My Digital FootPrint

This is TED video of David Mccandless speaking about the beauty of data visualisation.  His work is fabulous. In My Digital Footprint I suggest that the model is collect, store, analyse and add value - David work is a add value as he provides visual insights on complex data.  Worth checking out his other work on his site. 

Just a morning thought ..... 5kbits of fame - courtesy of Peter Cochrane

In its 5th year, MOBILE 2.0 Silicon Valley brings together experts and thought leaders from all aspects of the mobile ecosystem, including startups, investors, mobile carriers, device manufacturers, and mobile application developers and web technologists. The event is focused on new Mobile Applications and Services, Mobile Ecosystems, and Disruptive Mobile Innovation. I will be leading the fireside chat with Russ McGuire (VP, Strategy, Sprint)  David Katz (VP, Yahoo! North America)  Fabio Sisinni (Director of Mobile, Paypal) and  James Parton (Head of 02 Litmus, O2 UK) Style                  : Business/ strategy day & developer day Date                  :  Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st September 2010 Venue               :  San Francisco Timing              :  Full day events Registration    :   http://mobile2event.com/registration Discount          :   Enter "Friends" code for 20% discount. "Mobile 2.0 Silicon Valley is all abou

In its 5th year, MOBILE 2.0 Silicon Valley brings together experts and thought leaders from all aspects of the mobile ecosystem, including startups, investors, mobile carriers, device manufacturers, and mobile application developers and web technologists. The event is focused on new Mobile Applications and Services, Mobile Ecosystems, and Disruptive Mobile Innovation. I will be leading the fireside chat with Russ McGuire (VP, Strategy, Sprint)  David Katz (VP, Yahoo! North America)  Fabio Sisinni (Director of Mobile, Paypal) and  James Parton (Head of 02 Litmus, O2 UK) Style                  : Business/ strategy day & developer day Date                  :  Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st September 2010 Venue               :  San Francisco Timing              :  Full day events Registration    :   http://mobile2event.com/registration Discount          :   Enter "Friends" code for 20% discount. "Mobile 2.0 Silicon Valley is all abou

Cloakguard is a free browser plug-in that keeps your message private on open social media. You can send a message through Facebook, only the people you've shared your keyword with can read that message. Select the message you'd like to keep private, pick a Keyword and CLOAK it. Free Download - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/194385/ Free Online tool - http://cloakguard.com/tryitfree.php Demo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4qN3TBqx08

Cloakguard is a free browser plug-in that keeps your message private on open social media. You can send a message through Facebook, only the people you've shared your keyword with can read that message. Select the message you'd like to keep private, pick a Keyword and CLOAK it. Free Download - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/194385/ Free Online tool - http://cloakguard.com/tryitfree.php Demo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4qN3TBqx08

Guest post from Matt Nash , CEO of OOSOCIAL  who is sharing some insights on a new platform I like Groupon , it’s a great concept in social networking. The trouble is, it doesn’t seem to learn about me – at least not so far as offers are concerned; all I seem to get is eVouchers for discounts on female leg waxing (...not really up my street). Seriously though, to my mind this lack of personalisation is a major failing. Ever since the likes of Yoyodyne first championed the concept of “permission marketing”, it’s been widely accepted that “anticipated, timely and relevant” messages are as much as 70 times more effective. So why is it then that the majority of social media marketing isn’t personalised and still follows a broadcast approach (just look at Facebook fan pages for example)? No wonder social media sharing service AddThis recently reported that 70% of shared content is NOT shared on Facebook – it’s mostly via email. Now there’s obviously the sheer volume of users and esta