Camilla Young's Blog
Location is Dead, Long Live Location
September's Convergence Conversation topic:
Location is Dead, Long Live Location - all hail the rise of location based services
Everybody knows that the top three success factors for retail, and by extension, any consumer sales proposition, used to be 'location, location and location.' Then the Internet came along and we were all shopping from home and suddenly location seemed to matter less and less. But thanks to mobility and broadband everywhere, a whole new chapter in the location story is being written.
In this convergence conversation we explore the coming tidal wave of Location Based Services – from retail, to advertising, to service delivery
Join us here at Intellect after work - to listen, learn, contribute and network. The Convergence Conversation format is always deliberately informal, with a chance for everyone to put forward their views in an open discussion and network over a glass More...
Convergence Conversation Info 20th August 2010
The Information roundup - Friday 20 August
We bring you a selection from the blogs posted on convergenceconversation.com over the last few weeks. Read on - to be informed and stimulated, to agree or disagree; to add your comments and to add your own blog if you have something to say :-
I got Busted on Twitter
by Costas Troulos of Broadband Prime
All of my twitter followers received earlier today a DM from me giving out iPADs for free. Of course, the people who actually know me know that I wouldn’t give out iPADs, an FTTH connection maybe, but not iPADs.This was a spam message from those infamous sites luring you into giving your mobile phone and fill you up with SMS at 2 euros per turn!
Anyways, since my followers seem to be more intelligent than myself, they did not catch the bait. More...
The Future of Advertising in the Converged World
Date: Thursday 26 August 2010
Time: 18:00-20:00 -
Registration from 17:30,
Wine and Cheese before and during the meeting
Venue: More...
Convergence Conversation Info 30th July 2010
The Information roundup - Friday 30 July 2010
This brings you a selection from the blogs posted on convergenceconversation.com over the last 2 weeks. Read on - to be informed and stimulated, to agree or disagree; to add your comments and to add your own blog if you have something to say?
Is more bandwidth what we value most?
by Brian Williamson of Plum Consulting
The Convergence Conversation scheduled for 29 July 2010 raises the question “How much bandwidth do we need?” To answer this question, we need to consider not just bandwidth, but also other attributes of connectivity, how much we value improvements in each of them and what those improvements would cost. The following picture provides a way of viewing three attributes together – mobility, capacity and bandwidth. The divide between mobile and fixed in terms of capacity a More...
Convergence Conversation Info 16th July 2010
This brings you a selection from the blogs posted on convergenceconversation.com during this week. Read on to be informed and stimulated, to agree or disagree; to add your comments - and to add your own blog if you have something to say?
The USC doesn't work - I tried with #moat
by Lindsey Annison of Fiver to the Home - Fibrevolution
I did my best with my impoverished kit to record what happened last night. A manhunt was going on near to our neighbourhood (my friends were up there buying a combine harvester at lunchtime and had phoned me to ask for directions from Google Maps as the sat nav couldn't find the postcode). More...
How Much Bandwidth Do We Need?
July's Convergence Conversation -
Date: Thursday 29 July 2010
Time: 17:30-19:30 -
Registration from 17:00,
Wine and Cheese served before and during the meeting
Venue: More...
Conversation Starters
The Internet of Things & Augmented Reality
The Internet of Things and Augmented Reality were both rated among the top 5 Internet trends of 2009. So what are they, what are their applications and challenges, and where do opportunities lie in these spaces?
Conversation Starters, factsheet for today's meeting.
The Internet of Things & Augmented Reality
The next Convergence Conversation - speakers confirmed
Date: Thursday 24 June 2010
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Registration from 17:30
Wine and Cheese
Venue: & More...
The Future of Money: Conversation Starters
How big is the virtual currency market?
ZYNGA
Founded in 2007, with current revenues of $100m. Supported by direct credit card payments or partner business generation. Several Zynga games require an "Energy" characteristic to play. Engaging in "Missions", a core feature of many games, consumes a certain amount of energy. Expended energy is slowly replenished to the character's maximum limit (taking up to several hours, whether or not players are logged into the game), after which players can engage in additional missions. Waiting for energy to replenish is a significant limiting factor in the games. More...
Digital Economy Act: Conversation Starters
Introduction:
Although the Digital Economy Act has a number of clauses, none is as contentious as the clause around protection of copyright content – the “Anti-Piracy” clauses. Mostly, the act seems to raise more questions than it answers as it seems to have been rushed through without adequate discussion or debate. Here are some of the key issues:
A. Anti-piracy Clauses
1. Unaccounted for:
- What will be the impact on public Internet, provided by businesses, councils, educational institutions and internet cafes?
- What about streaming copyright-infringing material, instead of downloading?
- What about non-AV materials – like downloading scanned books? Where does the publishing industry fit into this structure? What about photographers, artists, etc.?
- Where do the Google Books project and the Guttenberg Project fit under n


