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Simon Mainwaring

May 16, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

‘Social Media’ and ‘The Future’ are two phrases that really shouldn’t go together unless you want to set yourself up for failure. Technological change is simply too fast and organic to be predictable. That said, here’s a stab at tomorrow and, maybe, the day after… Facebook, Twitter and Friendfeed (sorry MySpace) are in a dead […]

‘Social Media’ and ‘The Future’ are two phrases that really shouldn’t go together unless you want to set yourself up for failure. Technological change is simply too fast and organic to be predictable. That said, here’s a stab at tomorrow and, maybe, the day after… Facebook, Twitter and Friendfeed (sorry MySpace) are in a dead …

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Filed Under: Social Tagged With: Facebook, FriendFeed, Future, Google, Social media, social network, Twitter

May 13, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

This is my first post as a guest contributor to a great innovation, inspiration and idea blog called Brain Pickings. Click here to read.

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Filed Under: Brands, Technology, Thinking Tagged With: Brands, Inspiration, Technology

May 7, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

Wafaa Bilal, NYU professor, Iraqi and performance artist, got famous by locking himself in a small, Chicago gallery with an automated paintball gun pointed right at him. The gun was hooked up to the Internet, and viewers at the gallery and online could shoot him with yellow paint balls from point blank range at any …

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Filed Under: Community, Social Tagged With: Iraq, Pakistan, PTSD, Social media, U.S. drones, Video games, Wafaa Bilal, War, youth violence

April 29, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

Ben Parr @ Mashable just wrote a great piece about the launch of Social TV that allows friends on Facebook and MySpace to watch Hulu together using new Splashcast apps. These apps allow you to make micro-comments about a shows using your social network without those comments then showing up on your profile. What’s cool …

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Filed Under: Social, Technology Tagged With: HULU, Mashable, social network, Television

April 25, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

Re-cession. We’re in the middle of it and people are talking about their jobs, livelihood and future. According to the Huffington Post, jobless claims rose in 46 states last week, with California posting it’s highest jobless rate in three decades (11.2%). What’s more, while the economy tanks technology continues to change industries and the way …

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Filed Under: Consumers, Economy Tagged With: Creativity, Economy, Google, Huffington Post, Jeff Jarvis, jobless, reinvention, Technology

April 22, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

You may die but don’t expect your digital assets to go with you. Thanks to Legacy Locker, those instant tweets have been granted immortality. The concept is simple and suddenly obvious. They protect everything you create on the internet for your trust or estate (just as you do with your car, house or retirement account). …

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Filed Under: Social, Technology, Values Tagged With: Digital asset, Social media, Twitter

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