From the outside writing software looks terribly difficult with all those curly brackets, dots, colons and semi-colons however don't be fooled, once you've learnt what all the hieroglyphics mean its all pretty straight forward.
The real challenge in writing software is figuring out what to write in the first place and then communicating that without ambiguity to the geeks.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
LBS Cliché
I've been spending a lot of time talking to people about LBS (Location Based Services) and the standard example is "where's the nearest Starbucks". I dont know why but this is the example you hear time and time again.
Anyway, yesterday I was playing with Microsoft Live Search mobile (which is awesome btw) on the way to the OpenCoffee event in Regents Street.
Before I realised what I was doing I'd searched for the nearest Starbucks to 178 Regent Street which is where OpenCoffee was being hosted.
So there you have it; my first LBS search was for my nearest Starbucks!
Anyway, yesterday I was playing with Microsoft Live Search mobile (which is awesome btw) on the way to the OpenCoffee event in Regents Street.
Before I realised what I was doing I'd searched for the nearest Starbucks to 178 Regent Street which is where OpenCoffee was being hosted.
So there you have it; my first LBS search was for my nearest Starbucks!
Counter intuitive
Building significant revenues from nothing is hard,
Building significant eyeballs for free is easier,
Building revenues from eyeballs is plausible.
Therefore, the shortest route to significant revenues is focusing on free eyeballs first.
Weird huh!
Building significant eyeballs for free is easier,
Building revenues from eyeballs is plausible.
Therefore, the shortest route to significant revenues is focusing on free eyeballs first.
Weird huh!
Monday, April 09, 2007
Nintendo Wii
So I was standing outside Game in Kingston at 8.45 on Saturday morning with five other people waiting for the store to open because there was a Nintendo Wii delivery scheduled.
Rather irritatingly the store manager would not say how many Wiis were expected due to "company policy" (what nonsense) however I was in luck and now the Greensted family are the proud Wii owners. :-)
The Wii is like no other console. The motion input is very, very impressive from moving the pointer around the screen very naturally to playing tennis, bowling or baseball.
Everything just works beautifully; connected to my home WiFi without issue and downloaded an internet browser for free.
Microsoft and Sony might have the firepower but right now the Wii has my heart.
Rather irritatingly the store manager would not say how many Wiis were expected due to "company policy" (what nonsense) however I was in luck and now the Greensted family are the proud Wii owners. :-)
The Wii is like no other console. The motion input is very, very impressive from moving the pointer around the screen very naturally to playing tennis, bowling or baseball.
Everything just works beautifully; connected to my home WiFi without issue and downloaded an internet browser for free.
Microsoft and Sony might have the firepower but right now the Wii has my heart.
Doesn't time fly!
I can't believe it's been 431 days since I last blogged.
Most of 2006 was spent focusing on SportsDo with some considerable successes:
* Launched the SportsDo Portal. www.sportsdo.net
* Launched SportsDo Mobile v2 for Windows Mobile and Java phones.
* Adele Prince's meandered around Nottingham for the BBC.
* Exhibited at the London Ski Show to amazingly positive feedback.
* Agreed a two year deal with Crystal Ski to jointly market SportsDo to their customers and provide in resort rentals.
* Licenced SportsDo to BBC Ski Sunday so Graham Bell's camera runs could feature his speed, heart-rate, etc.
* Exhibited at the Triathlon, Cycling and Running Show and made some great new contacts in that world.
* Live tracked the Silverstone Half Marathon (hail and sunshine!)
* Partnered with the MSRC charity to have live tracked runners in the London Marathon. 22nd April 2007.
As SportsDo has gone from strength to strength it has consumed more and more of my time hence the gap in blogging!
I am however now going to try and return to the discipline of blogging regularly. Fingers crossed.
J.
Most of 2006 was spent focusing on SportsDo with some considerable successes:
* Launched the SportsDo Portal. www.sportsdo.net
* Launched SportsDo Mobile v2 for Windows Mobile and Java phones.
* Adele Prince's meandered around Nottingham for the BBC.
* Exhibited at the London Ski Show to amazingly positive feedback.
* Agreed a two year deal with Crystal Ski to jointly market SportsDo to their customers and provide in resort rentals.
* Licenced SportsDo to BBC Ski Sunday so Graham Bell's camera runs could feature his speed, heart-rate, etc.
* Exhibited at the Triathlon, Cycling and Running Show and made some great new contacts in that world.
* Live tracked the Silverstone Half Marathon (hail and sunshine!)
* Partnered with the MSRC charity to have live tracked runners in the London Marathon. 22nd April 2007.
As SportsDo has gone from strength to strength it has consumed more and more of my time hence the gap in blogging!
I am however now going to try and return to the discipline of blogging regularly. Fingers crossed.
J.
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