tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post695341689763017840..comments2024-03-25T21:41:06.801-07:00Comments on Mobile Opportunity: The spontaneous societyMichael Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966107280587843091noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-14940423284333379172008-04-22T00:50:00.000-07:002008-04-22T00:50:00.000-07:00Doing business I use the internet and a telephone....Doing business I use the internet and a telephone. When I combine the two I save money and literally do whatever I want and can still earn money. When I work on a site or serf I use my computer but otherwise I'm mobileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-49418185997124961212008-03-31T09:21:00.000-07:002008-03-31T09:21:00.000-07:00Good article. I think the recent announcement lau...Good article. I think the recent announcement launching the Center for Future Banking at MIT will get at some of these questions. <BR/><BR/>Looks like an interesting examination of mobile convergence.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/news/sections/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsLang=en&newsId=20080331005328" REL="nofollow"><STRONG>Center for Future Banking</STRONG></A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-74564234353331575372008-03-30T00:17:00.000-07:002008-03-30T00:17:00.000-07:00Good article, the whole 'keeping in touch without ...Good article, the whole 'keeping in touch without being together' thing is definitely true. With the Chinese though, I suspect part of the reason they don't schedule is that they don't need to. Asian societies are much more hierarchical than western ones, and if the boss wants to talk to you, you'd better drop everything, and come running. Is that a more efficient way to do things? I don't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-63142471237891637012008-03-28T06:12:00.000-07:002008-03-28T06:12:00.000-07:00Mike, I saw this at SXSW, using mobile phones and ...Mike, I saw this at SXSW, using mobile phones and Twitter. This was prevalent at the event, happening not only with us but seemed to be happening with many other SXSW attendees.<BR/><BR/>Our small group of Milwaukee people used a combo of on the fly connection via SMS or phone, Twitter and established base camps.<BR/><BR/>For instance the bag pickup area at SXSW was conveniently near the front doors of the Austin convention center, so we would separate for sessions and simply say "meet at the bags at noon" or meet at the bags at the end of the day. <BR/><BR/>We never set times ahead, but simply used this location as a loose point of reference. I even used it to locate others on the fly, grabbing this space and then texting someone that I was at the bags.<BR/><BR/>But we also did much on the fly too. We each had a mobile and would text each other to see where we were, or to determine when to meet.<BR/><BR/>With friends I hadn't met, I emailed them ahead of time with my mobile number, and in a couple of cases, a friend would call, tell us where he was and we would group and meet at that location.<BR/><BR/>You post reminded me of this and how freeing it was, once you accepted the fluidity of the process. For someone super tightly attached to the structured day, I could see this possibly driving them crazy until they made a decision to go with the flow.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429294526427589634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-30570718627298329312008-03-28T05:46:00.000-07:002008-03-28T05:46:00.000-07:00Good article. It’s not only scheduling though. The...Good article. It’s not only scheduling though. The power of the internet in one’s pocket is also transforming everything. People will start doing much more spontaneously. The tremendous flexibility of say being able to book a flight from your phone, find a business of interest or check times of a movie at a theater near you are just one of the few that will completely change how people manage/plan (or not have to ) their time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com