Here is another interesting talk from TED. Tom Wujec analyses the Marshmallow Challenge (www.marshmallowchallenge.com) and what it takes to succeed. [media id=2 ] . My three take-aways for successful innovation: prototyping and early feedback incentives do not improve the result,…
Robot emotions, no ?!
Just came across this interesting talk by Dennis Mong at TEDxNASA [media id=1 ] . Besides liking the overall talk, one very specific moment touched me. Roughly at 9:44 DARwIn 2a an autonomous robot scores his first goal in 2006.…
Push Notifications: Amazon, Apple and Android moving forward
Amazon just announced and released the next service on their Web Services / Cloud Service for Notifications (Amazon SNS), giving applications http- or email-notifications for free (up to a limit). At the recent keynote announcing the new iPhone OS 4…
Mobile Payment: Make your iPhone a Credit Card Reader
Mobile Payment has been a topic in the mobile telco industry for the last 10 years with several attempts on standardized APIs and a few successful implementation in some countries. Now this area of potential mobile operator unique value-add is…
The Beauty of Organization
Over at Design Thinking Tim Brown (Ideo’s CEO) asked the question about the beauty of organisations. I have started to think about a similar question concerning business models so I dropped a few thoughts as comments. Still working on finding…
Google meets the Telco Industry
Today I found time to watch the complete recording of Eric Schmidt’s (CEO of Google) appearance at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February. Already commented heavily as “Google got the heat from Telco” (here) I was surprised to see that in…
The collapse of organisation: awesome must read
Just came across this outstanding analysis of Clay Shirky. It covers many interesting aspects of how the Internet effects traditional, complex business models. He compares business models with old cultures (e.g. Mayas, Romans) and uses the theories of Joseph Tainter about…
The next thing Apple would do ?
Engadget and AppleInsider report of an Apple filing of a head-mounted iPhone dock patent (or here). Is this the next thing Apple would do ? Considering how many cool augmented reality apps we have seen and discussed at he MobileMonday Germany…