My silence here is not reflective of my mind or self – I’m deep into the last weeks of my holidays, enjoying an amazing summer in Finland, and this week, Hungary.
As usual, I have a long list of things to write about – interesting services, insights, and, hopefully, something new.
A few things I can tell you now (posting from my phone keeps things mercifully short):
– I was invited to write for Vodafone’s August edition of receiver magazine (along with Rudy deW and Mark C, among others). I’ll give you the link when it goes live.
– My book has sort of stalled, as I realize I need this holiday break to re-focus my thoughts and spirit.
– I’ve done some deep thinking about mobile Web services (don’t I always?) and have noticed myself looking even farther forward. I think this last wave of the Web is already making inroads into the mobile world. But now my mind’s on the next wave – for the mobile and fixed domains.
– And, finally, some interesting stats from IN, jun06, the Inside Innovation insert from Business Week:*
– 3.2 M Blackberries
– 50 M PDAs
– 70 M iPods
– 190 M Gameboys
– 820 M PCs
– 1.5 B TV sets
– 2 B Mobile phones [cs: and growing faster than all the others, I’m sure]
In the mean time, if you have something cool to share, please leave a comment.
*I was not impressed by the insert. Indeed, ‘innovation’ is getting to be a tired concept and word for me. There’s too much adulation of folks who make clever stuff and so much saccharine advice. Blech. Real innovators just do it, not sit around and pontificate.
Stats
Extracted from a Business Week June ’06 insert, ‘Inside Innovation’, by Charlie:- 3.2 M Blackberries – 50 M PDAs – 70 M iPods – 190 M Gameboys – 820 M PCs – 1.5 B TV sets – 2 B Mobile