So what’s the Name That Place all about? The elevator pitch is this – a simple game of ‘i-spy’ but brought u to date by playing with your mobile or computer. Looking at i-spy from the online p.o.v., it came with a ready made container – a car or a room; and a ready made community of players, passengers or fiends. And with mobile phones, mobile apps, and geo-tagging the… Continue reading
I was there!
I got to attend the BLN Lean Start-Up event last night, with Eric Ries presenting his thoughts to an audience of entrepreneurs. I talked to one attendee who’d flown in from an unnamed European country just for the event, and a lawyer who’d changed from smart casual into a suit and tie. In other words I was just there to listen, and here’s what I heard… Continue reading
Check out this event at the journo-driven Frontline Club on the 1st of Feb:
“Named one of Time magazine’s top 100 most influential people, Wael Ghonim, is credited with having sparked Egypt’s revolution with a Facebook page he dedicated to a victim of the regime’s violence.
“The ‘We are all Khaled Said’ Facebook page that he created after the… Continue reading
Matt’s presentation from the BCS Internet SG meeting in Sept 2010 (Ahead in the Cloud with Amazon Web Services/PDF, 9.3MB).
“Since 2006, Amazon Web Services have been providing on demand, pay-as-you-go infrastructure to businesses of all sizes. This talk will introduce Amazon’s cloud platform and discuss how organisations can make use of Amazon’s massive scale and operational experience to iterate quickly and build highly scalable services.
“Your… Continue reading
Now this sounds like an interesting BCS event covering cyber-security with Gareth Lapworth from De Montfort University, clearly surveying the collateral damage with an expert eye. Should be epic!
“2011 was a fun year in computer security. The term “epic” doesn’t quite do it enough justice, but it’s the best term we’ve got. The… Continue reading
I’ve picked up on a few articles recently in the likes of WSJ and TechCrunch in particular, suggesting that the rise of mobile price comparison apps has finally come of age:
“How brick and mortar stores are going to be able to personalize and make the in-store shopping experience unique is through data, in my opinion. It’s no longer about creating a mobile web site or offering coupons… Continue reading
I borrowed these top ten from inbound marketing experts Hubspot. Do you have any Facebook business tips you’d like to add?
1. Be interactive, fun and helpful. When people reach your Facebook page… Continue reading
I had the great privilege of test driving a Tesla Roadster today with the help of Gian. Of course it does 60 mph in 3.7 seconds – check out the full official Tesla Roadster spec here. We chatted through some of the benefits, and afterwards I made a quick note of the top ten benefits from the… Continue reading
Please note I am a fan of Tesla (see my snap above on holiday in Amsterdam) and reading about their success in Wired magazine in September last year.
Indeed, when one of the guys at eBay showed off the eBay sponsored sports car last year I wrote to Tesla suggesting they come on… Continue reading