Article archive - page 4

Computers are finally becoming personal
Monday, January 10th 2011
After going back to work, it dawned on me that I hadn't used a computer for nearly two weeks - evident in the fact that I spent my first day back getting helplessly finger-twisted using a keyboard. Two weeks away from a…
How to avoid the Audience : Presenter Disconnect
Monday, October 18th 2010
I've just finished two fantastic days at Web Directions South, a conference that has great organisers, great participants and largely informative and inspirational presentations from experts in their respective Web…
I like where I think Sony is going
Thursday, October 7th 2010
This is one of my speculation fueled posts so I'm admitting that a lot of it is based on rumour, hearsay, wild prognostication and adding up 2+2+2+2 to equal 63. With that in mind on with the rest... Right now I'm…
If software is a race to $Zero, how do you create revenue?
Wednesday, September 29th 2010
Commodity values always drop towards their cost of production. Software eventually drops to $0 in value so how do you create revenue?
Thingstreams - the future of product / consumer dialogue
Tuesday, July 20th 2010
As consumers engage more directly with each other, how to brands understand what is happening in the "backchannel"?
A telling quarter for Android
Sunday, June 27th 2010
Most people looking at the mobile and smart phone sector focus on unit sales as an indicator of performance - I suggest that one also needs to look at apps. The number of available apps is a metric that shows developer…
Why Google is a more "typical" business than you think
Wednesday, June 23rd 2010
There's been some interesting reportage over the last couple of weeks around whether Google's decision to remove Windows from internal use as a supported desktop has wider ramifications for the future of Windows in…
Adobe - Narayen's kingdom for a plan...
Tuesday, April 13th 2010
Adobe's public fracas with Apple over lack of Flash on iThings and Google open sources V8 - it's been a tough couple of weeks for Adobe with no signs of getting better. Cries of "My kingdom for a plan" may just about to…
An Open Internet call to arms
Tuesday, March 23rd 2010
Having watched the trainwreck that is the Australian Internet Filter and Senator Conroy's single minded obsession to go down in history as the "man who removed free speech from Australia" I can't help but notice two…
iPad - ALMOST great
Thursday, January 28th 2010
The iPad hardware is outstanding in its simplicity but is a little weak presently on the software but will get better.