Ronan Shields, New Media Age’s tireless correspondent, writes today that the FT are forecasting that 60% of their readership will be via mobile by 2020. However, I believe that they’re almost certainly wrong about this. What, is Buckley getting cold feet about the rise and rise of mobile? No, not at all – they’re under-estimating [...]
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FT Forecasts 60% Readership Mobile by 2020 – Why They Are Wrong
by Russell Buckley on 24. May, 2012 in Analysis, Exponential
10 Redundant Ideas for Kids Born Today
by Russell Buckley on 16. May, 2012 in Analysis, Predictions
If a child is born today, what everyday tech that we take for granted today, will have disappeared by the time they are 10? 10 years isn’t very long in overall historical terms, but in technology, it’s a very long time indeed. Especially as we move up the exponential curve and change gets faster and [...]
Tweetless in Shanghai
by Russell Buckley on 19. Apr, 2012 in Analysis, Personal
I’m currently in China on a bit of an exploratory trip, meeting various VCs, entrepreneurs, government and academic people. It’s too early to get much of an impression – I’m jetlagged and in a hotel in the western suburbs of Shanghai and about half an hour’s drive through mad traffic from the famous Bund and [...]
21st Century Careers and the Decimation of the Middle Class Professions
by Russell Buckley on 17. Apr, 2012 in Analysis
I recently attended a Career’s Evening at my 16 year old daughter’s school. The idea was that parents representing typical middle class professions, such as banking, military, accounting, medicine, law and marketing stood around answering questions from the kids, who ranged in age between 15 and 18. Apart from the odd mobile phone, the scene [...]
My Dunbar’s Number List
by Russell Buckley on 30. Mar, 2012 in Analysis
British anthropologist, Robin Dunbar, came up with the idea in a seminal 1992 essay, that the maximum number of stable relationships that a human can cope with is around 150. This is based on the development of the neocortex and also represents the approximate size of social groupings in hunter-gatherer societies. More information at good [...]
SOS – Support Our Stores
by Russell Buckley on 04. Dec, 2011 in Analysis, Mobile coupons, Mobile Phone Evolution
This week, I’ll be speaking at the Guardian’s Mobile Business Summit, which has an excellent line up, as you would expect. If you’re going to be there, please come and say Hi. My session is about mCommerce – no surprises there. But I think we often lose sight of what mCommerce is as it embraces [...]
Gen MO – Mobile-Only Generation
by Russell Buckley on 15. Dec, 2010 in Analysis, Mobile Society
One of the theories many of us have been writing about for ages now is that there’s a whole bunch of people who are part of Gen MO. Or people who use the mobile exclusively. To be clear, this is not about cutting the cord and getting rid of landlines, but people who only access [...]
Blacklist of “unsavoury characters”
by Russell Buckley on 30. Nov, 2010 in Analysis, Services
TechCrunch covered an interesting story this morning about a blacklist of people and companies to avoid doing business with if you’re a startup – or anyone with access to the database, I guess. It’s the brainchild of The Founder Institute, a very early stage startup accelerator and entrepreneur training program, with branches throughout the world. [...]
MMS Officially Huge
by Russell Buckley on 08. Jun, 2010 in Analysis
If you haven’t read our friend, Tomi Ahonen’s post “Everything you ever wanted to know about mobile, but were afraid to ask” over at Communities Dominate Brands, you really should. It’s a little long (no surprises there from our Tomi!) but is worth every minute you invest reading it. This applies if you’re a died-in-the-wool [...]
Unintended Consequences and the Success of Blackberry in the Middle East
by Russell Buckley on 25. Mar, 2010 in Analysis
I’m attending ArabNet currently, which is a large web conference taking place in Beirut. I’m speaking tomorrow, so if you’re here too let me know if there’s anything you’d like me to cover – and come and say hello. One of the interesting aspects of the region is the huge success of Blackberry over and [...]
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