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As Goes the Web, So Goes, well… Everything

Wednesday, 01 May 2013 by Paul O'Brien

There is a great school of thought, an interesting debate really, loosely related to the idea that we just started talking about here within the concept of architecture and it’s role in business. That is, that as technology becomes more pervasive in everything we do, so too is that the case in business. CFOs, CMOs,

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What Mobile Means to Google Search

Saturday, 29 January 2011 by Paul O'Brien

I can’t imagine this is an entirely original idea, it’s come up a couple times in discussions I’ve had with folks the last few days, but I think it’s both a brilliant conspiracy theory and a trend heavily rooted in reality. Google is Most Threatened by Mobile Think back to your experience on the internet

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Published in Google, Mobile, Search

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The Backr, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker

Thursday, 28 October 2010 by Paul O'Brien

I had the distinct pleasure of spending some time with appbackr last week, one of the few startups in the app development space doing anything interesting and truly beneficial. A purely narcissistic meeting, and a chance for a beer from a friend, I’ve been desperately seeking services that make it easy to develop on mobile

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Apple’s best ad campaign yet?

Friday, 15 October 2010 by Paul O'Brien

If this doesn’t make you want to run out an buy an iPhone, it will certainly make you want to pick up the Atomic Tom single “Take Me Out.” This music video was filmed, unannounced (though hardly spontaneously), last week Friday aboard a New York City train over the Manhattan Bridge. To be clear, this

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What App to Rule them All?

Tuesday, 04 August 2009 by Paul O'Brien

Its not that often that I go completely off topic but with the flurry of excitement over Microsoft, Google, and Apple, of late, I’ve had my mind on that miracle PDA which is destined to transform mobile computing. I am a Mac convert, courtesy of the iPhone. As one who has long panned the promise

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