IFC Media News Poject

I saw this subway advertisement last week and was wondering what is it all about as looked interesting.
Came across this article this morning - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/arts/television/18medi.html

Looks like it's worth checking out so have set up the dvr to save the series. Let me know what you think of it if you catch it tonight at 8pm.


Cheers,
Dean

The Return of Gordon Gecko

I was reading this article this morning http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/29911 and thinking this is the problem I have personally with the bailouts.


We need to have 'pruning'.


Allowing inefficient companies to fall off and for mergers to save viable assets is the best way to protect everyone and move forward strongly in the future.


When are we going to see the return of a 'Gordon Gecko' someone prepared to roll the dice and acquire multiple assets with the view to stripping off the fat and making money from taking the risk through mergers and acquisitions.

Cheers,
Dean

P.S. As a matter of self disclosure one of my favorite heroes growing up was Al Dunlap (don't know who he is....go do some research you might learn something) - My favorite quote of his was "Don't blame me for firing you from your job, if the previous management was doing their job properly I would never have been called in to solve the problem in the first place".

AT&T Fuze

Saw the HTC Touch Pro in the AT&T Brooklyn store today.

It’s marketed through AT&T as the “FUZE”

Great handset, if you are looking for the latest and greatest in windows mobile devices check it out, was surprised to see it is smaller and thinner than my HTC 8525.

Sensational screen and really snappy speed. Not sure if i like the gui but being a winmo device there will be plenty of roms that allow reconfiguring (unlike the iPhone).

Didn't sign up upgrade both our handsets at the store today because the staff there were clueless about how to upgrade my account but will followup with the AT&T corporate division that handles my account in the next few days.

Photos to come soon :)


Cheers,
Dean

V for vendetta talking head at heathrow airport

Does anyone think it's weird that the person they chose to do the security video message on the 'inter-terminal' passenger bus at heathrow airport is the spitting image of the 'voice of government news' from the movie V for Vendetta.

It's so freaking spooky in a 1984 Orwellian way. What were the producers of this video thinking?


Cheers,
Dean

A New Day?

7.30am Nov 4th. 2008 - A New Day?

Maybe..... I hate to be ominous on a day like this and I love the enthusiasm sweeping the nation but I worry that Obama can only fail to live up to peoples expectations.

I could be wrong (check out what LBJ managed to do in the first 4 years), but i think it's going to be a dissapointment like Mandelas term in SA.

Either way looks like turnout is huge which can only be a good thing.


Cheers,
Dean

The Internet of Things

Great article to read to understand why the Internet as we know it today is only in an ebryonic stage and that there is a lot more growth possible once we start enabling 'things'.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/11/02/digitalbiz.rfid/

Yes this is another article about how your fridge will be sending you emails or how IP enabled door locks eliminate the need for door keys. But more than that it's a great example of what is possible with devices that talk to each other over the internet - for another example check out this article about twitter enabled pot plants (personally i think SOAP or RSS is a better interface than Twitter but it's a start).

For those of you not into plants, how about running shoes that talk to your ipod which then uploads your running distances and speeds to a website (that you can keep private or share with other people if you want to show off).

Either way i hope you find these articles interesting and start thinking about what would help you in your life if it was 'IP enabled'.


Cheers,
Dean
P.S. Yes this post couldn't be complete without a plead for people to start moving to IPV6.....get to it people.

CPE Bluetooth Engagement

Interesting article in http://www.digital-media.net/ this week.

I dont know if http://www.breeze-tech.co.uk/ are the first company to offer CPE pricing for Bluetooth marketing but it's the first time I've heard of it.

Cheers,
Dean

One million .mobi domains registered

The promise of the mobile web, boosted by more web friendly handsets, is finally being realised, and the Dublin-headquartered dotMobi registrar has revealed that more than one million mobile domains have been registered.

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11699/comms/mobile-web-growth-explosive-as-one-million-mobi-domains-registered

Cheers,
Dean

Mobile Web 'click-to-call' advertisements

Anyone reading this implemented a ‘Mobile Web’ click-to-call campaign?

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=93819

Was surprised to see it state 7% of mobile advertising have a click-to-call component.



Cheers,
Dean

Baffin Island Wing Suits

Fly high you free spirits.


Cheers,
Dean