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Posted in Opinions, Personal Management on Feb 10th, 2011
Apologies up front. This is probably a bit of a rant but I hope there’s a serious point to be gotten at here. Last night, I was at Techmeetup presenting the rough plan for the startupcafe mobile app. I have to say, I got a bit of a curious reaction. Let me give a bit [...]
Posted in Opinions on Feb 9th, 2011
Wow, I’ve been really interested to read the responses to our predictions for 2011 series. Rather than just hiding them in the comments, I thought I would gather together all the comments and my replies in one place. So here goes … [Ed: I actually wrote this a while ago but its taken a few [...]
Posted in Opinions on Jan 12th, 2011
This is the last instalment of my predictions for the big tech trends this year. To recap, they have been: 1. Home Entertainment Embracing the Second Screen 2. Gamification of Everything 3. The Rise of Multi-user, Multi-device apps 4. A Re-Focus on Non-Smartphones 5. Massive Growth of iOS Content Management Systems Everyone wants an iPhone [...]
Posted in Opinions on Jan 11th, 2011
This is the fourth instalment of my predictions for big tech trends for 2011. You can read predictions 1, 2 and 3 respectively. 4. A Re-Focus on Non-Smartphones Remember the days when you didn’t have a smartphone? I only switched over to an iPhone in Nov (let me add that this was after some cruel [...]
Posted in Opinions on Jan 10th, 2011
This is the third instalment of my predictions for big tech trends in 2011. Read prediction 1 and prediction 2 as well … 3. The Rise of Multi-user, Multi-device Tablet Applications Multi-user games and apps are not new (just look at World of Warcraft), but alongside the rise of the new multi-touch tablets, a new type of [...]
Posted in Opinions on Jan 9th, 2011
Yesterday I posted my first prediction for big technology trends for 2o11 – home entertainment embracing the 2nd screen. Today’s trend is … 2. Gamification of everything I was first introduced to the concept of Gamification back in Nov by Alicia Dudek at one of the Girl Geek Dinners. In brief, gamification is the use [...]
Posted in Opinions on Jan 8th, 2011
So, the naugties are over and we’re heading straight into 2011. Over the next five days, I’m going to writing about what I think will be the next big tech trends this coming year. 1. Home entertainment embracing the Second screen CES 2011 has already seen titles like “tablet wars“. The iPad has made the tablet [...]
Posted in Opinions on Dec 25th, 2010
The advent calendar chocolates are all gone now, which can only mean one thing… Merry Christmas!! Ok, it could also mean I got hungry mid-month, but I’ve been good this year [Santa, take note]. Hmmm that brings me to thinking about the presents under the tree this morning, both for me and from me. Anything [...]
Posted in Opinions on Dec 22nd, 2010
My dad is full of good lessons. I’m sure I didn’t appreciate it as a kid, but I am starting to pay better attention to our breakfast conversations. Yesterday’s lesson was the following: The only reason to have a job as an employee is so you can learn the business and go out and do [...]
Posted in Opinions on Dec 12th, 2010
Recently, one topic I’ve been spending an increasing amount of time thinking about is how to encourage non-coders to code. In my startup life, I am lucky enough to meet a variety of people from different backgrounds – some in management, marketing etc – some starting their own companies for the first time. Unsurprisingly, most [...]
Introducing Float alpha:
Yesterday, Edinburgh-based startup Float opened its doors to a select group of alpha testers.
The service, an add-on to popular accountin...