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Ten iPad Conclusions

I wouldn’t let you take it away from me.  It is now integral to my wireless life. It is about creating as well as consuming but creation has to be simple. It offers a better web experience (Flash excepted) than either my Mac or iPhone (and it is faster than both) Key apps have a
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Living and Learning

I so needed a run this morning even from the Ramada at Newark Airport.  I came out on to the access road and it looked quiet and started running. After about half a mile on a terrible road in a horrible area, a van passed with Uniformed guys in it wildly gesturing to me.  I
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iPad Again!

In marked contrast to a 90 year old, I gave my iPad to a 18 month year old girl called Hannah.  The excitment was palpable and you can see from the photograph.  She managed to get the interface in minutes:  she loved swiping the Apps so they flicked from screen to screen and she also
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Three Weeks with an iPad

Another post summing up my three weeks of useage and you know what?  Pages comes out as my top App! Can’t quite believe it, but it is, and what a delight to use.  It has been so well thought through for a touch screen and yet has great functionality.  Read it here. And if you
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One Week With an iPad

Just written on my considered impressions of owning an iPad for a week. This is on the Masie Centre  iPad Learning Lab blog which has a whole bunch of other users commenting on things iPad including Elliott himself whose last outing with his machine was to the supermarket looking for ingredients for the Paella recipe
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Gordon Brown and Authentic Leadership

If ever there was a moment when Gordon Brown lost this election it was today at lunchtime when he finished talking to a pensioner Gillian Duffy and stepped into his car with the radio mike still on, and launched, much to the amazement of  to the waiting possee of journalists, into a irritated outburst about
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Changing Face of Retail

Thank you @gjardimr for drawing attention to this via your blog. A good. well produced account of the changing face of retail.  How user views and content is altering what and why people buy.  Most consumers trust other consumers views of a product above critics or reviews.  Smart Companies gather this data when developing or
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James Martin: The Meaning of the C21st

‘We are at an extraordinary crossroads of human history. Our actions, or failure to act, during the next 20 years will determine the fate of the Earth and human civilization for centuries to come. This is a make-or-break century.’ These are the opening words of James Martin’s 11 minute film called: The Meaning of the
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Network Readiness

Great little report by the World Economic Forum listing companies in rank order for broadband. US= 72nd in mobile phone penetration and 5th in broadband!  UK is 13th in access to broadband just below Iceland and above Germany. No 1 country is Sweden followed by Singapore and Denmark. Thanks again Fast Company for drawing it
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Open Data

Tim Berners-Lee gives a fascinating TED 6 minute account of how the release of open data is allowing remarkable mash-ups around the world. It started with a call to action on TED last year called:  Raw Data Now!He shares some of the remarkable results linked to that.  When Geo Eye released current satellite imagery of
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