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  • A few thoughts on innovation

    I started thinking about a post on innovation, after an agency meeting about a possible project. My friend Nigel Scott has been researching the venture capital industry. His ideas fired some of the thoughts in this post. It caused me to reflect again on innovation and the way we think about it. Innovation rewards hard…

  • PopSlate failure

    PopSlate I’ve go in involved in a few crowdfunded products and some of them have worked out but the majority haven’t. The latest example was the high profile e-ink phone cover PopSlate. PopSlate got over $1 million dollars of funding and was widely covered by the media. “popSLATE 2 is E-Ink for your iPhone done…

  • Dark social + more news

    How to Use Brand Jedi to Harness ‘Dark Social’ | DigitalNext – AdAge – so basically this is being attributed to influencer engagement and as the driver of ‘unattributable’ site traffic / conversions aka dark social (paywall) Apps to watch at SXSW 2016 — Medium – nothing really stood out to me from this list. Tribe and…

  • Data protection czar + more

    The Mark News | A national balancing act: security of a country and privacy of the individual – interesting read by Giovanni Buttarelli, the EU’s data protection czar. What’s interesting about his essay is how poorly European countries measure up according to their own data protection czar. That in itself is damning After 80 per cent…

  • Corporation tax + more things

    Amazon to begin paying corporation tax on UK retail sales | The Guardian – it is good to see that Amazon is paying corporation tax. But the thing no one is asking is how does this affect businesses that might have ‘global accounts’, for instance Ford, Colgate and HSBC’s relationship with WPP? Does this mean that…

  • Oris Aquis depth gauge + more things

    Oris Aquis dive watch with built-in depth gauge IWC Aquatimer Deep 3 vs ORIS Aquis – Gear Patrol – Oris’ approach to its depth gauge on its Aquis dive watch is a really elegant design solution. In the Oris Aquis there are are no moving parts, or complex surfaces to waterproof. Instead the Oris Aquis…

  • Data centers + other news

    Data Centers Hong Kong is best third party Data Centers APAC location | TelecomAsia – Hong Kong is the No. 1 location in Asia Pacific when it comes to suitability for setting up new and outsourced data centers, according to IDC. Based on IDC’s Data Center Index for Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Singapore and Taiwan are…

  • End of men + more news

    End of men Is this the end of men? – FT.com – the end of men is a book title and catch all phrase that encompasses changes in mens roles across society and in the economy. The end of men encompasses declining participation in third level education, professions and management. The end of men also…

  • Pearl river delta + more news

    Pearl river delta China slowdown: feeling the pain in the Pearl River Delta | beyondbrics – it is really interesting that China’s slowdown isn’t only being felt in the traditional rust belt in the North East, but also in the Pearl river delta. Hong Kong sits at the end of the Pearl river delta as…