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View ArticleThree trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic Income
Something to read and ponder this weekend. The digitization of our economy will bring with it a new generation of radical economic ideologies, of which Bitcoin is arguably the first. For those with...
View ArticleSkype says it will kill its Desktop API by end of 2013 | Skype’s Burning...
My Notes from Delicious: “SUMMARY: It started life as Skype Public API in 2004 and was reborn in 2011, but it is time for Skype Desktop API to sail into the sunset. Yes, Microsoft is killing it and...
View ArticleIt’s time for enterprises to come on in to the (activity) stream. |...
My Notes from Delicious: “Fast-forward to today. If you’re reading this post, odds are you found it in an activity stream. You found it as a link shared via Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. (Or AppNet,...
View ArticleDoes P&G Need Product Innovation or Strategic Innovation? – Forbes
My Notes from Delicious: “More likely, P&G needs innovation in its business system—downstream, upstream, internal, or all three. For example, maybe it needs innovation in how it distributes its...
View ArticleManage Your Smart Home with a Single Gesture | Just hope the dog and cat...
My Notes from Delicious: “A team of University of Washington (U.W.) computer scientists is developing just such a system (pdf). Dubbed “WiSee,” the system uses a modified wireless router to receive...
View ArticleWill a Camera get you to leave your iPhone or Galaxy for a Nokia Lumia 1020?...
The announcement of the Nokia Lumia 1020 apparently takes miniaturized camera’s ahead in ways not easily followed. This post in The Register outlines the technology and what’s been achieved. So the...
View ArticleTo Predict The Future Of Technology, Figure Out How People Will Use It...
My Notes from Delicious: “As a futurist, I try to think beyond the designers notes when it comes to the impacts of emerging technologies. I find that it’s often useful to imagine the unintended,...
View ArticleReboot Your Social Self! – How to? – What’s your advice?
This question…. How do you reboot your social self? I’ve been pondering and playing around with for a while. Particularly as I’d effectively withdrawn from social media updates and conversation, and my...
View ArticleWhy Everybody Loves Tesla | a car built outside industry rules #innovation
“Cars were the last unconnected devices,” says Aaron Platshon, a former Tesla employee who went on to found an auto-sharing startup. “Now they’re coming online and opening up a huge number of...
View ArticleYachting: Team NZ set new speed record
Too bad it will not be the event that was dreamed of. This boat is fast! Go NZ! Emirates Team NZ set a new speed record in their solo sail in the America’s Cup today. Read Original Post.
View ArticleHow Tesla makes a Car via Wired | What’s next? Shareable Innovation?
This is impressive! It’s been years since I stepped inside an auto plant. It looks similar and yet robots are doing things (like installing windscreens and seats) that are simply WOW. Definitely don’t...
View ArticleInnovation is evolution not revolution | It’s rhetorical depending on your...
My quick answer to Steve’s post (via Facebook): What’s revolutionary to some is evolutionary to others. As has been quoted many times before. The future is unevenly distributed. Those that fail to...
View ArticleThe Future of TV – Is in the remote – Are these predictions or wishful...
Speculation around Apple TV is rife, with little deeper thought (see Links at end). I’m adding to it! If you have an iPhone and iTunes you may have experimented with Apple’s “Remote” app. If you have...
View ArticleBrad Templeton – Report from TRB’s workshop on automated road vehicles |...
My Notes from Delicious: “The final presentation was from the DoT on the roadmap they are building for research on these cars. It was a reasonable roadmap, except there was the too-frequent...
View ArticleIn 20 Years, We’re All Going To Realize This Apple Ad Is Nuts
My Notes from Delicious: “This is it. This is what matters. The experience of a product.” These are the opening words of Apple’s heartstring-tugging “Designed In California” commercial. Read them to...
View ArticleLet Taylor Swift Help You Break Up With Your Strategic Plan | Fast Company |...
Why read this post? “Strategy does not require an understanding of trends. Trends whisper promises of futures that may not come to pass. Strategy requires a confrontation and a grappling with...
View ArticleHigh-End Stores Use Facial Recognition Tools To Spot VIPs : All Tech...
My Notes from Delicious: “In the retail setting, the database of customers’ faces is comprised of celebrities and valued customers, according to London’s Sunday Times. If a face is a match, the...
View Article“Tools for the Connected Age in Every Pocket” | Thinking About Microsoft’s...
I once got what Microsoft was all about. They wanted to put a computer on every desk. And they did. I really believe strategy is about being single minded and making choices. If Microsoft now said we...
View ArticleA Real Internet Of Things For The Developing World
My Notes from Delicious: Imagine if we were all connected by a network of pilot-less aircraft that could deliver anything you needed directly to your house. It’s coming…. Read Original Post.
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