Comments for Thoughts from Candy with a "why?" http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:53:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on About Candy by Jeff Davis http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/about/#comment-66 Jeff Davis Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:53:07 +0000 #comment-66 Hi Candy, I wanted to get in touch with you about the possibility of speaking at Refresh OKC (I read about your Refresh Dallas talk). Couldn't find an email, etc. Is there a way to reach you. Please feel free to delete this comment! Hi Candy, I wanted to get in touch with you about the possibility of speaking at Refresh OKC (I read about your Refresh Dallas talk). Couldn’t find an email, etc. Is there a way to reach you. Please feel free to delete this comment!

]]> Comment on An Innovative Pattern from a Red Chick by Anon A Moose http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/a-pattern-from-little-red-hen/#comment-50 Anon A Moose Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:36:46 +0000 http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-50 No snark at all. This actually inspired me. I quit my job earlier this year. Sure, I go every day, but I'm just there to collect the money. I got tired of everyone telling me what couldn't be done. Last night I was trying to find a way to work around these human roadblocks, and this morning I saw your blog. No snark at all. This actually inspired me. I quit my job earlier this year. Sure, I go every day, but I’m just there to collect the money. I got tired of everyone telling me what couldn’t be done. Last night I was trying to find a way to work around these human roadblocks, and this morning I saw your blog.

]]> Comment on When to realize you are a revolutionary… by !anonymoose http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/when-to-realize-you-are-a-revolutionary/#comment-49 !anonymoose Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:07:52 +0000 http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/when-to-realize-you-are-a-revolutionary/#comment-49 Do you take requests? Blog about the Cyber Anthropologist. Do you take requests? Blog about the Cyber Anthropologist.

]]> Comment on When to realize you are a revolutionary… by iconmaster http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/when-to-realize-you-are-a-revolutionary/#comment-42 iconmaster Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:14:46 +0000 http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/when-to-realize-you-are-a-revolutionary/#comment-42 The "people need[ing] to hear it from someone else before they can really 'take it in'" annoys the crap out of me sometimes. Bizarrely, I've found that what helps is to *up* the theatrics surrounding your suggestion. After running into the issue a few times at AlamoFire (yeah, even at our hip company, huh), I tried presenting a new idea as follows: - first, I created an image of an old piece of parchment with my idea written on it - then I announced to everyone that I had "discovered an ancient piece of wisdom" - I asked for everyone's undivided attention - and dropped the image on them It actually worked! I have no idea why some people get "heard" more easily than others, but if the problem for some us is that we come off as too "crazy" -- embracing the crazy seems to help! The “people need[ing] to hear it from someone else before they can really ‘take it in’” annoys the crap out of me sometimes. Bizarrely, I’ve found that what helps is to *up* the theatrics surrounding your suggestion. After running into the issue a few times at AlamoFire (yeah, even at our hip company, huh), I tried presenting a new idea as follows:

- first, I created an image of an old piece of parchment with my idea written on it
- then I announced to everyone that I had “discovered an ancient piece of wisdom”
- I asked for everyone’s undivided attention
- and dropped the image on them

It actually worked! I have no idea why some people get “heard” more easily than others, but if the problem for some us is that we come off as too “crazy” — embracing the crazy seems to help!

]]> Comment on Wireless Carrier 2.0: What Could that look like? by blakeclark http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/wireless-carrier-20-what-could-that-look-like/#comment-28 blakeclark Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:12:17 +0000 http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/wireless-carrier-20-what-could-that-look-like/#comment-28 oh...and one more thing. I predict whoever succeeds in becoming "wireless carrier 2.0"....it's not going to be AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, or T-Mobile :) oh…and one more thing. I predict whoever succeeds in becoming “wireless carrier 2.0″….it’s not going to be AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, or T-Mobile

:)

]]> Comment on Wireless Carrier 2.0: What Could that look like? by blakeclark http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/wireless-carrier-20-what-could-that-look-like/#comment-27 blakeclark Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:07:17 +0000 http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/wireless-carrier-20-what-could-that-look-like/#comment-27 Count me amongst the doubters :) The hardest thing to overcome is not a technical hurdle. You rightly point out all of the data assets that companies like Google would kill to have access to (look out...they might soon have it!). What a carrier has to overcome is ultimately itself. Its history. Its mindset. Its world view. That's no small task. These companies have been around in one form or another for 100 years. For most of those 100 years, they operated as government approved monopolies. That's not just their history, it's their DNA. Here's a question back to you. Name me a company that successfully transitioned from a highly regulated market to a free and open market. There may be a few examples....but not many. And if you find a good example, see if their strategy is in line with today's carriers. My suggestion to the carriers: run your networks as efficiently as possible. Expose customer data to third parties (with all necessary privacy precautions of course ;)). You will never be able to innovate in all the necessary areas. But by pushing innovation from inside your own four walls out to the edge, you'll end up making your network X times more valuable. Count me amongst the doubters :)

The hardest thing to overcome is not a technical hurdle. You rightly point out all of the data assets that companies like Google would kill to have access to (look out…they might soon have it!). What a carrier has to overcome is ultimately itself. Its history. Its mindset. Its world view.

