That’s the quote I heard someone on stage announce during the recent Crunchies awards. I was not impressed.
The quote was — paraphrasing — “Silicon Valley is the centre of web 2.0 and now it’s the centre of mobile”
Yeah.
Right.
Not quite.
I can’t quite be sure who it was that uttered the sentence. I don’t know if it was Michael Arrington (who was hosting most of it). I don’t think so. I do remember being so taken aback that I forgot to write down the exact quote and attribute it. I remember turning to the chaps from ShoZu (I was sitting next to them) to object and gauge their response… then I thought better of making a scene.
Over here, certain people consider Twitter to be the pinnacle of mobile innovation.
Twitter is not mobile. It’s an application that includes a mobile dimension, but it’s hardly a shining example of mobile technology per se. ShopQwik, by contrast, is a wicked example of what you can do with mobile — i.e. query and book a flight, hotel or hire car anywhere in the world in 60 seconds from your mobile. MAXroam, our very own SMS Text News sponsor, a borderless SIM card service, IS a mobile service.
Deary me.
We’ve got some educating to do here, we really do.
And the web 2.0 boys… geez, they really are full of it at times.
welcome to the west coast ewan, hope you have a swimsuit because you’re going to hear a river of bullshit from everyone.