Last week I got into yet another spirited conversation on Facebook - this time about the barriers to success in Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs). Think Yammer, Huddl, Sharepoint and so on. Den Howlett has written a very thoughtful piece on the subject as a result here on Diginomica, and has created six hurdles that are … Continue reading Six hurdles
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I've spoken to a few people in the last week who are in the financial services industry, and it is striking how regulation of the industry is acting as a massive inhibitor to innovation in that industry. Given the seismic impact of a very liberal approach to regulating banks over the past half decade, this … Continue reading Regulation and innovation
I've got a rough and ready rule for assessing whether a website is kosher or not. Is there an easily accessible "About" page. It's not infallible, but if that basic test isn't passed I get a bit suspicious. At yesterday's Spark the Change conference there was a presentation from a representative from the US-based "platform … Continue reading Accountability
I had a conversation on Twitter today regarding the long-term future of the currently wildly successful GoPro cameras. It had struck me that GoPro might well go the same way as, say GPS manufacturers like TomTom or at a greater extreme manufacturers of compact digital stills cameras. Both of those markets have been eroded significantly with … Continue reading Specialism
I just came across an old article from Jerry Fishenden proposing how a more Creative Commons approach to the giving of personal data permissions. The way in which we give and store data about ourselves is based on a very old model at it's core. Somehow data about us becomes "their" data, and then we have … Continue reading Whose data? My data!
Buried within the plethora of news coming out of the Google IO event yesterday is that Google are apparently including security features that Samsung have developed under the brand Knox into the next release of Android. I don't know anything about Knox, but the concept at a high level seems to me to … Continue reading The work/not work divide
A couple of weeks ago I got into a rather spirited conversation on Twitter with, amongst other people, Charles Arthur of The Guardian and Max Tatton-Brown contributor to The Telegraph. It's scary that my descent into middle age is flagged by the fact that I seem to be agreeing with the latter much more than the former … Continue reading The price of data, the cost of privacy
There is an established narrative these days that runs along the lines of "Ooh. Isn't everything happening much more quickly these days?" Looking at some of the numbers, I reckon the answer is "no"... The chart above shows the adoption rates for various technologies. The internet (red line) was first used as a term by Vint … Continue reading Is it really happening that quickly?
I've been talking with a diverse group of people in recent months about the subject of innovation and disruption. Here are a few observations... Firstly, in terms of terminology, there's a lot of confusion. Innovation is a term that has become a bit Zeitgeist-y, as to an extent has disruption. Let's not aim for perfect … Continue reading Milking cows
This slightly glib soundbite has been bouncing around my head for a number of months now. I'm reminded of it again with news yesterday that Apple are about to announce a new set of standards for Internet of Things things in the home. From the cursory glance of the coverage, it seems that journalists seem … Continue reading It’s the Internet of Things, not Things on the Internet
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