Antony Slumbers: It’s the smartphone that will determine how ‘a sense of place’ is experienced. Think about the questions above; they cover the variables that determine how successful a place is. At the human level, they are what all…
internet of things
A collection of 9 posts
Productive Social Business and the Post*Shift launch
When some of the social media gurus of the world started proclaiming that “social business was dead” a while back, my immediate thought was “this is where it gets interesting”. Why? Well, when the shiny suited bandwagon jumpers move on…
#leweb - Tony Fadell's Nest is reinventing the home
Liveblog of Tony Fadell interview at LeWeb Paris 2013 Making the boring fascinating Nest is all about creating and reinnovating unloved products in the home. There are many products that we grew up with that are still exactly the same.…
The new, small Nokia looks really interesting
Well, now, I might actually have a future as a tech blogger and analyst after all. Last Saturday, I wrote a piece for Next Conference, speculating that the big push that that Nokia was giving its Here Auto in-car system…
Brian Solis: you need to build experiences
Brian Solis, Principal, Altimeter Group Computers are everywhere. Data is everywhere. Unless you use the stream of data to help you provide better experiences and change people’s behaviour, it’s just data. What are we going to do with…
Sigfox - building a new network for the internet of things: cheap
So we need a separate network for the internet of things? Ludovic le Moan, ceo of Sigfox, thinks so. Most internet of things products use existing networks. Around us their are many object, and most of them are deaf and…
DJ Patil: the internet of things will be our superpowers
Dr. DJ Patil, Data Scientist in Residence, Greylock Partners Our world is becoming an instrumented lifecycle. We are becoming the internet of things by surrounding ourselves with sensors, and using that data to get better insights about ourselves. We talk…
Paris: the city of the internet of things?
It seems slightly unbelieveable that, in just over a week’s time, I’ll be in Paris for Le Web. This year has gone unbelieveably fast, but I’m looking forward to attending for the first time entirely on my…