Archive for March, 2011

  • Harnessing the power of location-based services to create communities

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    Recently I found myself in a very interesting brainstorming session about how to target and provide solutions for specific personas. One of the problems for a particular persona was how to get somebody to look after her kid who fell ill when she had to go to work. So the idea of a “super nanny “app which would help to locate nannies around the area came up.

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  • Takings from Mobile Monday: Keep taking the tablets

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    Here I am back from an event by Mobile Monday: Keep taking the tablets.

    Lots of good and interesting discussions around a panel which was led by Leila Makki of Telecom TV and consisted of:

    • David Gibbs, Director of Mobile Applications and Services, BSkyB,
    • Matt Pollitt, Account Director at UsTwo,
    • Rimma Perelmuter, Executive Director, Mobile Entertainment Forum,
    • David Roth-Ey, Group Digital Director, Harper CollinsĀ and
    • Mark Payton, Editorial Director, Haymarket Consumer Media.

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  • Apps… the new way to access the web

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    So I had this friend who called me up and wanted to buy an iPhone or HTC Desire HD (Android OS). He wanted to know which phone between the two he should get. I have to mention that my friend is an average phone user and not very techy yet he knew what android was and it was the other alternative OS to an iPhone. Here are details of the conversation…

    Me: “So why do you want to use a smartphone, you only use your phone to call your wife anyway?”

    Friend: “I want be able to access internet because at work I can’t deal with my shares since they blocked the sites. I want something fast or even better an app.”

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  • RSS: Please update your RSS reader address

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    The RSS feed address has been updated to http://feeds.feedburner.com/dharmeshsb. It has been moved to feedburner which makes things so easier as it allows me to follow how many subscribers there is on the RSS. Thanks for updating.