by Minter Dial | Nov 7, 2017 | Internet of Things, Social Media
I recently spoke on a panel, invited by Bernie J Mitchell, about the future of blogging, with marvelous co-panelists Katie King and Lucy Hall, and moderated by Andy Bargery. The questions and flow of the conversation led to several key conclusions. First, blogging is...
by Minter Dial | Oct 31, 2017 | Futureproof, New Tech
I should have known that Cluj, the second largest city in Romania, was going to provide a few digital surprises. And it didn’t fail me. First off, the entrepreneurial driver from the airport immediately volunteered to tether Internet access through his own...
by Minter Dial | Oct 26, 2017 | New Tech
I think you’d agree that access to the Internet has become second nature these days. When you check in at the hotel, receptionists know to indicate the wifi login even before telling where the gym or lifts are located or when breakfast is served. When a friend...
by Minter Dial | Oct 20, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data Analytics, Futureproof, Mobile
Short Term: Mobile and Retail Mobile technologies will completely transform the world of retail in the very short term. If I can walk in to a store, be immediately recognised by beacon and my existing account data, a whole lot of interesting things can happen. Combine...
by Minter Dial | Oct 17, 2017 | Digital Transformation, Futureproof, New Tech
Technological change is almost always told as a story of destruction. A new thing is invented, and it crushes everything in its path. From Frankenstein’s monster terrorising villagers in 1818, through post-nuclear Godzilla stomping Tokyo flat, we have ended up in 2015...
by Minter Dial | Oct 13, 2017 | Futureproof, New Tech, Web Enabled
The Web-enabled Force is the most importance force. There, I said it. It’s hard to imagine anything more important than the flexibility of the Internet accessed through a browser. The scary thing? We have quite a bit of untapped potential left with respect to the...