By Ian, on July 23rd, 2010 Just a quick post to draw your attention to this presentation about Shanzhai phones in China. Shanzhai means something like ‘mountain hideout’ and they are a kind of guerrilla class of new devices appearing on the streets of Beijing. The designs range from the batshit-crazy (but, yes, I want one): Continue reading Shanzhai Surprise By Ian, on July 22nd, 2010 It’s not too hard to connect this, which arrived in my inbox today: with this, which arrived in my spam box today: Continue reading Five Reasons Social Media gets Gamed By Ian, on July 15th, 2010 Check out this forthcoming phone from Indian mobile manufacturer, Lava: Notice anything unusual compared to the normal Nokia/Blackberry fare? Continue reading Mobile before PC By Ian, on July 9th, 2010
Should people be allowed to be anonymous online? World of Warcraft developer Blizzard seems somewhat undecided. Earlier this week, it introduced a Real ID scheme that would force people to post under their real names on its forums. Following widespread protests at this movement of goalposts — from pretty-much 12mn of Continue reading The Big WoW By Ian, on July 2nd, 2010  It used to contain my test of the Guardian news feed WordPress plugin. De-activating the plugin disables all the articles connected to it, as shown here, changes the title of your post, removes the tags, all the content (not just the feed content, but whatever you had to say about it, too) and the Continue reading This article has been withdrawn By Ian, on July 1st, 2010
You’ll have come across the stories, talks and interviews about Clay Shirky’s new book: Cognitive Surplus. I think that all of us get – and recognise – the basic idea. Most of us spend/waste so very much time watching television. That’s typically pretty passive. However, an increasing number of Continue reading Looking for my Cognitive Surplus | About this BlogSocial tools, devices and web evolution are creating epochal change in media, society and business. The plan is to hide under the floorboards till it’s all over document some of the interesting parts of that change. More…. |
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