Humour me, if you will, with a little thought experiment. Imagine that the telephone had only been invented in the past 10 years. That whilst it had had incredible success in the general population, businesses hadn't really adopted it. They found it a little alien, and couldn't quite make sense of how it could … Continue reading A world without telephones
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In all of the hubbub in recent months surrounding the launch of the new Windows products, there's one angle that I haven't seen explored much and that is related to the way in which people react at an emotional level to change. Over the years I've been able to work with all sorts of people … Continue reading Parallel running
There are a few events we've got coming up that might be of interest. On May 8th, there is a session taking place at Modern Jago in East London looking at what the traditional world of business systems can learn from the consumer app revolution. Targeted at people from large businesses, software houses, or design … Continue reading Forthcoming events: May 2013
I had an interesting conversation yesterday with Claire Rowland who is a user experience designer for smart device company AlertMe. She'd been taking part in a panel discussion at the TH_NKTANK event focused around (for want of a better term) the Internet of Things. A thread of conversation emerged around the idea that if … Continue reading The Internet of needy things
I'm speaking this afternoon on a panel talking about Cloud computing in the context of marketing at an event being run by the agency TH_NK. It feels a bit like going back in time... (Sadly there isn't an HTML tag to invoke swirling harp sounds, so imagine a bit of a Florence and a … Continue reading Clear skies
I spent part of the evening on Saturday trying to explain Twitter to a non-Twitter user at dinner. It's like trying to explain different colours. It's useful, though, once in a while to try to explain something that you do regularly to someone who has no knowledge, as it really helps to make you … Continue reading The basics
Over the past year I've been able to speak to people in all sorts of places about the app phenomenon, and how existing businesses can take advantage of the current and future waves of smart devices. I've written about this in the past, but here's the current take, distilled down into seven easy to consume … Continue reading Seven reasons to App
A few months ago the eConsultancy website skewered my current role, claiming "Evangelist" to be a job title to be avoided in 2013. A few weeks ago they then did for my future career prospects by delivering a damning judgement on the concept of the Chief Digital Officer. Buggers. In seriousness, though, I absolutely get … Continue reading CDO-DOA?
You can now get to the recording of the presentation here: http://view6.workcast.net/?pak=1220269468402108 (registration required - my bit starts at 45 minutes). A little later today I'm going to be taking part in a webinar for the CIM's The Marketer magazine. The theme of the event (there's still time to register for it here) is how digital can … Continue reading Thinking Digital – The Marketer Webinar
Occasionally I get surprised when I find a new wave of technology suddenly makes sense to me. Last week I had one of those moments with the big wave of hype that it "the Internet of Things". We spent the week in a beautiful converted barn in countryside just outside of the town of … Continue reading Internet of Things Is “Useful” Shocker!
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