Catching the Vision of What Tablets Can Represent
A month or two ago I submitted an offer to buy a house. I received the paperwork about an hour before the submission deadline. Five years ago I would have needed to meet someone in person to sign the required paperwork. Or possibly I might have been able to receive the paperwork electronically but I […]
The Iterative Nature of Technology – Stopping what you Started
With a rapid rate of technological change, comes another technological development. In the digital world that we now live in, it has become common we often create technology to stop other technology from working which in turn spawns additional innovation designed at stopping that technology from working. Wide deployment of home telephony spawned the creation […]
A Quick Thought on the Future of UltraHD
Much of the focus on UltraHD to-date has been on resolution. Even the nomenclature – 4K – is a focus on resolution. I’ve seen dozens are articles written in the popular press that – in attempting to convey UltraHD attributes to the layperson – describe UltraHD in terms of Full HD (ie 1080P). These articles […]
A Week With Chromecast and the Implications for Media
I’m at the beach this week and took along my Chromecast. A few thoughts from the week: It works awesome. A very seamless experience. I used the new iOS app to set it up and it worked perfectly from the start. A great user experience which will enable it to go a very long way. […]
Insights from Apple’s (Past) Quarterly Financial Results
Apple released quarterly results for their fiscal third quarter yesterday. While a tremendous amount of ink has been spilled dissecting every ounce of the most recently concluded quarter as well as pontificating about the implications, I thought it worthwhile to look back over the last 15 quarters to see if any insights might be gleaned. Here […]
August is the New September…Which was the New March…
For many tech categories, new models were historically announced at the beginning of the year and then brought to market in the Spring period (March/April). I think some if not all of this timing was driven by the need to sufficiently inventory the supply chain in advance of the holiday season. A few years ago […]
This Week in Sensors
Charge your smartphone by creating electricity through walking Pixie Scientific has developed a diaper to detect possible urinary tract infections, kidney dysfunctions, and dehydration sensors for turning plain surfaces into low-cost touchscreens Wimoto motes – series of $39 sensors for measuring climate, plant growing conditions, moister, motion, etc (CNET and their first and second indiegogo […]
The Distracted Mind
I’ve been meaning to write about these studies for several days – but I keep getting distracted. Read more about the impact of technology and distraction here and here.
Assorted Links and Thoughts on Second Screen
Most think of a second screen experience as one narrowly defined around viewing and engaging with content related to what is happening on a different (first) screen at the same time. Just see the first paragraph of the Wikipedia page for “second screen:” Second screen, sometimes also referred to as “companion device” (or “companion apps” […]
Assorted Links
IHS IMS Research predicts Google Glass will sell 50K units in 2012, 124K in 2013, 434,000 in 2014, 2.17 million in 2015, and 6.6 million in 2016. Forecast seems low in the near-term years and high for the further out years in my opinion. The Ten Commandments of sales from Dan Cole AT&T recently launched their home […]
