Comments on: Walking with Normobs – A Response from our man Whatley

By: 4b1L

4b1L — Sun, 25 May 2008 04:47:54 +0000

very nice article

By: 4b1L

4b1L — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:47:54 +0000

very nice article

By: 4b1L

4b1L — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:47:54 +0000

very nice article

By: James Whatley

James Whatley — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:49:29 +0000

That's it! Cheers Stefan. It wasn't actually a blog post at all.

I'm reading Shirky's book "Here Comes Everybody" at the moment.
That'll be it then.

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By: constantine

constantine — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:44:01 +0000

Which is why when the 14 year old children of today are 80 years old the world will be a better piece.

The girl jumping behind the screen behavior you mentioned, that was from this epic speech: http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/0...

And if you want the video: http://blip.tv/file/855937

By: SteveRowlands

SteveRowlands — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:28:24 +0000

“Tell your Dad to make a phone call by pushing the Skype button, and he will. Tell him to make a call over Skype? He

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:14:58 +0000

all good points Mr Whatley, its natural that these kinds of things will eventually catch on and hopefully in 10-15 years or so they will be mainstream – however knowing that is one thing, convincing investors ( the real people behind these services) that they need to wait for this long to see a return is another thing entirely. As much as we might not like it these are the people pulling the strings in the mobile industry and they want as big a user base as possible, as soon as possible. Unfortunately the people with big bags of money will always dictate, unless the revolution comes and they are all lined up against the wall and shot…