Do We Take Social Media and Connectivity for Granted?
The U.S. Department of State sponsors something called the International Visitor Leadership Program which is a program in which young leaders from various parts of the world meet with leaders in the U.S. on a particular topic. I was among one of the people selected to meet with the young foreign leaders to discuss social [...]
Why cash is such a tough competitor; last cash markets
I’ve been spending a bunch of time recently thinking about last cash markets – markets that are still dominated by cash payment – and how electronic payment can penetrate these markets. Some of these markets (vending, taxis, paid parking) are huge (measured in billions). The lack of connectivity with the point of acceptance is a huge issue for [...]
Announcing the CloudAve Decent Access Initiave (DAI)
Here on CloudAve we spend a reasonable amount of time travelling to, from and between conferences. We see lots of different hotels and attend many different events. Nice guy David Terrar posted complaining of the poor WiFi access at the Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin recently, he also compared that to the frankly outstanding access [...]
