apophenia: "Born Digital" by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser (10)
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I am pleased to announce that John Palfrey and Urs Gasser's Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives is out in the wild! This book grows out of the digital natives project at the Berkman Center (with which I am loosely affiliated). "Born Digital" investigates what it means to grow up in a mediated culture and the ways in which technology inflects issues like privacy, safety, intellectual property, media creation, and learning. Intended ...
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John Pederson said:
A must read simply based on danah's take on it.
A Beginner's Guide To Making Mistakes (2)
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When was the last time you got it wrong? Blew it? Ballsed it up good and proper?Go on, be honest...For me it was quite recently. We put a slug of money behind a piece of marketing activity and it bombed. Big style. One big waste of hard earned.But, I had budgeted (sorry Sig- my apologies for using the B word) for it to have zero impact. So I am philosophical. We always set out a ...
HTC Touch Pro Review (2)
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The long awaited HTC flagship is here; I have pestered, hounded and harassed Matt for a play on this device since we all heard about it last year. Now I have it, can it live up to the hype? Is it the ultimate device? The HTC Touch Pro (click to enlarge) Introduction Following on from the release of the HTC Diamond, the HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) is as much high end as you are going ...
What Apple Knows That Facebook Doesn't (27)
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Today, platform wars ain't what they used to be. On the one hand, there's Facebook - playing a textbook game of platform strategy, but slowly suffocating the utility of its own network. On the other, there's Apple - ignoring many of the rules of platform strategy, but radically redesigning the long-suffering mobile value chain with the iPhone App Store. How do we make sense of this? Why do Facebook's elaborate games of platform strategy seem ...
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Adrian said:
interesting view on platforms.
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Robert Scoble said:
Facebook has done some negative things to retard its usefulness as a business utility. I chalk those up to being a young company run by young people who haven't had to work in huge enterprises very much. It'll be interesting to see how Facebook grows up as it gets more adult supervision.
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Abhishek said:
"when will today's crop of startups start making serious cash? The answer: when they shift from platform logic to market logic.""Ultimately, Apple is playing a textbook game of next-gen strategy: using markets to alter the basis of competition, topple incumbents with domino effects, and atomize the value chain"
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Mario Sundar said:
A terrific platform strategy piece comparing FB and Apple by the guys who do that best - HBS! A must-read.
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Paul Roberts said:
mobile value-chain atomised - or is that iAtomised
Please help with our Domestic Energy Use survey (1)
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Connecting Bristol are a key partner in the DEHEMs (Digital Environment Home Energy Management System) project. DEHEMs is a European Union funded project looking to improve domestic energy efficiency and reduce household emissions. The project kicked off in June 2008 and will develop and test an energy monitoring and display system for homes. The project partnership includes a mix of European Local Authorities, businesses and Universities. As part of the development process we would like ...
Games Research Problems (1)
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Richard Bartle has weighed in on the current state of affairs between academia and the industry, talking about former polytechnics now being the best universities to get graduates from for the games industry, since they’re more willing to take risks. the best undergraduate degrees for game development in the UK come from Abertay, Coventry, Derby, Nottingham [...]
Dorkbot Bristol (1)
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Handle with Care, it's an Amstrad Last night we gathered at the Pervasive Media Studio for the second in the Dorkbot Show’n'Tell series. Sam Downie gave us an introduction to life casting and some of the technologies he’s been using in his internet radio and video casting shows. There was also a large swag bag from the last MacWorld that Sam was trying to get rid of generously giving away. John Honniball then stepped up ...
Looking for a Home? Shanghai Wants Your VC/PE Firm! (2)
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PE HUB is reporting that Shanghai has decided to let foreign investors register legally as local equities investment firms. That includes private equity and venture capital funds. The move is designed to entice overseas investment into China's financial hub. The move allows foreign investors with a focus on investment in China to set up a Shanghai-registered entity - provided that can start out with at least 100 million yuan (about US $14.5 million at today's ...
The Human Piece Of The Venture Equation (28)
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We’ve been attending a lot of “demo days” in the past month and I am attending one more this week, TechStars in Boulder tomorrow. These startup accelerator programs, inspired by the success of Y Combinator, are launching something like 100 new web startups a year, possibly more. And the founding teams of all of these startups are young and inexperienced, mostly by design. That youth and inexperience is an asset to many of these startups. ...
