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Strategic Foresight

Martin Geddes on Ideas at #eComm

October 28, 2009

“Today we’ve got missed calls, tomorrow the phone will tell you why you should call back.” Martin Geddes, Head of Strategy, BT Design says in his keynote address at Ecomm Europe09, that he will present some ideas (his own).  The era of minutes in telephony is gone. Goodbye minutes, hello moments. When a global business [...]

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What could Apple see in Twitter? Are Tweets – MobileMe 3.0 Notifications? Is Apple really David?

May 7, 2009

I keep reading Apple + Twitter stories and no-one seems to have a clue why it might be a good idea… or a very bad idea… or simply unnecessary. What almost no one does… is tell me a story of why it might be a good idea. This is a crude little thought experiment. An [...]

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Bluetooth Keyboards for iPhone 3.0 Still Speculation – Is there a market?

March 19, 2009

One of the iPhone 3.0 features I’m most interested in is where the Bluetooth functionality they are unlocking is going to go. (Some think not that important.) My iPhone 3.0 now plays music on my car stereo! That’s huge from my perspective. Yet I have some yearning for the capability to use it with other [...]

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What’s the Mobile Future?

February 18, 2009

What would the lesson for mobile operators be if the world around us collapses economically. What lessons can be learned from other markets? How will users react? What and how should you prepare? I read yet another piece this morning (Jim Kunstler’s Forecast 2009) that captures an outlook similar to my own. We’re in a [...]

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Social Collapse and Communications?

February 17, 2009

I’ve just been reading the Demetry Orlov’s Feb 13 speech via the Long Now Foundation. He tells a story of the collapse of Russia and poses a similar collapse for the US. He points to the importance of Food, Shelter, Transport and Security.  Stewart Brand’s summary is here. ClubOrlov: Social Collapse Best Practices His summary [...]

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The Mobile Social World of Presence

May 29, 2008

I’ve been thinking recently about my connectivity and mobility and one of the reasons I keep coming back to it is the dissonance I have when looking at the two mobiles I use most often. There’s now been many comparisons made between the Nokia N95 and the iPhone. Both best in class so to speak. [...]

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Is iPhone Lust Global?

May 15, 2008

While recently in India, Dina and I explored the iPhone factor. We saw it in the wild (eg. people using them) and talked to 18 to 24 year old leading-edge mobile users in Mumbai. We were both left a little shocked! While focus groups aren’t statistical research and Mumbai is hardly an Apple stronghold; the [...]

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Modding the 3G iPhone – Cracking the Case

May 12, 2008

Many have been predicting for weeks iPhone Black as the 3G version. The latest flurry over the weekend when apparently AT&T listed it on their website. Oops! The problem with all these predictions is there is no rationale other than it is cool. Who’s asking why? Why aren’t they? I believe the mobile handset market [...]

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Emerging Market – Research to Action

May 8, 2008

A few years ago my brother gave me a book Investment Biker. Written by Jim Rogers a VC who took a motorcycle on a tour of the world and then from what he learned made investment decisions. I think we’d both like to follow that dream and ride around the world that way. I know [...]

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Sage Advice for API Providers

March 31, 2008

Gabe Wachob writes simply the best advice post I’ve seen from a developer to an API Service Provider. We’ve worked together on a few projects and Gabe’s passion shines through in this one. What struck me is it holds true for any product; the customer (developer) is always right. I also believe it is easy [...]

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Get Out and Learn

March 26, 2008

Yesterday I wrote a post over at the Supernova ConversationHub. Later after speaking with Dina (we plan learning journeys) I was left with a couple of stories about learning experiences I have had while growing up, and reflections. At school, many many years ago I remember being taken to a General Motors plant (to see [...]

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What’s Your iPhone Strategy? Speculation or Prediction

March 7, 2008

A few years ago the strategy question for anyone in and around communications was “What’s your Skype strategy?”. Last year just after the Facebook API was launched it was common practice to ask: “What’s your Facebook strategy?“. Today, you need answers to “What’s your iPhone strategy?”. I’ve got a few friends which I’ve passionately talked [...]

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Michel Bauwens P2P Foundation March 6th East Bay.

March 3, 2008

I met Michel Bauwens a couple of years ago in Belgium. The session focused on the future of P2P and I found it fascinating and refreshing. Visit www.p2pfoundation.net I found the contrast similar to US vs European views on KM. US is all about the systems. The Europeans more about people and intangibles. P2P with [...]

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What’s Your Brand Strategy for OpenSocial

November 1, 2007

While the buzz is huge today around OpenSocial the buzz reflects what Facebook has achieved. The marketing buzz that exists around OpenSocial confirms that marketers need to be seriously involved in Social Networks. Few still recognize it. It’s going to take at least three years for most to even catchup. In involves all of us. [...]

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Yahoo 100 Days and… We’re at 98!

October 22, 2007

98 days and counting. Just two to go. I doubted Yahoo’s hundred day plan on day two. Over the weekend I linked to two posts that further compounded my doubts. If we get a plan I still suspect it will be very 1.0 and not 2.0 focused. Why? It’s in the language. Yahoo Marketing Chief [...]

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