At The Speed Of Next — Take 1

From time to time, I plan to do a quick tour of links that provoke (at least for me) some moments of surprise, alarm or pause. Many of the points I present under this banner (At The Speed Of Next) could easily be news items or stimulating ideas for which I have more...

Success. Failure. Bust. Boom.

In their overview blog post from Techonomy 2012,  Sarah Evelyn Harvey and Adrienne Burke describe it as “a conference about how the exponential pace of technology process makes possible a new world. We are gathering a diverse group of expert voices for a...

Big Data and Design Thinking

Big data analytics is big now in the digital world. Take a moment to think about all the data being collected somewhere every minute about people’s transactions, purchases, complaints, bookings, cancellations, preferences and requests. The chance to harness all...

Does Facebook have a future? (Part 2 of 2)

In my last post, I reported on comments made in an interview by two senior Facebook leaders (one the Chief Operating Officer, the other a board member) regarding the company’s critical need to monetise its one-billion-member base. I noted that Facebook (at...