Washington Post accuses me of “sour grapes”
It is almost a privilege to be accused of sour grapes when it’s the Washington Post that’s doing the accusing. The mention is in relation to an article I blogged on TheStandard.com and (more fully) at E-consultancy about bloggers at the Democratic Convention in Boston. Unfortunately, I was being accused of sour grapes, when I actually said “However, it would be churlish to deny bloggers their day in the sun.
Confessions of a social software addict
The so-called Social Software world grew even more crowded this week, with the launch of SoFlow.com. I have decided to go into therapy for hyper-connectedness. Here’s my confession. I’m a 35 year old man and I am a social software addict. Well, I must be. For research purposes (famous last words, I know) I’ve registered on just about every online networking web there is. The latest to appear this week
Smartphones now organiser of choice
For once the Orangery in London’s Holland Park was empty of the latest conceptual painter’s work or a display of modernist sculpture. On a tropical Thursday last week, as the heavens opened after a day of 25 degree heat, London’s champagne-sipping brigade of trendsetters gathered for the launch not of a new album by some up-and-coming band, but of a mobile phone. In a savvy piece of marketing, Nokia had
Music to the ears
Technology-rich mobile phones are paving the way for the sharing of files, Napster-style. But the music industry will fight to protect its revenue. Mike Butcher reports Thursday June 10, 2004 The Guardian In the movie Dirty Harry, Clint Eastwood’s character asks the criminal he has cornered, while brandishing “the most powerful handgun in the world”, whether he feels lucky. The music industry can sympathise. The technology industry is brandishing its
Welcome to the future?
Whatever the case, the future appears to have arrived early. Over half the UK adult population, some 22 million people, are now regular users of the Internet. But back in the dotcom era 4-5 years ago The Henley Centre, for example, predicted we would reach the 50% penetration mark only by 2007. With 3.2 million homes currently connected to broadband and BT taking 45,000 new orders a week, the forecasters