Back to Old School!

We talk about new technology and how it is liberating. And when we speak of landlines for phones eyes roll back. Yet, we are still slaves to the cord! Now it is the power cord!  

The More the Better.

Maybe just maybe the advertising industry has something to share with schools. In the past advertisers have liked to believe that you want to avoid consumer confusion by keeping messaged clear and single media based. Sure there may be messages across media but the logic has been that different screens being used simultaneously in multimedia [...]

Mobile Media is Under Used!

If you are like me there is no shortage of mobile media in your life! Smartphones, PDA’s, semi-smartphones there is an overabundance of hand-held technology today. But what we are not seeing are the education and professional communities picking up these, anyplace and anywhere enabling tools as a means to advancing personal/professional/directed information exchange. And, [...]

Think Niche

You want to know what our problem is? We collectively think too much about the big picture and the latest and greatest technology FAILING to realize that we live, work and breath the small picture and that most of us are using old tech (over a year old) to do most everything! Want to succeed? [...]

My Beef With Mobile Phones!

I had a very interesting conversation with Imran Kazmi last night on Nightline about mobile phone technology and the future. The problem, as I see it, is that we have a classic disconnect taking place that needs to be addressed for serious change advancement to take place NOW and not well after the innovation train [...]

TED2009—MobileActive.org

MobileActive.org is a community of people and organizations using mobile phones for social impact. We are committed to increasing the effectiveness of NGOs around the world who recognize that the 3.5 billion mobile phones provide unprecedented opportunities for organizing, communications, and service and information delivery. When was the last time you heard a person talk [...]

Break Free From Technology and Start Communicating!

I am steaming mad! Increasingly I find my self dealing with managers who are dependent on technology, think BlackBerry, but are absolutely pathetic communicators! If you do not plan to answer email please use the auto responder built into your email service to let me know that you have no plan to respond!  BUT if [...]