Category: The Narrative

Jeff has a summary of the panel at the TechCrunch party last week. It highlights some things others have said and why I wrote up my earlier post about finding c...

I was recently in Silicon Valley and was once again reminded of the self-reflective nature of the place – they fund folks in the Valley to run services in...

Chris lodged into my head the thought introducing the Internet to the developing world via the mobile phone. I’ve been preaching simple SMS- and browser-b...

Another great piece by Paul. The only thing that bugs me is: why do we all see this and still barrel along head-first into advanced mobile services? Does anyone...

Google is now in the unenviable position of being feared, loved, and hated as much as Microsoft and to a certain extent, Yahoo (GYM). But, while reading this an...

Link: Distraction Culture: Never alone?. The phone is very insistent – we cannot leave it alone. This is partly explained by McLuhan’s theory that the phone dem...

Link: Joho the Blog: Artificial buzz. To me the principle is straightforward: Intentionally giving people extrinsic reasons to hawk your products frays the trus...

How can we serve our customers if we aren’t sharing their lifestyle? I am thinking of the fusion of mobile and Internet. If you’re not a customer yo...

Link: MobHappy: The Stats Are In…. There’s been a boatload of studies and statistics released this week, the biggest being the annual Mobinet study ...