Looking for future trends, it is clear that wearable computing through the internet of things is a big wave for the next five years but, less reported, is the work on robots. Whenever we think of robots, we probably have an image of Will Smith in I Robot or the poster for Metropolis, dependent upon…
We had another round of debate about fixing the banking system at the Financial Services Club this week (read Part One here). This time it was the turn of the shareholder, media and industry to air their views, ably represented by: David O'Hara, Shareholder and Activist Investor, Blackthorn Focus; Nick Kochan, Author and Journalist; and…
We had another round of debate about fixing the banking system at the Financial Services Club this week (read Part One here). This time it was the turn of the shareholder, media and industry to air their views, ably represented by: David O'Hara, Shareholder and Activist Investor, Blackthorn Focus; Nick Kochan, Author and Journalist; and…
In the middle of my showreel, I talk about augmented lifestyles. I’ve talked about this for many years, but now it is becoming an augmented reality, especially with the launch of Google Glass. Google’s glasses (I want!) allow you to see enhanced information about all tjhat is around you in real-time … Robert Scoble, the…
In the middle of my showreel, I talk about augmented lifestyles. I’ve talked about this for many years, but now it is becoming an augmented reality, especially with the launch of Google Glass. Google’s glasses (I want!) allow you to see enhanced information about all tjhat is around you in real-time … Robert Scoble, the…
One of the discussions I was having recently was around a future vision for banking, and the idea of branchless banking reared its ugly head again. As mentioned many times, I don’t believe in branchless banking in the future .. just less branches for banking. Anyways, this discussion veered in another direction that also rang…
One of the discussions I was having recently was around a future vision for banking, and the idea of branchless banking reared its ugly head again. As mentioned many times, I don’t believe in branchless banking in the future .. just less branches for banking. Anyways, this discussion veered in another direction that also rang…
There have been several themes I’ve explored on the blog lately that are the foundations of my latest presentations: Mobile is irrelevant, it’s the behaviours that are key Money is meaningless, it’s the data that is important Capitalism is dead, we are now ruled by social capitalism Privacy has gone and security is our greatest…
There have been several themes I’ve explored on the blog lately that are the foundations of my latest presentations: Mobile is irrelevant, it’s the behaviours that are key Money is meaningless, it’s the data that is important Capitalism is dead, we are now ruled by social capitalism Privacy has gone and security is our greatest…
My latest presentation is apparently a polemic. That’s what my colleague said yesterday, when I said that my new presentation has three themes: Mobile is irrelevant; Money is meaningless; and Capitalism is dead. I wondered what she meant by polemic, so checked out the definitions online and Wikipedia defines it quite well: a polemic is…
