Charles Arthur flagged an interesting article by Richard Chirgwin on The Register about the weird worldview that the Google Nest Internet of Things house has about it's occupants. Put simply, it really struggles to understand that there might be more than one person living in a house. If you use online services and you are … Continue reading Groups think
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With news this morning about how BT are looking to acquire EE, I've been having conversations with a few people recently about the point of telephones in this day and age. There's an awful lot of assumption and learned behaviour associated with these devices, and the continued existence of telephones (desk-based ones in particular) is today … Continue reading Why do we need phones?
The technology diffusion curve is a very well established way of analysing the extent to which some new innovation has been adopted within a community or industry. Innovators lead the way, followed in turn by early adopters, the early majority, the late majority and finally the laggards. If we look around us today, for example, … Continue reading Early adoption
I had a fine old time last night on the 40th Floor the HSBC's Canary Wharf headquarters at the latest installment of Matthew Partovi's Culturevist community. Matthew is a man full of ideas and is also the chap behind the Work Unbound experiment I ran recently. The Culturevist group are a mix of folk who … Continue reading #anticulturevist
I've never been able to get my head around Google Plus. Facebook is largely where I go for not-work things, Twitter and LinkedIn for work stuff. I store my photos privately in Google +, but only because I've used Picasa for a few years. I have been known to refer to G+ as the "social … Continue reading Multiple personality disorders
In the year and a half in which I have been building my business, I've had many great plans that have resulted in nothing (or, at least, nothing yet). In the same period my most successful and profitable client relationships have emerged seemingly by chance. A random referral, an email out of the blue, a … Continue reading Engineering serendipity
This is the most meta-thing I've ever done... Top nine things you need to know about 'listicles' http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/12/listicles-articles-written-lists-steven-poole 5 ways the listicle is changing journalism http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2013/aug/12/5-ways-listicle-changing-journalism 5 reasons why list-based articles are so popular https://medium.com/new-media/5-reasons-why-list-based-articles-are-so-popular-41d7c4016bc1 7 reasons why list posts will always work http://www.copyblogger.com/7-reasons-why-list-posts-will-always-work/ The one thing that all LinkedIn all-time top ten posts have in … Continue reading Five articles about why lists are everywhere on the internet
At an event in London last week I was given a rapid demonstration of Microsoft's first foray into the world of wearable technology - the Microsoft Band. At the end of the pitch I was left somewhat bewildered - the talk of tracking training regimes and exercise sessions and heart rates and calorie intake left … Continue reading Extreme fitness
Just about 10 years ago I was working out my notice from my role at the BBC, awaiting the start of a new stage in my career consulting with a management training company. I was chatting about the new direction with an old school friend who, when she heard what I was about to do, looked … Continue reading Talking in crowds
London has two major orbital roads - the North and South Circular roads that entrap the centre of the city, and the M25 the 100+mile behemoth that boundaries Greater London. To be inside or outside of the M25 these days is the statement of how London you really are. In my childhood I vaguely remember … Continue reading The M25 of Tech
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