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Former Morgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker, now at Kleiner Perkins, just published her newest slideshow about the rise of mobile computing. A few observations: Slide 19: 60% of time spend on...
View ArticleDitto – the evolution of location-based services
I met Jyri Engestrom at the Monaco Media Forum late 2010. He was in the early development stages of Ditto and we talked about the idea of VRM, and how location-based services have to move into that...
View ArticleSXSW 2011: Appsocalypse Now
Hurricane Party, Liquid Space, View, Localmind, Situationist – just some of the apps I’ve downloaded in the last few days at South by Southwest. I’m sure I missed out on tons more. And I’m glad I did....
View ArticleGowalla: less badges, more stories
Josh Williams, founder and CEO of Gowalla, surprised the audience during his keynote with quotes like “Badges are bullshit.” and “Gamification isn’t cool.” What? For three days we heard that...
View ArticleSXSW 2011: Less technology, more socializing and real business
This fabulous illustrations courtesy of Ogilvy (via Brad Hill) I’m writing this a few hours after my return from Austin. As usual, SXSW was whirlwind of knowledge, brilliant minds, trial of new...
View ArticleThe long tail of Social Networking
First there were portals. AOL, Yahoo and all the other sites with names we don’t remember anymore. Then came Google. And now there’s Facebook. History has shown us that early dominance doesn’t...
View ArticleMedia buying agencies – The end is near. Or is it?
Yahoo!, the last traditional media company, is in deep trouble. Just like AOL, MSN and Forbes.com – dinosaurs founded in a time where media agencies had to manage scarcity. The Yahoo! Homepage used to...
View ArticleThe user data bubble
“(In the publishing business) the readers are the product, and the customers are the advertisers.” – Dave Winer It started with Path last week, and now we learned that Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare,...
View ArticleSXSW 2012: The need for calm technology Part 1
2012 was supposed to be the year of stalking apps for the hyper-networking types: Glancee, Highlight, Banjo – you name it. Once we arrived at SXSW, we would use these platforms to meet new people,...
View ArticleDon’t be everywhere. Just be where your research tells you to be.
A few weeks ago, I started working with a new client, a mid-size business. They started using Social Media a few years back and, over time, developed presences on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ YouTube,...
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