June 2nd, 2010
I just watched this 5 minute summary clip of an interview with Steve Jobs at D8, the eighth annual conference of All Things Digital, see also this post at TheNextWeb. In my opinion almost everything he says in this clip touches upon important principals of successful innovation and also relates to ‘the secrets’ of Apple’s success. Below I summarized what these principles are according to me and what Jobs said related to them.
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Tags: All Things Digital, Apple, conviction, interview, principles of innovation, Steve Jobs, user-driven innovation, video, vision
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January 12th, 2010
Robert Scoble wrote an interesting post, asking: ‘Is the mobile tech press wrong in positioning Apple vs. Google?’ He poses that, although, Apple and Google are competitors it’s currently actually about the divide between Web-and-app-friendly devices and non-web-and-app-friendly devices. His thesis is that companies that make web-and-app friendly devices ‘will steal market share from those that do not and a confused strategy, like Nokia has, is going to look mixed because consumers will go with a company like Apple or Google who has said “we’re all in.”’
I think Scoble could be right that there is a divide. On one side there are the innovative Google (Nexus One + Droid) smartphones and Apple iPhone, providing very user friendly access to-, and development for web browsing and applications, and on the other side the other smart phones out there, notably Nokia, Windows Mobile OS based and RIM (Research-In-Motion) BlackBerry phones, that perform less in this respect.
However, looking at numbers calculated by AppleInsider.com on smart phone market shares (see chart below), I don’t think it will be a matter of Apple and Google stealing market share from other parties, but of low-growth or loss of market share in a growing market: in other words, other parties will lose some of their relevance. With this conclusion, the mobile tech press isn’t wrong in positioning Apple vs. Google, but some might indeed forget the shift in relevance from Nokia, Microsoft, and to lesser extent RIM BlackBerry, to Apple and Google.
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Tags: Apple, Google, market development, Microsoft, Nokia, prediction, reply to, Robert Scoble, Smart Phones, Windows Mobile
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January 7th, 2010

Fantastic image, published at Wired.com, of connected neurons in the cereberal cortex that are involved in higher-thought processes and perception of different senses. Image: Tamily A. Weissman
A few days ago I asked @preona, in a short post on my Three Tweets blog, if he could explain to his readers why he thinks the synaptic web paradigm is so focused on the user.
@preona replied with a post: ‘Why we think Synaptic Web will focus on the user.’
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Tags: daily processing patterns, neural encoding, reply to, synaptic web, user value
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January 7th, 2010

MyFord touch interface as shown on Mashable. Having a set of Internet applications is probably more useful than standard web browsing in cars.
This story on Mashable (’The Connected Car: Ford Introduces MyFord Touch’) got me thinking: when will we see the first store for Internet car applications?
Car manufacturers could provide an open platform for (approved) car Internet application that provides access to in-car functionalities and features in a safe way. Applications, developed by third parties, can be sold through a web store, for instance, via the in-car interface.
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Tags: application platform, automotive, innovation, Internet car applications, web application store
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December 21st, 2009
@stoweboyd wrote a post (’Streams And Sense Making‘) in which he also reacts to my last webtrends post ‘Towards a web of activity streams realizing the synaptic web paradigm‘.
Since my comments on his post became to long I decided to publish it as a post (point taken Stowe :). Although my response is directed to Stowe, I’m interested in anyones comments and feedback.
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Tags: activity streams web, future trends, real-time web, reply to, sensorium, social media, Stowe Boyd, synaptic web, web search
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December 2nd, 2009
This post is a part of a post series with notes to prepare a WebTrends article on the Synaptic Web I’m working on. Basically the Synaptic Web revolves around the idea that the structure of, and mechanisms on, the web increasingly resembles that of the neural networks in our brain. This will have, for instance, consequences for how we will find information on the web in the future, how people, products, services, brands get attention on the web and how value can be extracted from it.
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Tags: attention, real-time web, references, search, semantic web, synaptic web, trends, web business
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