On My Wavelength

Interesting new models emerging in the music industry

Geraldine McBride speaks on future trends and the importance of disobedient thinking

The important of context when analysing data.  Second hand mined data will never be as powerful or useful as real time, contextual intent.  Its about relationships, not stalking

Not really sure if 3D printing or just mechanical dispensing.  Not sure I would be eating this in any case 

Our social networking pages are being policed by outsourced, unvetted moderators.

Really cool app called Fuse.  It personified your car, gives your car a voice, connecting it with your world. Your car, your data, your way. Great concept

A cute example of the rise of smart devices in the home 

Great app allowing you to monitor energy usage from your phone.  This is where the future is at

Interesting trend of high-street retailers being met with a herd of online-only retailers heading in the opposite direction during 2014. Just over 40 per cent of small online-only businesses said they would seek space in a physical store!

Sheep LED Art - Technology can be both fun and pointless, who even thinks of this stuff

Great site on the likelihood of 2014's tech trends

The Augmented Web, great example of what can be done now with Augmented Reality 

A bank for example could create linkages with insurance firms and retailers to give the customer a single unified experience.  Someone wants to buy a house, they need to get a loan, they also need insurance and white goods for the house.  Transactional models can be made for moving a customer on along the value network while making the consumers life both easier and more efficient  

Internet of Things comedy for the day

Alan Gleeson writing on the concept of the Intention Economy coined by Doc Searls, has it finally arrived? 

Shows what works in one country won't necessarily work everywhere 

These guys are doing some interesting things around consumer data and helping firms make the jump from data mining to data relationships