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Re: Mr Operator on the Credit Crunch: Opportunity Knocks

Scott — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:00:44 -0000

I agree on the silver lining, the radical arrangement of the deckchairs, and that the operators to succeed will be those that are most radical and active.

But, I am not sure any of the propositions mentioned are anything other than niche plays to create nice anecdotes for board meetings and presentations.

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Awards Special

Scott — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:34:32 -0000

Our two nominations were a nice surprise - thanks guys. Keep up the good work. Nice touch having the reader of the year award.

Re: Eureka Moments

Scott — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:38:11 -0000

My question to you at Oxford was about Net Promoter Scores (http://www.netpromoter.com/) which is detailed in the Ultimate Question. I am sure that if Blyk measured this it would further underline to all and sundry that you have something special brewing.

Re: hello N96 - No iPlayer with a 3G connection - wifi only :(...

Scott — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:44:40 -0000

You can watch the iPlayer content over mobile if you can get yourself a beta version of the Skyfire browser. For the more patient, BBC is launching iPlayer over mobile next Wednesday - though initially just over WiFi. Talks with the network operators continue.....

Re: List of European Q1 venture investments

Scott — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:01:49 -0000

This is good evidence for taking a positive point of view of venture confidence, but as someone who has pitched to the VC community in Q1, I can tell of a distinct chill creeping into discussions from the beginning of March. I would be surprised to see such a robust Q2.

Re: We live in difficult times - but keep your eyes on the prize

Scott — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:24:58 -0000

Hi Nic - I'd actually be a little affronted if a VC called me in to point out that I may need to cut costs during the economic meltdown and then follow that up with direction on how to do so. Surely, you'd hope to invest in a team that can see this and do it for themselves?

Re: Yahoo at a strategic dead end

Scott — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:54:26 -0000

I did a post back in April where the punchline was "Ya-who?" with the assertion that in a few years we'll look back and reminisce about a company called Yahoo! It now seems truer than ever (http://viewfromthecoalface.blogspot.com/2008/06...)

Re: Think of the Children

Scott — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:16:40 -0000

This thinking always leads me to think of the changing shape of data protection. An area which is likely to provoke a yawn - if not already - is now at the beginning of a period of intense change. The up and coming digital children proactively share everything about their lives in order to make new friends/acquaintances, find things out, work out where to go. They do not squirm when building a facebook page as the older generation do - is that a work thing or a social thing? do I want people to know that? - the legal challenge here must be to allow this to happen and to understand to what extent this new audience wants protection rather than simply try and patrol the existing boundaries.