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Strategy Formulation

Why I’ve checked out of the Twitter Developer System

August 11, 2010
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I wrote this post on June 30. I’d been reflecting on whether or not I should post it and wasn’t prepared to while I still held some hope that my efforts may pay some dividends.  Since then I’ve concluded that the opportunities for developing around Twitter are for more established and wealthy players only. I [...]

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Is an iPhone Nano Good Strategy for Apple? – @tomiahonen believes so.

August 5, 2010
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Tomi Ahonen outlines his strategic reasons why Apple should launch an iPhoneNano. It’s a rather loNg post I point you to, a little too much history and some stories you may or may not agree with. Still it is a thoughtful piece and after sharing his definition for the iPhoneNano I’ll share a few of [...]

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FaceTime and the Enterprise – Apple’s New Threat to RIM and Cisco

August 5, 2010
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I started writing about Facetime quietly a month ago. Now I’m sharing some of those thoughts. Beyond the handset manufacturers and the mobile operators I think the enterprise, and suppliers to the Enterprise like Cisco for example should consider FaceTime and how it works carefully. Even companies like BT that have failed to fire on [...]

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FaceTime – Has Apple Suckered the Operators Again?

August 1, 2010

This is one of three posts I wrote on FaceTime just after purchasing my iPhone4 and mentioned  here. There is a hidden trojan horse story behind FaceTime – Apple’s new video calling solution. This post highlights why it is more than just video and suggests reasons other handset manufacturers should take a closer look. Then [...]

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How Important is FaceTime? Do You Need a FaceTime Strategy?

July 31, 2010
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A month ago I circulated some blog post ideas to friends on Apple Facetime. I got some feedback that they were interesting. In the meantime I’ve continued to trace Apple’s FaceTime video solution for iPhone and contemplate the implications. Ultimately, I’m interested in the opportunities FaceTime is likely to create and present. Then what it [...]

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The New Conversation – Exponential Flows

July 30, 2010

This post is the result of a collaborative conversation. Jon Husband and I were catching up on Skype discussing where KM / HR /  enterprise learning / web2.o themes are going. I captured some of our thoughts in rough notes and  then tried to grow them. I passed back my draft to Jon who edited [...]

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Kitchen iPad – Epicurious – Food Revolution – ABC Player and where’s Safeway and Tesco?

May 13, 2010
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I’m still making notes and keeping observations about my iPad.  This is Part 4 of the Series where I share how I find I’m using my iPad in my kitchen. The series so far: Part 1: What the iPad means to your next iPhone purchase! Observation #1 Speed Part 2: iPad Observation #2 Content and [...]

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#ARConf and #Ecomm – Surprisingly Interrelated

May 5, 2010
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Finally I’m getting to my eComm posts and notes. On the third day, AR or Augmented Reality came to eComm America2010 in the form of ARConf.  I know many of the telecom crowd didn’t stick around for day three and I feel they missed out big time. Almost 12 hours long, Lee Dryburgh and team pulled together a [...]

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iPad Observation #2 Content and Reading – Reinventing the Paper

April 5, 2010
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I’m typing this post on my iPad using my “mac” bluetooth keyboard. I’ve done very little typing on it otherwise. Why? Well I was told it was for consumption and so I’ve been “consuming”. The thing is I’m consuming video – catching up on TV like Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. (Yep I like it. I [...]

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When you get your iPad – Think about the DayTimer days

April 2, 2010
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Remember when you carried a DayTimer Diary everywhere? Well maybe not. It was a long time ago 80′s and 90′s. At one time it was the “corporate” thing to give to employees. The company worked on our time efficiency. The employees got some training in Time Management. There were many versions. Outlook killed this in [...]

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From Owning to Flowing – “the language of flows”

January 27, 2010

This is an incredibly important set of points re joining the flow. The quotes below represent JF’s thinking (and I’ve already bookmarked his previous post in Delicious). If you are thinking about “flow” you cannot miss reading the FAQ on FlowPlace. We operate exactly the same with knowledge. We accumulate knowledge in our inner basement. [...]

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Are You Ready for the 21st Century? | via @jonhusband #video #scenarios

January 13, 2010

Jon Husband has spoken with me about his work with Michael Cartier and the impression it has made on him. This is a thought provoking video. I’m not sure I’m ready to see any one of these scenarios come into being… although parts of all of them are already here. Still if you need a [...]

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Will You Pay $9.99 for the iPhone 4.0 upgrade? I bet you will

January 4, 2010
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Since the first iPod Touch Apple has been charging Touch users for upgrades. $4.95 to get it to the latest 3.1 software. See Apple – iPod touch – Get great new features with the 3.1 software. My guess is it is now time to charge all the millions of iPhone users for the next generation [...]

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iStore coming to the iPhone – 2012? Amazon’s biggest threat?

December 7, 2009

I’m reading the NYTimes article on Apple’s app store and for anyone that reads me there’s no surprises in it. So lets think more broadly about the real implications and the strategic options. How is the app store evolution challenging Apple or what options is it creating for it? Then what might it mean for [...]

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Supernova 2009 – What’s Next in the Network Age? – begins tomorrow in SF. CU there #sn09

November 30, 2009

Supernova starts tomorrow and I’m planning to attend and do a little blogging while there A few examples of the topics to be covered below.  I know many of the speakers, have done for years and that scares me. On the plus side many of those presenting/talking etc remain on the leading edge (that’s their [...]

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