Paul Jacobson

Category: Mindsets

  • Nokia N97 vs the iPhone 3Gs and a few other thoughts

    The N97 really seems to have had a rocky reception in the USA in particular. I just read a particularly vitriolic review in Gizmodo where Matt Buchanan declared that the N97’s UI is a “crappy half-assed UI, it’s a steaming pile of suck on a slab of garbage toast”. This was fairly typical of the…

  • Alt.conference – more social than media

    About 45 people came together in two locations for the inaugural alt.conference events held simultaneously in Cape Town and Johannesburg on 4 July. I came up with the idea for alt.conference a couple months ago during a conversation with Hunter of Genius, Max Kaizen. It was an experiment in a few ways. On one hand…

  • Nokia gives Mac (and Linux) users the finger … again! (corrected)

    Update: I thought I’d try get in touch with Kalle Ojala (he is in the video below) and chat to him about plans for the Ovi Suite on other platforms after my rant below. Turns out it is a good idea to actually reach out to the people working on the developments I am ranting…

  • Which rules should bloggers play by?

    I have been thinking about this question for a little while now. Anyone who has been following me recently will have noticed a certain degree of emphasis on Nokia and its products and services. In fact, looking back at my last 20 posts (not including this one), 6 were not specifically about Nokia or a…

  • Giving birth to the Nokia N97

    If you have been reading my posts recently you’ll know that I am just a teensy bit excited about the upcoming Nokia N97. Ok, that is probably a bit of an understatement. I am very very very excited about the N97. I’ve told you what promise it holds for me and here is a great…

  • Permission needed to photograph Melrose Arch's new shopping section

    Melrose Arch opened a new shopping section last week and my wife and I decided to go take a look. The centre with the slogan “the space to be yourself” has opened a pretty funky shopping space. I thought it would be visually appealing so I took my Canon point and shoot along with us.…

  • FriendFeed, Pulse, Jaiku: where the conversation is moving

    There is quite a bit of chatter about moving the conversation away from Twitter to FriendFeed. The advocates of this move are not just less known FriendFeed fans but some of the bigger personalities on the Web. Jason Calacanis recently declared that he was shifting his conversation almost exclusively to FriendFeed from Twitter for a…

  • Almost time for the iCommons iSummit ‘08

    Here is a presentation Heather Ford, iCommons’ Executive Director, has posted to SlideShare. | View | Upload your own I really should use SlideShare myself … Technorati Tags:icommons, isummit, isummit ’08, heather ford