideas.
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- 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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