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Matthieu (Genève, Suisse): Facebook down 18%, Fingers pointing and clutching at straws

nospam@example.com (Matthieu (Genève, Suisse)) — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:30:24 +0100

Times may certainly get interesting in a twisted sort of way, I didn't completely expect the NASDAQ glitch to be honest, we'll see how long this lasts...

james JEROME HEWITT: Discovering your Inner Dinosaurs

nospam@example.com (james JEROME HEWITT) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:31:12 +0100

[TOP LVEL] TYRANNOSAURUS REX IS MY FAVORITE DINOSAURS

Armin: SocNet Privacy Blockers - Whoops, there goes the business model

nospam@example.com (Armin) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:46:39 +0100

It's a bit ironic though that such a gushing report about the virtues of privacy and control of your own data come from a tech blog which has outsourced their comment system to, yes, that's right, to Facebook. Or in other word, you need to have a Facebook account to comment on their blog. Oh, the irony...

Nico Macdonald: The Zenith of the App

nospam@example.com (Nico Macdonald) — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:51:53 +0100

I largely agree. To an extent is is also a mindshare issue. When you have a handful of apps a service will be easier to get to from a smartphone home screen than launching a browser and finding the related bookmark. Like all ease-of-use innovations app mindshare will eventually be overwhelmed, not least by opportunists. (Note how many apps are really just frames for Web interfaces.) Take publishing, where we went from bookmarks to email newsletters, then RSS feeds, with a little detour via Widgets, to Twitter 'feeds'. The latter is now overwhelmed and will result in its gradual decline. That said, we do have a lot to learn about quality of experience from apps, and only a few Web interfaces (and I am thinking of Twitter's here) come anywhere close. Also, as it did early on with its Human Interface Guidelines from MacOS, Apple has brought a consistency and quality to app user interfaces we have never had with the Web.

David Jennings: Kony2012, Social Media Campaigning and Pandora's boxes

nospam@example.com (David Jennings) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:34:47 +0000

Really like your analysis here, Alan (right down to the small Casablanca quote) - Thanks!

Ollie Glass: Big Data - Big opportunity?

nospam@example.com (Ollie Glass) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:06:32 +0000

"...often the culture, mindset and busines models are too differemt/difficult for the company to easily assimilate them"

As a technology practitioner this point deeply resonates with me. All sorts of relatively simple technologies, like using ctrl-f to find text in a page, are unknown and unused by most people ("Only one in 10 know what Ctrl-F does" - http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/only-one-in-10-know-what-ctrlf-does--here-are-shortcuts-you-should-know-20111130-1o69d.html?rand=1322711877838). Countless hours are wasted by people recreating functions with tedious manual labour.

I'm interested to see how this plays out with Big Data - what kinds of user experience, cultural, mindset changes might support and come out of it's adoption?

Antony Mayfield: The New iPad 4

nospam@example.com (Antony Mayfield) — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:07:34 +0000

A marvellous ad device? We're still doing that wishful thinking routine?

Alan p: Ten Media Trends for 2012 redux

nospam@example.com (Alan p) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:25:10 +0000

I foolishly got out of the habit of writing it ( too busy, no New news) but Yes the Less Change in 2, more in 10 is something I see over and over - I think it's really just a description of the S curve.

We spend a lot of our time with clients trying to see not just where/ when the First few % change, but if it is sustainable ( or at least get to have a go at jumping the chasm)

We've been advising large clients in the space since 2005, the major drivers of "social" success - as with all big workflow changes - is whether they can do the top down culture shift (what is rewarded, where power is really held, is there the stomach to cannibalise comfortable channels etc etc)

Nic Brisbourne: Ten Media Trends for 2012 redux

nospam@example.com (Nic Brisbourne) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:35:45 +0000

Hi Alan - long time no see

I had foolishly got out of the habit of reading your blog, but I'm back now. One of my resolutions for 2012 is to engage more with views and opinions that are contrary to my own.

So... reading your comments on the trends above, it seems in general you are saying yes you believe in the trends, but that they will be less powerful than people are saying in the short term. Over estimating short term change (and being disappointed) whilst under estimating the long term (and being surprised) seems to be built deep into the human DNA.

As an investor my task is to estimate when the first few percentages of a market shift, as that is the period when the winning startups make their play.

On social media and the enterprise specifically I think the big corporations are starting to embrace the opportunity. Companies like Tesco and Marks and Spencer have large initiatives sponsored at the highest levels. Note that I'm biased though. We have an investment servicing this market (Conversocial).

Steve G: Scrub your Google data on 29 Feb or else!

nospam@example.com (Steve G) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:54:34 +0000

There is no Web History to remove if you never turned it on