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Now or never: harnessing growth opportunities in retail
Tuesday, April 16th 2024
Amidst a wave of layoffs in the tech sector, retail and consumer businesses have a unique chance to leverage cutting-edge technology and talent, creating an opportunity for growth and innovation.
A 10 minute read (2.5k words).
ChatGPT and Generative AI in the enterprise
Sunday, February 12th 2023
There is a lot of opportunity for Generative AI from a business technology perspective. Talking with other technology leaders, we discuss what risks and rewards may exist.
A 1 minute read (207 words).
On a post-flash world and Adobe's place within it
Tuesday, October 4th 2011
Sacred cows in the Adobe world finally appear to be on the BBQ. Recent signals from the tooling company suggest Flash may finally be about to die - and not too soon.
A 3 minute read (800 words).
Microsoft “buys” Nokia for $0B - what this means for mobile.
Saturday, February 12th 2011
Windows Mobile 7 is the latest incarnation of the Microsoft mobile platform that started in the late 90s as Windows CE. It has always had relatively good penetration in the mobile business sector and has been the…
A 4 minute read (1.0k words).
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?
A 5 minute read (1.3k words).
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…
A 4 minute read (1.1k words).
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…
A 3 minute read (679 words).
2010 will be the year Apple and Google have a cage fight
Sunday, December 20th 2009
The pre-match slanging is pretty much over and the location of the fight has been chosen. 2010 is going to be the year Apple and Google finally stop dancing around and actually get in the ring. Unlike a nice clean…
A 2 minute read (635 words).
AdMob purchase opens door to new funding models
Monday, November 9th 2009
The AdMob purchase by Google paves the way for some interesting developer funding opportunities
A 2 minute read (503 words).
Web Directions South 2009 - Cloud Sourcing the Business
Friday, October 9th 2009
I recently gave a presentation at Web Directions South which was fantastic (the conference I'm referring to here!). The session was on cloud computing and I hope everyone got something out of it. I've put the…
A 23 minute read (6.1k words).
Why industries can still be revolutionised on the web
Tuesday, February 12th 2008
I'm a bit of a cynic really. Anyone that's trawled through the depths of this blog will know that I have a fairly acid tongue when it comes to technology. I am a walking example of the phrase "familiarity breeds contempt…
A 3 minute read (864 words).
PCI DSS will wreak havoc on SMEs
Friday, November 30th 2007
One of my clients was asking me about PCI DSS certification today. Coincidentally I also received our letter about compulsory compliance to the PCI DSS standard. Both of us are what are termed "Level 4 Merchants" - that…
A 3 minute read (853 words).
Please nokia slap me again - no really
Thursday, February 15th 2007
I love Nokia phones. In fact you could probably say that I have had a love affair with Nokia devices for over the last 10 years ever since my first one. Typically they sum up everything that is important to me about…
A 2 minute read (503 words).