Can mobile devices replace boxtops? I think they will; phones especially are becoming extremely versatile…
As mobile carriers improve networks to broadband speeds, there is no reason streaming video can’t be broadcast through a mobile handset onto a television (ect..). Soon, people will always have their “cable boxes” with them. This will also allow for a highly lucrative advertising model, since there will be mobile data to leverage. Mobile location and interaction (specifically on a cellphone) are great proxies that advertisers can utilize while creating models to target behavior.
Networks will need to completely rethink their business models. Emerging and retooled networks will enjoy an economic advantage of a reduced overhead. Social syndication technologies in this market will also become increasingly important. I have a lot more thoughts on this – anyone else care to add to the discussion?
After driving from Memphis to Hilton Head, then to Long Island, I developed a pretty cool trick to shorten the trip.
Overall, the trick saved me from 3 speeding tickets and allowed me to go around 85 the majority of the time.
First, I would stay in the front of a pack of cars traveling roughly 5-10 over the speed limit. Then, when I saw another vehicle trying to speed up, I would stay in the left lane and keep increasing speed to see what limit that the driver was comfortable with. I would then move over and let them pass. Next, I let the driver gain a sizable distance on me, but never far enough away where I could not see him. Finally, I would trail him at the same speed (generally around 85), but from further back. Two times on I-95 and one time on a random interstate, the car I picked out was pulled over and I was able to set off the speed trap before I passed through.
When you’re driving alone and your estimated driving time is 12ish hours, every little bit helps!
One had to cram all this stuff into one’s mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
- Albert Einstein
OK, so it hasn’t been an entire year… But after completing all those papers to finish my economics degree, writing seemed to lag behind on my list of leisure activities. Instead, I’ve been enjoying the majority of my time through reading.
Regardless, I’m going to try to get a new entry in at least every other day. I want to release segments of some of the longer posts I have been meaning to finish. I will also be creating a new blog for the music company I will be starting.
I’ll get in another post tonight.
