The “It Should Just Work” Generation
I was watching a young person with an iPhone the other day. I witnessed, with some amusement, this persons reaction when the phone crashed. The string of expletives that ensued left me to conclude that he had either a. lost an unsaved document he had been writing for 8 months or b. was about to break the world record on Angry Birds.
New Year – What could it Bring
Well, in a few hours it will be 2012. Now, sadly we are not traveling in flying cars though luckily it doesn't look like the world is going to end. So what is going to happen in 2012?
I think it is pretty certain that a gajillion new social media related jobs will be created. That said, I have to wonder how long that can last.
Confessions, Klout and Contradictions
In my third set of musings around social influence and indexing tools such as Klout, I feel it is time to confess a few things.
But first, you may have noticed from my previous posts - I am not a fan of the importance being put on the afore mentioned tools in the industry.
Apple – Sponsored by Microsoft Pie.
Of course that isn't true, but it could be. In the last few days Microsoft has released some very well received apps for iOS. It started with My Xbox Live and has seen Kinectimals and SkyDrive follow.
Microsoft have had other products on the platform. Photosynth, Tag and the very popular OneNote, which has also had a big update.
