by Tom | Mar 15, 2015 | Business, Reading, Tech
Great look inside a controlled sandbox of the context- and location-aware internet of things. Can this scale to all of us everywhere? I think its within our capabilities, but it won’t be simple. Disney’s $1 Billion Bet on a Magical Wristband |...
by Tom | Oct 17, 2014 | Business, Tech
This is a massive announcement by Apple. Here’s why. Imagine being able to set up a competitive data roaming contract wherever you are with no need for a new SIM. Let’s hope others will follow.
by Tom | Sep 25, 2014 | Business, Hong Kong / China, View
They have had to add barriers and close off an entry to the mall at Hysan Place to accommodate the ersatz Apple store in the streets. I would have expected this for the first few days, but the craziness seems to be carrying on happily.
by Tom | Sep 11, 2014 | Business, Reading, Science
Humans are rubbish at time management and one of the reasons is our poor ability to understand how we make choices on short and long scales. The example in the piece is choosing a meal two weeks ahead versus two minutes ahead: we go healthy until we actually come to...
by Tom | Aug 20, 2014 | Business, Reading
Must read for any print journalists and for any ad-supported business. Ad money moves around, often catastrophically. Try to imagine a world where the future of print is unclear: Maybe 25 year olds will start demanding news from yesterday, delivered in an unshareable...
by Tom | Jun 26, 2014 | Business, Reading
Fascinating paper, well worth reading in depth. The summary is that it is pretty well impossible for most companies to run an effective experiment to test whether advertising spend works or not. Classical theories of the firm assume access to reliable signals to...
