Tracking users location and the laws of value exchange
Fortune published a pragmatic piece on location based tracking and how users will or won’t accept this type of interaction retailer or brand. Part of the problem with iBeacon and its brethren is the...
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Nike’s timely exit from wearables
Nike have exited the wearables market at the perfect time. In launching the Fuel Band, they helped establish a category and set consumer expectations for fitness wearables hardware and software...
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Mobile OS Market Share Since 2005
This chart is stunning for three reasons: Nokia’s descent/plummet since 2005 Android’s weed-like growth in three years Windows Phone inability to gain share in nearly a decade Read the full report...
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The Weekly Plan
How would you like to finish your work week with a sense of pride, accomplishment and – most importantly – surplus energy heading into the weekend? Sounds good right? Here’s how to get started. Your...
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Snooping on your home screen
Apps have been pinging other apps on the phone to detect whether they are installed or not for a while. In fact there are a couple of startups that provide SDKs to do it. Doing this provides insight...
View ArticleFeedback is a gift
We sometimes shy away from receiving feedback because we don’t want to hear where we messed up or (worse) we think we already know it all. My previous boss – a great leader – used the phrase “Feedback...
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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs for businesses
The test of a good theory is how its principles/framework can be leveraged in other domains outside which it was originally intended. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs describes the stages of human...
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Choosing an IoT Platform Provider
The IoT Landscape is large, fragmented and changing fast. As a consumer, app developer or “thing” maker the amount of choice is bewildering and takes the Paradox of Choice to an anxiety level of...
View ArticleWhere does Product Management go in the org chart?
This question has come up a couple of times in recent conversations with people working at tech companies in Seattle. In companies that have enjoyed growth and are now at a stage where product...
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Going Paperless in 2016
It’s long been an ambition of mine to reduce the amount of paper I store and digitize records as much as possible. Over the past couple of years I’ve been doing a half-hearted job by scanning most of...
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