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
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I took a trip to London’s fashionable West End yesterday lunchtime, and one thing struck me above all else. Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are all around us. LEDs are the light behind our mobile screens. LEDs increasingly provide light in interior spaces. They sit in the lamp clusters on cars. They illuminate television sets. They … Continue reading Invisible lights
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
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
At the weekend my five and a half year-old desktop PC went "Pop!". Well, I say "Pop" - it actually didn't do anything at all. This is a dead PC. Understanding under the covers of a computer is one of the few vaguely manual talents I possess. Box opened, original motherboard battery swapped, fans cleaned... … Continue reading And the box went “pop”
The announcement yesterday that Google and PWC are to join forces to deliver the Google for Work services delivers another plank in a strategy that seems to be turning Clayton Christensen's Innovator's Dilemma on its head. In Christensen's oft-cited model, technology providers are often unable to respond to competitive threats because of the need to … Continue reading The inverted dilemma
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
I've been thinking about the ways in which media industries (and others) have been disrupted by the world of digital, and am playing around with the idea of four key stages: Pre-digital The world where things existed in analogue and physical form. Think record shops and vinyl and cassettes. Think bookshops and libraries. Think news agents and … Continue reading Four stages of digital disruption
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