Posted in mobile on Jul 22nd, 2009
We are a culture distracted. I want to share a few examples of how communication technology is reshaping our culture, reshaping media, and reshaping productivity and identity.
I observe these changes every day, and am beginning to see connections. Here are just a few examples of mobile phone use in everyday situations:
Employees texting or receiving phone [...]
Posted in innovation, mobile on Jul 10th, 2008
A month ago the iPhone 3G was announced.
During the announcement presentation, the Internet was sometimes described as a “cloud,” that can store information, and is universally present.
And I can’t help but feel that soon, we will all live in the clouds.
Clouds that follow us, and become the center of our lives.
Your files and documents will [...]
Posted in mobile on Apr 6th, 2008
I find myself thinking more an more about the iPhone, and my increasing desire to always be connected to the web. Not just to email – but to a search engine, to interactive maps, to news sources, to text messaging, to social networks, and to things like online classifieds. These things are as much a [...]
Posted in citizen journalism, journalism, mobile, news on Jan 10th, 2008
Journalists are finding success with pocket-sized tools that allow them to report on stories from almost anywhere in the world.
Reuters is having their reporters experiment with a “mobile journalism toolkit,” which allows reporting in text, audio, video and photos:
The Mobile Journalism Toolkit contents, which include a Nokia N95 phone, Nokia SU-8W folding keyboard, a small [...]
Posted in mobile, social networks, twitter on Dec 16th, 2007
As more location features become available for our mobile devices, there is excitement and a shift in how we connect with others. Google’s My Location tracks where you are, and gives you the following data instantly:
Real-time traffic — See where the congestion is, and estimate delays in over 30 major US metropolitan areas.
Detailed directions — [...]
Google avoids creating their own cell phone, but may reap greater success than a single moble device ever could:
“…the Internet giant has cemented an alliance with 33 partners, the question is whether they will follow through on its attempt to change the rules of the game.”
“After months of anticipation, a group including Google and a [...]
Posted in customer experience, mobile on Oct 23rd, 2007
Two interesting posts today about the affect of cell phones on our social lives:
Mark Glaser feels that Cell Phones Are Killing Face-to-Face Interactions:
“What was once something you did in private or during downtime has now become an obsession. We all need to find out what else is going on at other locations, to the detriment [...]
Posted in innovation, mobile on Oct 22nd, 2007
Walt Mossberg looks the state of the US cell phone market:
“…the result has been a mobile phone system that is the direct opposite of the PC model. It severely limits consumer choice, stifles innovation, crushes entrepreneurship, and has made the U.S. the laughingstock of the mobile-technology world, just as the cellphone is morphing into a [...]
There is a swarm of rumors around an upcoming mobile phone from Google, that could be similar to Apple’s iPhone, without the hefty price and AT&T contract lock-in:
“Google could sit tight and count its pennies, not unlike what Microsoft did during its heyday, or it could push forward, beyond the desktop and into the mobile [...]
Posted in mobile on Aug 16th, 2007
The New York Times has a fascinating look at how marketers are using mobile phones to deliver information at events, and engage audiences in new ways. Any company that deals in data and information can take note of how powerful these examples are, and think of ways that they can reach their core audience in [...]