Archive of November 2008
Nov 18, 2008

Good Mobile Ideas (thx PSFK)

I attended the Good Ideas in 2009: Mobile event this morning. As always, PSFK puts on a good show. The plan is to have a series of salons raising interesting topics such as mobile technology, collaboration, social media and the future.

Allison Mooney moderated a panel with Steve Roberts (ShopText), Alistair Fulton (Deloitte), Kevin Slavin (area/code) and Florian Peters (CScout). Much of the discussion rehashed the obvious trends, location-based services and what the carriers should do (but...

Nov 13, 2008

For the Greater Good or Big Brother?

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Listening to the BBC on my morning commute the other day, I heard an interesting piece about Google's efforts to track flu outbreaks through the frequency of specific flu-related searches (flu symptoms, achy muscles, sore throat, etc). Google claims that through this system, they can predict flu outbreaks by more than 7-10 days than traditional methods done by the CDC.

Something to Think About: Are people comfortable with Google's efforts to publicize our searches? Even if it's for the greater good?