Brendan Mitchell blog

Tag: Mobile

  • 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…

  • The Next Train Will Arrive in the Vegetable Aisle

    Hate grocery shopping? Hate waiting for public transport? Then why not combine them and make them twice as bad? ah, but elementary maths tells us that adding two negatives creates a positive! This is a really simple, yet very effective way to get customers to try out Tesco’s online retail store. Perfect for South Korea,…

  • Facebook Mobile Event

    So what will MZ of Facebook be announcing in less than an hour?  Hopefully an iPhone app that’s worth using!

  • Did You Know, Shift Happens

    As I’m a bit of a closet statistics junkie & as these videos have been bouncing around the web for the past 2-3 years, I thought I’d compile a post with some of the best. Did You Know? 3.0 (Official Video) -2009 Edition [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHmwZ96_Gos] Did You Know 4.0 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQFTUJK9TkI] Did You Know 4.0 (Convergence) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8]…

  • Associated Media vs Social Media

    I don’t think the term “Social Media” is applicable anymore, fair enough it evolved from the early online community sites, but the term now encompasses virtually all manner of web 2.0, blogs, data aggregation services etc, most of which have nothing to do with being social, so it’s much more than a way to connect…

  • The Social Media Revolution Fad

    As I’ve re-quoted before “Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital“ Aaron Levenstein This video makes compelling reading/watching, but read between the lines, there’s more to this than meets the eye, major changes are unfolding in the social media environment, information/data/ID aggregation is becoming the new hot…

  • Wave Goodbye to Closed Networks

    Google said they’d have something interesting to demo at the Google IO Dev Conference, oh boy they weren’t kidding… Hello to Google Waves! The Video below is 1.5hrs long, but it’s worth a look, as this will change everything. I’ve been harping on for ages about data aggregation & building open platforms without walls, with…

  • You talkin’ da me?

    Have a meeting you need to get out of? Want to show off your new mobile or ring tone? Need to convince people that not only your mother & call centres have your mobile number? Have a blind date you just might need rescuing from? Or simply low self esteem & just want someone to…

  • How many SMS messages will be sent on New Years Eve 2008/9

    On New Years Eve 2008, an estimated 43 billion SMS messages where sent globally! Which was up 30% on 2007, but the rise wasn’t evenly spread… Portugal tripled and The Netherlands doubled. Developing nations are by far the fastest expanding mobile markets, India’s 220 million mobile subscribers sent over a billion, a 300% rise on…

  • This is How We Roll in India

    I saw this clip the other day on Top Gear, if you’ve not seen it, then get ready to be impressed! impressed by shear stupidity!! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klteYv1Uv9A]