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…
Visual thinking on a global scale
Just found this masterpiece of visual explanation by Dan Roam in the Internet. The key is the demonstration of the power of the visual explanation. Personally, working in and with many global teams I spend a lot of time in teleconferences and…
99 reasons to buy
Cleaning up my desk I came across a flyer from the Bachler-Team, a training and consulting company from Austria. The flyer lists “99 Reasons to decide for the Bachler-Team”. Picking up the flyer when we had an off-site session at…
Theater in the Internet Age
Over the weekend I heard a radio interview with famous german theater actor Rolf Boysen. He will turn 90 the next days and had some great insights to share. However, the main point that struck me was not so much…