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July 26, 2013
“Google Chromecast follows Apple TV in doing the living room right” — ZDNet Final Thoughts
Yesterday I did a ZDNet piece called “Google Chromecast follows Apple TV in doing the living room right“.
In this follow-up video, I discuss how Chromecast might be the “missing” third device in ubiquitous computing (ubicomp). (Fingers crossed…)
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July 25, 2013
How might ARM and x86 divide up the computing universe?
In a recent podcast I was a guest on over at The Digital Lifestyle, I got into a discussion with another guest, Jason Coombes, that was obliquely about the future of ARM, and the future of x86. I’ve been thinking about this conversation since.
As we know, post-PC devices sell rather well. These devices are typically run on ARM processors — these being “lightweight” processors that draw little power. (These devices also typically run on Unix — iOS being BSD-based, and Android being Linux-based....
July 23, 2013
How might Microsoft’s OEM partners feel post-Surface RT?
A lot has been written about how Microsoft’s OEM partners might have felt when Surface was announced. The overt message was rather one of “you guys don’t know what you’re doing — we’re going to show the world how it’s done”. The two products that came out of this was Surface RT and Surface Pro.
From a mature, learning perspective, it seems likely to me that much of the management of the OEMs could well have found this cathartic. A very motivated, well-moneyed partner was helping them to actual...
“Did we all just witness Windows start to die?” — ZDNet “Final Thoughts” Video
Yesterday I did a ZDNet called “Did we just witness Windows start to die?“*
In this video follow-up, I talk about the rationale behind the piece, look at some of the feedback I got on the article, and explore some other related ideas that didn’t make the final edit.
* This piece is guaranteed Betteridge’s Law-free(R).
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July 18, 2013
Is the goal of post-PC to replace the PC?
When we think about the “death of the PC“, we tend to think about a world where the PC is no longer a thing, and everyone gets all of their digital needs met using smartphones or tablets.
This is very unlikely to happen. In fact, it’s not going to happen.
The reality is that as a society we need both types of devices. PCs are outrageously good at allowing an individual to focus on a task and create some complex output. That is the PC’s raison d’être — it’s what we’ve evolved them for 30 years t...
July 16, 2013
What would a psychotherapist say about the “One Microsoft” reorganisation?
What Microsoft is looking to do with the “One Microsoft” restructuring is effect change, culturally, across nearly 100,000 employees.
Everyone finds change a challenge, but sometimes in our lives we need to make changes because things are going wrong. First step is the cliched “first you have to admit you have a problem”. Second step is actually seeing out that change.
Talking cures — psychotherapy chiefly amongst them — can help anyone to change. But psychological change also has to have some...
July 11, 2013
Do we actually need dedicated “business tablets”?
At its Worldwide Partner Conference last week, Microsoft’s management seemed to making a shift towards position Windows tablets as being about business. There was lots of talk about “powerful workhorse” devices, and similar ideas.
(Although the just-announced re-org of Microsoft ["One Microsoft"] puts a big emphasis on non-business use — but that story is developing.)
This makes sense for Microsoft. As a company, they’ve always been more comfortable in the business market, and it’s certainly tr...
June 25, 2013
Just what is an “emerging mobile market”?
Everyone seems to be talking about emerging markets, but actually what are they? How can we frame in our minds just what that sort of market looks like?
For one thing, this is hard to understand for someone who lives in a developed, or non-emerging markets. If you’ve spent your whole career catering to lawyers working in City of London law firms, having an intuitive understanding of how a factory worker in Brazil spends their free time is unlikely to come easy.
A good place to start is thinking...