That’s no small task. These companies have been around in one form or another for 100 years. For most of those 100 years, they operated as government approved monopolies. That’s not just their history, it’s their DNA.

Here’s a question back to you. Name me a company that successfully transitioned from a highly regulated market to a free and open market. There may be a few examples….but not many. And if you find a good example, see if their strategy is in line with today’s carriers.

My suggestion to the carriers: run your networks as efficiently as possible. Expose customer data to third parties (with all necessary privacy precautions of course ;) ). You will never be able to innovate in all the necessary areas. But by pushing innovation from inside your own four walls out to the edge, you’ll end up making your network X times more valuable.

]]> Comment on Flock, the “Social Browser”… I’m a BIG fan! by THINKing » Get The Flock Onto Your Computer http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/flock-the-social-browser-im-a-big-fan-2/#comment-15 THINKing » Get The Flock Onto Your Computer Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:44:54 +0000 http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/flock-the-social-browser-im-a-big-fan-2/#comment-15 [...] however it has so many more features designed for our new social, digital world. There is a nice demo of Flock by Candy With A Why, so I won’t recreate the [...] [...] however it has so many more features designed for our new social, digital world. There is a nice demo of Flock by Candy With A Why, so I won’t recreate the [...]

]]> Comment on Flock, the “Social Browser”… I’m a BIG fan! by erich13 http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/flock-the-social-browser-im-a-big-fan-2/#comment-14 erich13 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:07:23 +0000 http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/flock-the-social-browser-im-a-big-fan-2/#comment-14 Nicely done pictorial review of Flock's features. I have been using Flock as my primary browser for about 2 years, and it keeps getting better and better. -erich EricHerberholz.GooglePages.com Nicely done pictorial review of Flock’s features.

I have been using Flock as my primary browser for about 2 years, and it keeps getting better and better.

-erich
EricHerberholz.GooglePages.com

]]> Comment on Flock, the “Social Browser”… I’m a BIG fan! by Evan Hamilton http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/flock-the-social-browser-im-a-big-fan-2/#comment-9 Evan Hamilton Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:17:19 +0000 http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/flock-the-social-browser-im-a-big-fan-2/#comment-9 Hey Candy, Thanks for the awesome post about Flock, you rock! I'm glad we're still making you happy, and I think you'll be very excited to see some of the things we have coming this year. :) Could we use your quote about Flock being a "ME platform" on our homepage (attributed to your name or anonymous, whichever you'd like)? That's a better line than we could ever come up with! Let me know! Evan Hamilton Flock Community Ambassador evan at flock dot com Hey Candy,

Thanks for the awesome post about Flock, you rock! I’m glad we’re still making you happy, and I think you’ll be very excited to see some of the things we have coming this year. :)

Could we use your quote about Flock being a “ME platform” on our homepage (attributed to your name or anonymous, whichever you’d like)? That’s a better line than we could ever come up with! Let me know!

Evan Hamilton
Flock Community Ambassador
evan at flock dot com

]]> Comment on Mobile apps are far from dead… just evolved, and specialized! by Blake http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/mobile-apps-are-far-from-dead-just-evolved-and-specialized/#comment-7 Blake Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:42:22 +0000 http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/mobile-apps-are-far-from-dead-just-evolved-and-specialized/#comment-7 I think he's spot on. Maybe "dead" isn't the right word. Maybe "decay" is better. If you look at other major shifts, the old technology doesn't necessarily disappear from the face of the earth, but it never again achieves the lofty position it once held. Railroads were king at the turn of the century. The automobile and airplane absolutely destroyed it...but of course, there are still trains today. The pc killed the mainframe...but mainframes are still around. You get the picture. Sure, downloadable mobile apps will be around for a while, but the web is the future. The web will only improve: connections will be faster and more readily available, mobile browser technology will continue to improve. Look at the other industries the web has touched. It almost always leaves a path of destruction in it's wake. It will do the same with mobile apps. It's really a textbook low-end disruption. Sure, a mobile web app doesn't have all the bells and whistles of a true mobile app...but for a LOT of people, it's "good enough" for their needs. And it will only improve and move up market. I think he’s spot on. Maybe “dead” isn’t the right word. Maybe “decay” is better. If you look at other major shifts, the old technology doesn’t necessarily disappear from the face of the earth, but it never again achieves the lofty position it once held.

Railroads were king at the turn of the century. The automobile and airplane absolutely destroyed it…but of course, there are still trains today. The pc killed the mainframe…but mainframes are still around. You get the picture.

Sure, downloadable mobile apps will be around for a while, but the web is the future. The web will only improve: connections will be faster and more readily available, mobile browser technology will continue to improve.

Look at the other industries the web has touched. It almost always leaves a path of destruction in it’s wake. It will do the same with mobile apps.

It’s really a textbook low-end disruption. Sure, a mobile web app doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of a true mobile app…but for a LOT of people, it’s “good enough” for their needs. And it will only improve and move up market.

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