tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post3731160471207557040..comments2024-03-11T07:06:28.190-07:00Comments on Mobile Opportunity: The rise of the information ecosystem: How mobile devices, personal computing, media, and the Internet all fit togetherMichael Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966107280587843091noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-54296119324421283112008-11-25T08:34:00.000-08:002008-11-25T08:34:00.000-08:00really interesting! could you point me to referen...really interesting! could you point me to references for the use of the term "information ecosystem"? I am writing about the connection between IT with knowledge about real ecosystems like global climate change. I would love to know more about the term.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-21593034123917302012007-09-06T11:14:00.000-07:002007-09-06T11:14:00.000-07:00Given Apple's announcements in 2007, it is, step b...Given Apple's announcements in 2007, it is, step by step, slowly fitting all your pieces together - mobile devices (iPods/iPhones), personal computing (Macs), media (iTunes), and the Internet (Safari, .Mac, iTunes). As well as fashion (as suggested by shane).<BR/><BR/>iTunes clearly provides an outlet for the "old-style" producers. But with podcasts and YouTube, it's moved to intermediated social networking. And with a general purpose Safari browser on the iPod touch and iPhone, it can move further, although adding a few more apps (or better integrated web apps or improved .Mac) would make the mobile user interface easier to use. But the direction is there.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05365597019511460816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-22163010547189368812007-08-24T16:23:00.000-07:002007-08-24T16:23:00.000-07:00As I look at your chart of the old and new inforam...As I look at your chart of the old and new inforamtion ecosystems I am starting to value something that I never quite understood. I never quite understood the importance of peer to peer payment systems such as paypal. The reason I did not understand to it had seemed that every venue that accepted payment through paypay(or amazon FPS) was also acceptring credit cards. You can even sell on ebay and your customers are automatically able to use there credit card. <BR/><BR/>But if I set a qoal that there should be more direct sales from creator to customer I see a real need for simple easy to use direct person to person payment system as a way to bring a higher % of any given sale to the creator of any given content.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly in part of asia and africa the transfer of prepaid phone balances is becoming a new form of long distance cash payment.<BR/><BR/>Michael, thanks for all these great article that are giving me a new perspective of looking at the mobile internet and the rest of the information ecosystem and beyond.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-84754217846791447412007-02-17T16:13:00.000-08:002007-02-17T16:13:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gizmo Buddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08224281677076465454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-7677060687863691542007-02-16T13:07:00.000-08:002007-02-16T13:07:00.000-08:00I would like to suggest that there is yet another ...I would like to suggest that there is yet another "industry" that effects the mobile world, and that is the "fashion" industry. I am not sure that fashion is the best word to use, but I think it describes the totally personal (and sometimes irrational) choices that customers make when purchasing mobile devices. <BR/><BR/>For example, why does one customer like a black ipod while others like a blue one? I think it also impacts less cosmetic choices. I am involved in mobile mapping (more specifically the capture of map data in the field using a mobile device and a GPS). I have often found that the choice for a mobile device is very personal and somewhat irrational. One customer will say a device with a quarter VGA screen is great because it fits in a pocket. Another customer, for the same application, will say the screen is too small.<BR/><BR/>The best analogy I have found to describe this aspect of choice in the mobile world is choice of clothing. Take a look at a group of like minded people in a room, and there is no rational reason for the many different choices of clothing (style, color, etc).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241506689117145557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-67259435864543373242007-02-15T23:18:00.000-08:002007-02-15T23:18:00.000-08:00Thanks for the nice comments, folks. Very encoura...Thanks for the nice comments, folks. Very encouraging.<BR/><BR/><B>Avi wrote:</B><BR/><BR/><I>>>Aren't you leaving out consumer electronics? </I><BR/><BR/>Dang, you're right. I forgot.<BR/><BR/>Here's how I think consumer electronics fits: There are a lot of consumer electronics products that <I>aren't</I> part of the new ecosystem, because they don't have any data features or ties to the Internet. For example, my very low-tech and unsophisticated clock radio at home is outside the new ecosystem.<BR/><BR/>But if you were designing a clock radio today, and wanted to (say) build an iPod cradle into it, all of a sudden you'd be sucked into the ecosystem. The success of your product now depends in part on the success of the iPod, which in turn is affected by IP issues in the music industry. As a clock radio manufacturer, you've lost a chunk of your business predictability and autonomy, but you probably don't even realize it.<BR/><BR/>So I think we have to look at consumer electronics by individual product categories.<BR/><BR/>I appreciate feedback like this -- makes us all smarter.Michael Macehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966107280587843091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-48001391669039418872007-02-14T18:06:00.000-08:002007-02-14T18:06:00.000-08:00Mike,>Aren't you leaving out consumer electronics?...Mike,<BR/><BR/><<...the mobile world ...[is] ...deeply interconnected with three other industries that deal with information: the Internet, personal computing, and the media>><BR/><BR/>Aren't you leaving out consumer electronics? For example, any serious discussion of mobile music services must include the content owners ("media" in your definition), but you can't seriously leave out the iPod, its ecosystem, and the expectations it has set for consumers. I suppose you could call MP3 players, digital cameras, GPS systems, gaming devices, etc. part of "personal computing" but I sure wouldn't. <BR/><BR/>-aviAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-33623108484950344402007-02-13T21:55:00.000-08:002007-02-13T21:55:00.000-08:00I find it interesting and in some ways understandi...I find it interesting and in some ways understandible that some want to focus on mobile as though it were a walled garden or a greenhouse with no relation to other areas. It's much easier to disregard other areas and strip out one area, but as you say, this is not a realistic way forward, unless one wants to be surprised by reality.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for taking the time to give the 100,000 foot view of these multiple related and intertwined areas of mobile, entertainment, and computing — you've managed to capture many nebulous ideas I sort of had for a while in a clean. crisp way.<BR/><BR/>Keep on rolling Mike! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-6955278845680944422007-02-13T11:38:00.000-08:002007-02-13T11:38:00.000-08:00I am grateful, that you are here, and you are able...I am grateful, that you are here, and you are able to write up, and Mobilize, the ideas and concepts that are currently floating around in the ethers, and put it down, in writing, in your blog.<BR/><BR/>I think this might be the 2nd article I've read of yours, but very Very wide in it's scope!<BR/>Glad to know there are others that think in BIG picture ideas!<BR/><BR/>ignore the guy that says to stay on topic. Tunnel-vision as a topic?!? I don't think so.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-64881801038760204082007-02-13T08:27:00.000-08:002007-02-13T08:27:00.000-08:00Nice to see that concept written in plain words at...Nice to see that concept written in plain words at last...<BR/><BR/>The Apple/Pixar association, or the close ties between software vendors and search engines, for instance, are just examples of the deepening ties that link the different parts of this ecosystem, I'm surprised that there may be people still denying this (although, on the other hand, I can certainly understand that people would want to focus on one side or the other of the global polyhedron for personal taste or lack of time, instead of trying to grasp the big picture...)<BR/><BR/>Keep on thinking "broad", Michael! :-)Patrick Robbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596767717989876522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-49852224877123738272007-02-12T22:10:00.000-08:002007-02-12T22:10:00.000-08:00Please, please go on. This topic and thread of tho...Please, please go on. This topic and thread of thought is definitely worth developing further.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com