Open Letter to Madison Avenue

This past week the New York Times had an article about the convergence of contextual advertising and Smart phones. The potential for highly targeted advertising including the use of GPS is a trend I have been discussing in this blog for over a year.
 
The interesting angle in the NY Times piece , “Is [...]

Note to the New CEO of Yahoo – Mobile desktop matters

What is your mobile homepage? And does it matter?
The exit of Jerry Yang from Yahoo got me thinking about the implications, if any, it would have for mobile.    In the desktop browser world, the fight for your homepage has been waging for years between Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, AOL, and anyone else who managed to hijack [...]

Wireless, Politics, the Economy and Hockey

Sometimes if you just take a moment for deeper observation at an event you can get a sense of what pundits spend a lifetime interpreting. Last night I took my youngest daughter to a Ranger game. They lost in overtime, 3-2 to the Edmonton Oilers, so I will not dwell too much on the fantastic [...]

Good Hockey, Good Wireless

It always strikes me as somewhat amazing how much SMS and MMS services have seamlessly integrated themselves with mainstream activities.  As an example, (and no surprise to those who really know me!) I will use this afternoon’s Ranger/Bruin hockey game.  Before you send me lots of comments and email pointing out that what I really [...]