Tonight I’ll be talking at Bernie Mitchell’s Late Late Breakfast show – “Masters of the scene” – in 7 minutes, I’ll spill the beans on how the web is affecting knowledge, shifting power and changing people. Read more →
Author: Benjamin Ellis
We Will Remember – A Decade is Little Distance
I think we all remember where we were on that day. I had just returned to the UK and was in a meeting room with a team from our US investors, as news came in. Disbelief turned into dismay, dismay turned into distress, distress turned into despair. Websites, phones, email, all went down, but gradually messages came through. Friends and work… Read more →
8 Reasons I’m Missing the Nokia n8
likeminds – Self Portrait – Nokia n8 style!, a photo by Benjamin Ellis on Flickr. Bit of a tech tragedy at the weekend – and a bit of an embarrassing one. My trusty Nokia n8 was sitting on my desk, peacefully minding it’s own business, when a 25Kg studio monitor fell off of the wall and landed on it. To… Read more →
Adrain Ho of IDC on Asia
Key notes from Adrain Ho’s discussion of doing business in Asia: The movers and shakers in Asia: – Demographic transition – The new middle-class – Mobile everything – The rise of Mega-cities – Intelligent city/M2M – Unbanked population – Alternative energy Asian flavoured competition is different, and has these key drivers: 1. time to market – ferocious competition 2. flexibility… Read more →
Dr Daniel Thorniley at Orange Business Live 11
During the first morning of Orange’s Live 11 event, Dr Daniel Thornily gave a rather stunning overview of the economic state of play across the world. The quick take away: Look to the emerging marketins. And the key to success for business in emerging markets? Dr Thorniley says that it is this: – partnership – relationship – trust – and… Read more →
Life After Death – After the Forest Fire
Our local forest took a bit of a beating. The fires didn’t get as close as last year – when we could smell the smoke – but they did make the national news, and over 740 acres of forest were damaged. It took 350 firefighters from 40 crews to get the blaze under control, and a number of local families were… Read more →