Archive for September, 2007

Unlimited October - the Design Issue…..

Published by Ben Kepes on September 25, 2007 in Business and Design. 0 Comments

The October issue of Unlimited is on the shelves now - the theme this month is Design (and yes - as always the capitalisation is intentional).

It’s a good issue - I’m a little biased because I get to jump on my value-add soap box (page 62 if you’re looking) - but notwithstanding that its a good issue.

Buy it, read it, talk about it, learn from it

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Google is smart…..

Published by Ben Kepes on September 25, 2007 in Business, IT, Strategy and Web x.0. 0 Comments

With a hat tip to Rod, news that Google is planning a trans pacific undersea cable to be launched in 2009. Points to note;

  • Google has not confirmed the reports but said

“Additional infrastructure for the Internet is good for users and there are a number of proposals to add a Pacific submarine cable. We’re not commenting on any of these plans.”

  •  The project (named “unity”) would probably see Google partner with other carriers and in return would get fibre access at cost pricing (which would be a crushing blow to its competitors methinks)
  • Earlier this year Google advertised a job for a “submarine cable negotiator” with this description

“These negotiators will work closely with vendors to identify highly cost-effective solutions under the most favorable commercial and technical terms possible. They will also be involved in new projects or investments in cable systems that Google may contemplate to extend or grow its backbone.”

  • Google has already discussed its intention regarding the US 700MHz spectrum allocation

Google is attempting to build world 2.0 (well thats hyperbole but you get my drift)

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New version of Gmail coming….

Published by Ben Kepes on September 25, 2007 in IT and SaaS. 0 Comments

Some reports here and here about a new version of Gmail in testing.Apparent changes known thus far include;

  • Google gears inclusion for offline email work
  • Account activity reporting for security checking

Gmail 2.0 is still hidden inside Google (and exposed to a few trusted testers) however an update is well overdue and I’d be picking a pre-Christmas release may be on the cards

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A Pill anyone?….

Published by Ben Kepes on September 24, 2007 in Business, New business, Strategy and Web x.0. 3 Comments

A few people have posted about Skill-Pill including Andy Lark who rates the concept (but gives a disclaimer that he’s good friends with the founder).

The concept is to deliver small dose vid or pod casts (Pills - hence the name) to users mobile phones. These Pills will cover a diverse range of business skills and ill reinforce traditional learning techniques.

I think it’s a sound concept but will only work for a certain type of person - me I’m just not built for podcasts - I work much better either with a blog post or reading a book or magazine article.

It is however an interesting concept and could, IMHO gain some real traction if they were to partner with traditional learning deliverers in order to create a value added extension service.

Just one question… how on earth do you protect your IP for something like this?

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