Brendan Mitchell blog

Category: Drivel

  • Connection, Communication, Consolidation, Convergence, Context

    Last week I was presenting my thoughts & ideas on future tech & trends with a client, so I thought I’d share them here… but let’s look at where we’ve come from, where we are now & where we appear to be heading. Connection: Advent of the internet; Arpanet (1969), email (1972), internet mainstream (circa…

  • It’s The Way I Roll

    What do you get when you take a musician, his band, a friend with a cool central London rooftop pad, a couple of digital cameras, and a very (VERY) hot sunny afternoon? Answer: a photo-shoot and two music videos! Tech has totally changed the photography & video landscapes, it’s a far cry from the 20…

  • What iWant iWatch To Be, Not a Watch!

    While very beautiful, the image above is not what I want a wearable from Apple (or any other manufacturer) to be, and I very much doubt Apple would produce it, not because they couldn’t, but because it doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t serve any additional purpose, users already have an iPhone in their pocket, why…

  • iBeacons, Apple’s Stealth NFC Killer (Plus a Retailers Dream!)

    I’ve an iOS developers account, so I’ve been playing around with iOS7 for a month or so, and have to say it’s pretty good, there’s still a way to go yet and there’s still a few bugs to iron out, plus I’m glad to see the back of all that digital felt & leather! But that’s not why…

  • Creating Software With a Soul

    I’ve been asked a few times before to explain the difference between UI & UX, but I think this amusing little video says it perfectly “Creating Software with a Soul” by Lyle

  • Resigned to Viral Marketing

    Fed up with a boss that wouldn’t listen, by being too focussed on viewing numbers and not quality content, Marina Shifrin decided to quit… but rather than simply writing an email giving her reasons why, she created a video herself to get her point across… and with 13,000,000 views in 5 days, she’s obviously getting…

  • What You Lookin’ At?

    Now here’s a neat use for a lenticular poster

  • Do You Know Where You’re Going?

    Alice asked the Chesire Cat, who was sitting in a tree. “What road do I take?” “Where do you want to go?” the cat asked. “I don’t know” Alice answered. “Then, it really doesn’t matter, does it?” said the cat. If your destination or goals are vague, then the decisions you make will reflect that. You…

  • You Get What You Pay For

    I know this has been floating around for a while, but looking at it again this morning I thought I should share it in case anyone missed it first time round. You can apply this to most things in life, you get what you pay for, if you pay peanuts, don’t be surprised when you…

  • It’s Time to Throw in the Tau

    I generally keep this to myself, but I’m actually a bit of a maths geek at heart… Hey, where are you going? come back here… don’t worry I’m not about to bore you with loads of maths I promise. Today is Tau day, 28th June, although you have to use that weird back to front…