Few companies innovate with the intensity and frequency of those working in mobile, and today’s present is a future that only a handful of people would have predicted just a few short years ago. While most of us happily soak up rampant innovation as mere consumers, a handful of people in the hallowed corridors of … Continue reading Glimpsing into a mobile future
Month: September 2010
FrontlineSMS at The Feast ’09
I’ve always maintained that the greater the distance between an ICT4D ‘problem’ and the problem solver, the greater the chance of failure. The difficulty here is that quite often the problem and the resources available to fix it are in different places, and available to the wrong people. While ‘we’ – those who rarely fully … Continue reading FrontlineSMS at The Feast ’09
Ideas vs. execution: A personal history
“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea” – Hindu Siddharta, Founder of Buddhism (563-483 B.C) Like most people I’ve never been short of ideas. Short of good ones, perhaps, but never plain old ideas. As we all know, though, ideas alone … Continue reading Ideas vs. execution: A personal history