I recently "discovered" a new blogger who writes well and make me think a bit. In a good way. Here is a piece he wrote in 2009 that is worth considering today. Read it with an awareness that it is written pre iPad. This blogger is going on my follow list for certain!
The Smartphone is the Computer | brian s hall
http://brianshall.com/content/new-working-class
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The Smartphone is the Computer | brian s hall
http://brianshall.com/content/new-working-class
The Smartphone is the Computer
Submitted by brian s hall on 22 February, 2011 - 22:57
[Brian: This was originally written July 2009. One of the very first posts of the original site.]
We are in the midst of the global smartphone wars. Smartphones and the real-time "smart social mobile web" are permanently remaking business, learning, work, play, wealth, power and everything everywhere forever. What I term the Smart Social Mobile Web — the convergence of virtually free, infinitely scalable, globally accessible devices, databases, platforms and technologies — enables any-time, any-where collaboration between any individual, group or machine. The smart social mobile web has already begun to transform business, commerce, competition, philanthropy, learning, play, culture, wealth and power. As it (rapidly) gains force, the smart social mobile web transforms everything. Nothing will be like ever before. No industry, no market, no company, no product — no job — will be safe. None.
The building blocks of this smart social mobile web include:
How much land does Google own? Why is Facebook worth more than America's auto industry? When did Twitter alter the balance of power within non-democratic governments? Why is Apple on the cusp of becoming the most valuable company in the world? Is it possible that, thanks to the smartphone, a small family owned shop on main street can take on Amazon and win — every time? Yes.
And these are only the beginning. What you are teaching your children, what you prioritize, the way you work, how you value time and input are all wrong. Because they are relics of a world that is rapidly dying. All thanks to the smartphone. This site will provide sanctuary. But you must act. Every product, business, philanthropy, industry, community and social order is undergoing forced permanent transformation. Every individual holds the same power. Every business can compete with any other. Every nation has equal access. Anyone, anywhere, in any industry can become a competitor. Or an equal. This is a global revolution.
Some of the fundamental business models that are estroying the world as you kmow it are, simultaneously, creating unprecedented worldwide opportunity. Understand them, seize your chance, and lead the re-configuration of the planet!
God bless!
Brian S Hall
We are in the midst of the global smartphone wars. Smartphones and the real-time "smart social mobile web" are permanently remaking business, learning, work, play, wealth, power and everything everywhere forever. What I term the Smart Social Mobile Web — the convergence of virtually free, infinitely scalable, globally accessible devices, databases, platforms and technologies — enables any-time, any-where collaboration between any individual, group or machine. The smart social mobile web has already begun to transform business, commerce, competition, philanthropy, learning, play, culture, wealth and power. As it (rapidly) gains force, the smart social mobile web transforms everything. Nothing will be like ever before. No industry, no market, no company, no product — no job — will be safe. None.
The building blocks of this smart social mobile web include:
- Web
- Smartphone
- Social Media
- Location-based services
- Meta Search
- Real-time rich communications
- Instant machine-based decision-making
- our expectations
- our views
- what we learn
- how we work
- the policies we support
- children's education
How much land does Google own? Why is Facebook worth more than America's auto industry? When did Twitter alter the balance of power within non-democratic governments? Why is Apple on the cusp of becoming the most valuable company in the world? Is it possible that, thanks to the smartphone, a small family owned shop on main street can take on Amazon and win — every time? Yes.
And these are only the beginning. What you are teaching your children, what you prioritize, the way you work, how you value time and input are all wrong. Because they are relics of a world that is rapidly dying. All thanks to the smartphone. This site will provide sanctuary. But you must act. Every product, business, philanthropy, industry, community and social order is undergoing forced permanent transformation. Every individual holds the same power. Every business can compete with any other. Every nation has equal access. Anyone, anywhere, in any industry can become a competitor. Or an equal. This is a global revolution.
Some of the fundamental business models that are estroying the world as you kmow it are, simultaneously, creating unprecedented worldwide opportunity. Understand them, seize your chance, and lead the re-configuration of the planet!
- Free is the new black! Your service or product can be delivered for free. Don't believe me and someone else will make it happen.
- Here. Now. The only place is here. The only time is now. Distance is not relevant. Delays do not exist.
- Think locally. Scale globally. Hyperlocal is hyperglobal. In a globally connected world, where you are at the time is more important than ever:
- Information wants to be monetized: Data + access + analysis + aggregation + socialization = wealth.
- Values = Profits. Anyone can get anything anytime from anywhere. Counter-intuitively, this makes values-based businesses more important than ever.
- The virtual is the real. As we move the virtual into our reality – rather than the long-presumed opposite – opportunities for prosperity and permanent disconnect with others take root.
- Young brown woman child. The largest market ever could in fact be the biggest market ever.
- The spice must flow! When the entire planet is undergoing dramatic, permanent change, then government becomes the planet's biggest growth industry.
- Boring is Death. Schools, work, play, shopping; everything must be fun, exciting, adventurous. Or it will not survive.
God bless!
Brian S Hall
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