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- we wish you a MIR-y christmas
here goes the perfect combination of Christmas spirit and geek brain from some friends over at Mobile Industry Review. The guys chosen two Charities to support and kindly ask you to donate 5 GDP or 10 USD (whichever is closer to your heart/geographical positioning) and in return they offer an entry into their great mobile gadgets draw, which will take place on December 10th, perfectly in time for Christmas.
- How to talk to non-geeks
Since my editor graciously awarded me ability to do whatever I want with my columns once they are published in the magazine I decided to translate this one and put it up here. This is only partially to show off, mainly I wanted to illustrate one thing, same thing that I’m always trying to explain to my geeky friends: you have to learn how to talk to non-geeks.
- How to screw up entering a new market?
1. make a device that is more expenseive than what people are used to pay for this type of thing
2. before it is released make so much hype you’ll irritate half of the opinion-creating media
3. release the device
4. undersell because point 1.
5. cut back the price by $100…
- re: future of voice
This was originally supposed to be my comment on James Whatley’s post summarising the ‘Future of voice’ meet up. It came out so log i decided not to flood the SpinVox blog. Forgive the thought short-cuts, please refer to James’ post if you feel lost:
Hey, as I promised I did some thinking on the subject and having read this found it fascinating how different my initial perspective on the topic was. I tell you something… you lacked a sociologist at that table!
- No cost. No contract. No nonsense. No service.
I have to stick my nose everywhere, don’t I just. Blyk this, Blyk that. The squirrels told me it might work one day. Maybe. 100 000 users and all that. Well, Let’s see shall we.
