Ged Carroll

Is Blackout Crisis The Final Nail For Blackberry?
No, although it does show the weakness of online services in general. Trust in these services are part of a wider consumer flight away from quality: We listen to music on MP3s that are not comparable to the Sony Discmans of 20 years ago in terms of audio quality We…
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What Are You Using Your Mobile Or Tablet For, When The TV Is On?
I tend to use them to go through unrelated data to the TV programme like my RSS feeds. A lot of the time I use the TV as more of an audio rather than visual source.
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What Would Make You Use Foursquare More?
I have a regular Foursquare habit, but things that would improve the amount of times that I would check-in: - More uptime on Foursquare servers, I get a lot of please check-in later messages - less clicks per check-in - it usually takes me about four clicks to check in…
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Opinions on the iPhone 4S
As with most Apple product launches the Apple iPhone 4S was different to some of the more outlandish claims. What is more interesting is how Apple has used the 3GS and the 4 to extend downmarket and compete with Android and Bada based phones.
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What is the best "Local Morning Media" that you read, listen or watch with your first cup of coffee?
I am not that bothered about 'local media'. The local information that I look for is Transport For London's line updates and listen to the BBC World Service or Wall Street Journal's Tech Update podcast. Newswise, my content is funneled into Fastladder grouped by folders.
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What is inspiring to see in Hong Kong?
Hong Kong inspires from so many different levels: - The people are generally very friendly and there is a service culture that most retailers in the west don't reach - The high density property provides a road map for the megacities of the future without turning into slums - Governance…
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The Go-To Social Network, Google+ or Facebook?
Neither. Facebook offends the eye with it's pure user experience, and an ain't o be everything whilst actually being nothing more than a poor event planning tool. Google+ doesn't have enough of my network on there to be useful yet, but it's design is very interesting. I use Twitter, Sina…
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What's inspiring to see in Paris
I find La Defence an impressive space, the Metro system and the Pompidou centre
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How do you obtain new applicable knowledge?
A combination of things: Blogs Real world events Experimentation
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What are the top three social media legal challenges faced by your organization?
Client confidentiality - less worried about disclosure than the information security risks and social engineering opportunities that social services offer hackers IP infringement - the one that keeps me up at night is the indiscriminate use of Google image search to source pictures despite continued education and creative commons alternatives…
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What do you think of the new Starbucks logo?
I think that Starbucks logo was a shrewd business move representative of the fact that much of its future business performance depends on markets like East Asia and the Middle East where the Roman script surrounding the mermaid hindered rather than helped product adoption.
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Reconsidering Operating Systems?
I am not looking to move, partly because I am not convinced by the Windows 8 roadmap I have seen so far. I think that tablets and laptops are two different user cases distinct enough not to have a converged interface. I think it is important to look at the…
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What are your top three favorite sources for news and information?
My RSS reader which is stuffed to the gills with great feeds like PSFK, Monocle and RTÉ radio online
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Is Foursquare Working In The UK?
Foursquare still still a largely niche proposition in the UK. I usually live and work in Central London where there are regular check-ins and mayoral offers available. There are number of reasons for this. The creative classes are heavily centralised in London, much more than say the United States. London…
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