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Stratford Institute – Canada’s First Digital Media Think Tank
Aug 16th
A Campus Force for Canada’s Digital Future – International – The Chronicle of Higher Education via kwout
University of Waterloo’s Stratford Institute is a think-tank, integrator and training institute devoted to collaboration between digital media, international commerce and culture. When the institute opens the are plans to have 20 students enrolled in a master’s program in business, entrepreneurship, and technology with hopes that the number will increase to 2000 within 10 years. Ian Wilson the director of this new institute boldly points Canadian universities lack of ability to graduate students prepared for a digital economy with the following statement:
A few recognize it. But many of the students are doing it themselves. They are far more adept at using this technology than most faculty are. I’ve been known to criticize governments for … working in narrow, subject-based silos. They don’t exchange information with each other. Then I come to one of Canada’s high-tech universities, and it is as siloed as government ever is, and the communication across the disciplines is not there.
While it is good to see a university in my home country finally responding re-actively to the need for preparing students for a digital world it is even better to acknowledge the work that has been going on at ACU for the past several years and the development of the Digital Media Center and its evolution into the AT&T Learning Studio. These types of articles and press releases confirm ACU’s proactive vision and leadership in the digital and mobile learning.
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Misguided Tablet Strategy
Aug 2nd
Microsoft’s misguided tablet strategy is the apotheosis of the company | Tech Sanity Check | TechRepublic.com via kwout
Jason Hiner the Editor in Chief of TechRepublic makes the argument that Microsoft’s misguided tablet is the apothesis of the company. Balmer’s notion that Windows 7 will run on Slate PC’s in 2010 has not and will not realized because a tablet PC are much more than just another form factor for Windows. All one has to do is look at the success of the iPad and the forthcoming Android tablets to see that these devices are much more like smartphones than they are like PC.
HP and ASUS have both dropped their intentions to create a Windows 7 tablet due to the excessive power consumption of Windows 7. Hiner goes onto blame the lack of leadership or poor leadership for Microsoft’s current plight. Perhaps this is just the latest example of the impact of disruptive innovation. The iPhone and now the iPad have radically changed the tech industry in the past 2-3 years so perhaps we are starting to see the beginning of the end of Microsoft’s dominance.
Poll: Will BlackBerry 6 catch up to iPhone and Android?
Jul 29th
Poll: Will BlackBerry 6 catch up to iPhone and Android? | Tech Sanity Check | TechRepublic.com via kwout
In the Tech Sanity Check article/poll Jason Hiner askes if Blackberry OS6 will keep up with iPhone and Android. When I took the poll the nays have it by a significant share. Hiner points out that many Blackberry users are dumping their phones in 2010 for either an iPhone or Android. Those who want the voice capability migrate toward the Android and those who want to much more move toward the iPhone. I dumped my Blackberry for an iPhone over two years ago so you can guess how I voted. I suspect that we are seeing the impact of the disruptive innovation of the iPhone and now Android movement. Time will tell if Blackberry makes it.
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The Future of Mobile – Wednesday Watchlist
Apr 14th
The Future of Mobile Media and Communication in the year 2020 is visualizing the future vision of the MOCOM 2020 project. The trends, facts and thesis in this video are collected through an international crowdsourcing process and methodology at www.mocom2020.com
Hello, iPad. Hello, Cloud 2
Mar 30th
I have to thank Kenny Jones for bringing the following article to my attention. Marc Benioff chairman and CEO of salesforce.com message to 60 CIOs in various meetings throughout America’s heartland is:
We are moving from Cloud 1 to Cloud 2, and the iPad is the accelerator….What’s most exciting is that this fundamental transformation—cloud + social + iPad—will inspire a new generation of wildly innovative new apps that will change entire industries.
Moving from Cloud 1 to Cloud 2 doesn’t mean dropping all the functionality of cloud 1 rather it means we add the functionality of Cloud 2 to Cloud 1. It is a move from typing and clicking to touch and a move from chatting to video.
Is industry listening–time will tell and Benioff suggests that many CIOs may rather retire than change. What can the academy learn from this? We (the academy) are one of the largest industries in North America and we need to heed this message as well.
