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Mobile Apps in the Enterprise Are the Future - Zendesk

2011-06-01T09:04:18+01:00

Your laptop isn’t irrelevant yet, but it might be soon. Sales of web-enabled smartphones, tablets, and e-readers have surpassed web-enabled laptops, notebooks, and desktop computers.

By 2016, the number of mobile apps downloads are estimated to reach 44 billion and the worldwide online app market is expected to grow from approximately $6.8 billion in 2010 to $25 billion by 2015.

via zendesk.com

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BBC News - England

2011-04-06T12:51:28+01:00

Family death man 'on medication'
New

A man suspected of killing his wife and two daughters may have been taking anti-smoking medication with possible anger side effects, an inquest hears.

Funeral for mother and daughters

Silence for Fordingbridge family

via bbc.co.uk

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A day in the life of social media:

2010-11-27T11:55:15+00:00

Nails some current social media stats very nicely indeed.

Reminds me a bit of Erik Qualman's important and damned useful short films promoting his great book Socialnomics earlier this year.

(These films in point fact):

Breakfast with Mother:

2010-11-26T07:34:39+00:00

I spent all of last week having Breakfast with Mother, every day from 8am-10am.
And what a delightful, enlightening and entertaining start to the day it was.
Designed to coincide, indeed compliment, Internet Week Europe, (#iweu), Mother created something a little bit special, and a whole lot different every day.
On Monday, the @motherlondon week was launched in a blaze of black and white by way of a specially designed tabloid commissioned from the Newspaper Club. (Mike shoot and show.) An irreverent look at the internet as a whole and providing a useful guide to many of the events throughout Internet Week Europe.
As good few score of Shoreditch start-ups, Miami Ad School, designers, geeks, students, clients, Mother staffers, #iweu overseas visitors and London based Digerati came along to get the show on the road.
On Tuesday it was 'Face Behind the Feed' and saw breakfasters hungry for an opportunity to mingle and meet with guest Twitter celebs: @dianainheaven, @chilean_miner, @whatkatiewore
Profile Portrait Wednesday brought in scores of visitors queuing to have their new online profile portrait taken by world class smudger Alan Clarke, (it also saw hundreds of folk from the Biscuit Building evacuated when the fire alarm kicked in halfway through my second Flat White.)
Thursday, and we were well and truly mobbed as we held The Social Media Quiz of the Year. Featuring teams from digital and traditional ageny backgrounds, spunky, young upstarts from the Young Creative Council, (aw! did I just say spunky? giggle), even a distinguished and very digitally savvy team from the House of Commons Digital Economy Bill All Party Parliamentary Group. (deappg),
Guest Quiz master James Brown, founder of Loaded mag and now the driving force behind the truly wonderful Sabotage Times interrogated 15 teams on their Social Knowledge chops.
In a close run contest, We Are Social (@wearesocial, @qwghlm, @pomfrida, @_vio_) and the team 'Fried', (made up of Simon Andrews MD of @addictivemobile, aka @simonbigpicture, shrewdly partnering, or should that be leading from the front, a bunch of super-smart students) were neck and neck at the end with the same super scores.
So it went to extra-time with Fried emerging victorious, just pipping a plucky and impressively well informed We Are Social in a tense tie-breaker to carry off the Winners trophy.
Speaking of trophies, Friday's final day came all too soon, and with another massive turnout few people left empty-handed that day.
Why?
Because Mother was giving away dozens of their old ones in 'Pick up an Award from Mother' Friday.
And a fitting end to the week it was.
(I had my eye on the 1993 Bronze Gong From the Ad Club of Bratislava. Sadly I wasn't quick enough. Or smart enough to nab it. Recipients being eligible by doing some cool, creative, funny or both on Twitter in real time.)
And with that, last drop of AllPress Coffee (specially blended for Mother) was gone. The final bacon roll wolfed. The last croissant crumbled.
We think everyone left the building happy.
We hope most of the weeks attendees left a little bit smarter than when they came in, perhaps having met someone interesting, maybe learned something new in the social space, shared some digital insights, enjoyed the creative company of some www peers and pals.
Mother's modest ambition was to simply facilitate that.
To provide a place and a space to make something happen for a bunch off extraordinary people with a shared love and passion for all things digital.
A community of interest and vocation looking to change the world.
Hope they do it again next year. Loved it.

Disclaimer: I don't work for Mother, but like most people of course wish I did. Rather I'm a long-time friend of Mother's and have been ever since Day One. (I've even got the T-Shirt to prove it.) I do occasional digital projects for them and with them.
Having hosted over 150 Coffee Morning's (#EdCM), for Edinburgh's social media community over the last 3 years Mother thought my experience would be useful in helping 'Breakfast with Mother' happen.
I've also made professional capital, and passed myself off totally fictitiously as @founding partner Mark Waites uncle for well over 20 years. Something he has endured with great grace, good humour, and without having to resort to restraining order.

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T-Mobile meet SCNF.

2010-10-30T13:50:01+01:00

When I saw this T-Mobile ad, that it was absolutely wonderful.

However when I read the comments, and saw a reference to: it rather took the shine of things

Not sure which came first but looking at the YouTube views I think the French have the nod. It's also wonderfully bonkers in a Harry & Paul Citroen ad spoofy way.

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Flowers in the office

2010-10-29T21:28:25+01:00

Thanks @carolcoulter

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Test post from Postetous iPhone app pls ignore

2010-10-24T08:04:56+01:00

Just seeing how this new app works

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The Conan Blimp @ TeamCoco.com

2010-10-21T12:40:47+01:00

via teamcoco.com

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Not only is my Mum on Google Street View:

2010-10-16T09:40:34+01:00

But so is my Father-in-Law, who lives 50 miles away!

What are the chances of that happening eh?

My Mum was walking up the road at exactly the same time the Google Street View car went past in Halifax, Yorkshire.

But.

My Father in Law, @carolcoulter's Dad, was also caught by the GSVC as he put out the refuse collection 50 miles away in Preston, Lancashire.

I wonder what odds Ladbrokes would give on one relation being on Google Street View, never mind two.

Mum in Mixenden, Yorkshire:

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Father-in Law in Preston, Lancashire:

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