Sep 30, 2011

New think quarterly is quite good. Check it out http://t.co/GtBY0DOB

Jul 27, 2011

RT @johnkoetsier: Agree » Here’s how Apple is forcing a worse user experience on its customers http://bit.ly/qioUmL

Jul 23, 2011

The Bell Galaxy S2 doesn’t have NFC. What a disappointment. I would have switched carriers if it did. http://t.co/0BiVJ7J #bell #mobile

Jul 22, 2011

NFC in Canada

The Canadian Galaxy S2 does not have Near Field Communications. What a disappointment. I would have switched carriers if it did. http://t.co/0BiVJ7J  

Carriers should leave the devices as they are, even if the NFC chip goes unused. For a major carrier to not include tech like NFC significantly delays the general adoption of that technology. Most users opt for a three year contract which means that person is blocked from using this technology for three years. With the speed of mobile progress, three years is a lifetime.

The only way a sensor, and the surrounding application ecosystem, can come into existence is for the hardware to be “ready”. Without NFC chips, NFC apps don’t sell, new payment systems roll out but stagnate, new social networks don’t get created, Canadian NFC innovation stops.

With Interac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interac), before most countries Canadians benefited from one of the worlds best card (now chip and pin) payment systems.  It is ubiquitous and changed Canadian culture. The decision to specifically remove NFC from what will be the very popular Galaxy S2, and phones like it, puts off the next step in payment technology for years. Canada will end up following instead of leading this next generation. 

Jun 27, 2011

Schmidt: One-third of merchants could get NFC POS terminals ‘in the next year’ http://bit.ly/l10UW5

Jun 24, 2011

David Slayden “failing is not failure. Its where new ideas come from.” I’m in full agreement. #daresessions

Jun 23, 2011

#daresessions tomorrow. I’m really excited to see/engage in Gary Hirsch’s and David Slayden’s sessions!

May 20, 2011

Dare Work - The Prize - Canadian Honda Civic launch stunt. http://vimeo.com/23935835

May 19, 2011

Can we file this under #obvious? Apple causes ‘religious’ reaction in brains of fans, say neuroscientists http://j.mp/iDdHJ1

May 18, 2011

nice. 1080p Mobile Screen Slaps Retina Display in the Mouth [Screens] http://bit.ly/jbRRUj

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