by Steve Prentice | January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment
I am currently visiting numerous clients in California en-route to a briefing tour in Asia Pacific (the point of which will become apparent shortly!). In the course of discussions the question was asked “Is their Good Technology and Bad Technology?”. I thought this was an odd question and paused momentarily. Now perhaps it was the [...]
Category: Behaviour technology Tags: context, value
by Steve Prentice | January 7, 2010 | 3 Comments
So Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer includes a quick demo of a forthcoming HP Tablet “computer” in his CES opening address. Kindle announce a larger screen version of their e-Book. Alongside 3D everything, tablets look like being the form factor of the moment in Las Vegas. The opening rounds of a war, but does anyone actually care [...]
Category: technology Tags: Apple, CES, tablet
by Steve Prentice | March 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Apologies for the absence. (Note to self: Must post regularly to blog!) I was at CeBIT in Hannover last week. Apart from the fact that my feet very rapidly reminded me of why, in the past, I resolved never to go again, it was an interesting experience. I was moderating a panel on the business [...]
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Category: technology Tags: cooling, green
by Steve Prentice | February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment
In previous posts I have expressed my belief that 3D is going to be important this year, as gestural computing combines with improved technology (and lower costs) to bring about a far reaching revolution in the user experience. There are news reports this morning that Microsoft is looking to acquire the Israeli startup 3DV Systems, [...]
Category: technology Tags: 3D, gaming
by Steve Prentice | February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments
I just love the Australians – they are direct and challenging, which always makes for a stimulating conversation. Yesterday, during a day of client meetings I was discussing social collaboration, innovation and the relationships between technology and society with a CIO and his team. He is a seasoned veteran who has seen it all and [...]
Category: Behaviour technology Tags: Generation Y
by Steve Prentice | February 8, 2009 | Comments Off
As a photographer one of the things you learn early on is to think about the “negative space” – the background, the stuff that is not the focus of attention. The human brain has an amazing ability to filter out the negative space whilst concentrating on the main subject – until you see the final [...]
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Category: Behaviour technology Tags: geosocial
by Steve Prentice | January 30, 2009 | Comments Off
I speak with a lot of clients regarding the use of virtual worlds within the enterprise for a wide variety of purposes and the most frequent question is “Which is the leading platform?”. Well the answer to that depends! Are we talking number of active users, number of signups (not the same thing!), virtual space [...]
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Category: Behaviour technology Tags: Virtual Worlds
by Steve Prentice | January 26, 2009 | Comments Off
They say “a picture tells a thousand words” and I am increasingly awed by the technology that is becoming available to the general public, often for free or at minimal cost, to enable us to capture, store, manipulate and publish images rather than text. Whether this is what is driving the mental migration of the [...]
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Category: technology Tags: images, photosynth, video
by Steve Prentice | January 21, 2009 | Comments Off
I am not a fan of mobile email devices, and iTAP and T9 leave me confused. But as someone who grew up (at least in computing terms) in the UNIX era, I am a true fan of email – it’s just that I prefer to do my typing on a real keyboard and spell words [...]
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Category: technology Tags: email, wireless
