tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-484730 2009-12-03T08:29:29+00:00 Planning Digital TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341f36c453ef0120a703fb78970b 2009-12-03T08:29:29+00:00 2009-12-03T08:32:22+00:00

A great entrepreneurial story about creating something of huge value and delivering it by something as simple as SMS. It’s easy to become focused on the rich developed world, but iphone-myopia is misleading. We will truly enter the digital age...

Alistair Beattie <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><br /> <br /> <a href="http://alistairbeattie.typepad.com/files/image001.gif" style="display: inline;"><img alt="image001.gif" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341f36c453ef0120a703fb74970b " src="http://alistairbeattie.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341f36c453ef0120a703fb74970b-580wi" /></a> <br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="color: #ffffff; ">A great entrepreneurial story about creating something of huge value and delivering it by something as simple as SMS. It’s easy to become focused on the rich developed world, but iphone-myopia is misleading. We will truly enter the digital age (as a species) when we all have access to these communication tools. It’s not all about Waving and Tweeting, simple is beautiful.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/30/smsone-micro-local-india-news/">http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/30/smsone-micro-local-india-news/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p></div> http://alistairbeattie.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/12/smsone-serving-mankind-smartly.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341f36c453ef0120a6fdf935970b 2009-12-02T16:11:23+00:00 2009-12-02T16:11:23+00:00

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Alistair Beattie <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><br/><br /> <br/><br /> <!--<br/><br /> /* Font Definitions */<br/><br /> @font-face<br/><br /> {font-family:Calibri;<br/><br /> panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}<br/><br /> @font-face<br/><br /> {font-family:Tahoma;<br/><br /> panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}<br/><br /> /* Style Definitions */<br/><br /> p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal<br/><br /> {margin:0in;<br/><br /> margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br/><br /> font-size:11.0pt;<br/><br /> font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}<br/><br /> a:link, span.MsoHyperlink<br/><br /> {mso-style-priority:99;<br/><br /> color:blue;<br/><br /> text-decoration:underline;}<br/><br /> a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed<br/><br /> {mso-style-priority:99;<br/><br /> color:purple;<br/><br /> text-decoration:underline;}<br/><br /> p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate<br/><br /> {mso-style-priority:99;<br/><br /> mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";<br/><br /> margin:0in;<br/><br /> margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br/><br /> font-size:8.0pt;<br/><br /> font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}<br/><br /> span.BalloonTextChar<br/><br /> {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";<br/><br /> mso-style-priority:99;<br/><br /> mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";<br/><br /> font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}<br/><br /> span.EmailStyle19<br/><br /> {mso-style-type:personal;<br/><br /> font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";<br/><br /> color:windowtext;}<br/><br /> span.EmailStyle20<br/><br /> {mso-style-type:personal-reply;<br/><br /> font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";<br/><br /> color:#1F497D;}<br/><br /> .MsoChpDefault<br/><br /> {mso-style-type:export-only;<br/><br /> font-size:10.0pt;}<br/><br /> @page Section1<br/><br /> {size:8.5in 11.0in;<br/><br /> margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}<br/><br /> div.Section1<br/><br /> {page:Section1;}<br/><br /> <!-- (DWIM) attachments start here --><br /> <a style="display: inline;" href="http://alistairbeattie.typepad.com/files/image001-3.jpg"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341f36c453ef012875c9e3b7970c" alt="image001.jpg" src="http://alistairbeattie.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341f36c453ef012875c9e3b7970c-580wi" /></a> <br /></p></div> http://alistairbeattie.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/11/house-renovations-nearly-finished.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341f36c453ef0120a6c829f4970b 2009-11-23T13:10:55+00:00 2009-11-23T13:10:55+00:00

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http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/28/here-come-the-airpor.html I like the joke in this article about the terrorists being unable to forge a doctor’s note. As an alternative you could fly first class where you’re allowed real glasses and sharp cutlery too. Closer to the pilot as...

Alistair Beattie <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><br /> <br /> <a href="http://alistairbeattie.typepad.com/files/image001.jpg" style="display: inline;"><img alt="image001.jpg" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341f36c453ef012875c9e2f9970c " src="http://alistairbeattie.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341f36c453ef012875c9e2f9970c-580wi" /></a> <br /><p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/28/here-come-the-airpor.html">http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/28/here-come-the-airpor.html</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&#0160;I like the joke in this article about the terrorists being unable to forge a doctor’s note. As an alternative you could fly first class where you’re allowed real glasses and sharp cutlery too. Closer to the pilot as well and less passengers to try and stop you. And those curtains, no-one can pass the curtains! If they could just be consistent about the belts/shoes/watches/laptops rules then I’d be more willing to believe that there was a system and that they weren’t just making it up as they went along. The other day I was allowed to take an extremely heavy (lethal) bike lock into the cabin just because it wasn’t actually on the list of things you weren’t allowed to have.</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&#0160;While I’m at it could we have some bins back on the underground please.</o:p></p></p></div> http://alistairbeattie.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/11/the-illusion-of-security.html