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Boris Mann said:
I'm also very interested in seeing where these startup companies go....an excellent post.
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Pejman said:
experienced CEO or first time CEO?
The Human Piece Of The Venture Equation (8)
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We’ve been attending a lot of “demo days” in the past month and I am attending one more this week, TechStars in Boulder tomorrow. These startup accelerator programs, inspired by the success of Y Combinator, are launching something like 100 new web startups a year, possibly more. And the founding teams of all of these startups are young and inexperienced, mostly by design. That youth and inexperience is an asset to many of these startups. ...
Someone is Going to Get Burned, Why The Incubator Model is Dangerous (2)
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Michael Arrington posted today on why he doesn’t understand the hate about Y Combinator. Having traveled the nation last year meeting almost 2000 early stage entrepreneurs, I can say it is pretty simple, and it has nothing to do with Y Combinator or Paul Graham. So why the hate (not just of Y Combinator, but of TechStars, LaunchBox, SeedCamp and the many other models)? People have been burned before. The ‘incubator 1.0′ model blew up, ...
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Sue said:
Andrew brings up some good points but I think the incubation industry is also maturing and learning from past mistakes so it shouldn't be written off so casually.
Thought Den on Techcrunch as one of Bristol’s Start ups (1)
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Lovely surprise for us this morning, we made it onto Techcrunch today, through John Bradford’s guest article on ‘Silicon Avon - start-ups doing it Bristol Fashion‘. Our mention was for the Happy Packages product from the Pervasive Media Studio’s Sandbox event, and also covered how the Bristol Companies are flourishing. Go check the full TechCrunch article and [...]
Google Announce New Android SDK (8)
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Google have today announced announced the release of the latest Android SDK. The beta SDK that we’re releasing today is the first big step on the SDK’s road to compatibility with 1.0. Since this is a beta release, applications developed with it may not quite be compatible with devices running the final Android 1.0. However, the APIs are now pretty stable and we don’t expect any major changes. If you’re one of the many developers ...
TechCrunch UK: Silicon Avon - startups doing it ‘Bristol fashion’ (6)
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In the first of a series of guest posts about the startup scene in various parts of the UK (get in touch if you’re interested in writing one), John Bradford gives us the low-down on the scene in Bristol. It’s not all stovepipe hats and clay dogs in Bristol. These days its more location aware gaming, mobile media and building businesses. Two Bristol startups you may have heard about are Glasses Direct (James Murray Wells, ...
More About Android and HTC Dream (18)
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Five months after the last released version, Google and the Open Handset Alliance publicly launched Android 0.9 SDK beta."Back in November, we made some SDK builds available that we referred to as early look SDKs. The goal was to give developers insight into the platform as early on as possible, and to get some initial feedback. Since then, we've been working with our Open Handset Alliance partners to incorporate much of that feedback, and finish ...
Tools for small Organizations (3)
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In the process of managing non-profits and startups, I’ve used many different online tools to better enable collaboration and communication in organizations. Through the years, I’ve tried many different tools, and now think I have a pretty good list. I am still looking for solutions in two major areas, and would love suggestions if anyone has them. Website Registration:I’ve used GoDaddy and Namecheap in the past and they are both really good. If you have ...
Old watch-like navigation gadget from 1920 (9)
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Way, way, way, way, way before the days of the Global Positioning System, people had to navigate using devices like the Plus Fours Routefinder, shown above. It’s from back in 1920 and consisted of a collection of small scrolling maps that you’d “load” into the watch-like device before your trip. As you progressed along your route, you’d scroll the map forward to reveal your next turn, mileage, and where to stop. Alas, it was ahead ...
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Matt said:
I want one, they look more fun than demanding sat-navs with their bossy attitude
A first look at the Google Android SDK (18)
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Google released a beta version of the software development kit for its Android mobile operating system earlier today to much fanfare, but in the rush of breaking the news we only just got a chance to examine the details. There have been some puzzling changes, like the removal of an API for Bluetooth compatibility, but you shouldn’t draw too many conclusions from this beta release as it doesn’t really reflect the current status of the ...
