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February 2009 - Posts

• Digital Entertainment Direct to Consumer – DED2C The Future is catching up..

  I've talked a lot about the power of how digital media and direct to consumer will start to penetrate the mass market over the coming years – but for early adopters that time is most definitely here now.. If you are a retailer or reseller in the Entertainment Read More... Posted 26 February 2009 12:31 by Derek.Dunlop | 4 Comments Filed under: digital downloads, digital library, Diary Of A Madman, digital media, digital living, digital media evangelist, digital lifestyle, Xbox 360, Xbox, Digital Long Tail, Digital Media Long Tail, Digital Music 2.0, Grand Theft Auto IV The Lost and Damned

• Nano Browsing & Micro e-Commerce - IE8 Possibilities

  Whilst working and thinking around what new possibilities can be attained by the pending IE8 launch - wanted to try and push the boundaries of how and why we use Internet browsers - and from that in 2009 and what is the latest trend around e-commerce Read More... Posted 17 February 2009 11:08 by Derek.Dunlop | 6 Comments Filed under: Diary Of A Madman, digital media, IE8, microsoft, digital media evangelist, e-commerce, eCommerce, micro distribution, user experience, web technology, nano browsing, MTV, IE, micro e-commerce, UX, web slice, micro, accelerator, nano technology, nano commerce, internet browsers

• How do you save the UK Retail High Street ?

  I have been asked a lot recently by friends, colleagues and others within the struggling retail sector what is the future and how can both large brands and smaller boutiques stores sustain and survive on our traditional high street? I don’t have a magic Read More... Posted 10 February 2009 13:41 by Derek.Dunlop | 1 Comments Filed under: retail, Diary Of A Madman, UK High Street, BERR, Peter Madelson, BCSC, UK Retail, Michael Green, UK Government, Retail Commerce, Jeremy Collins

• Microsoft to launch “My Phone” at Barcelona

  Microsoft now seems to be following in the footsteps of Apple with their Mobile Me service – with their My Phone service. I can only cover my eyes in advance of what could or could not happen. One would have to hope that the powers that be use the great Read More... Posted 09 February 2009 12:58 by Derek.Dunlop | 3 Comments Filed under: apple, Diary Of A Madman, digital media, microsoft, google, digital media evangelist, digital lifestyle, Live Mesh, G1, Mesh, My Phone, O2 BlueBook, Mobile Me

• Digital Britain? Not if it snows…

  I read, watched and shook my head in utter shock and despair at the way the Britain “coped” with the recent and continued snow falls of yesterday and today. I think that looking at the way the current infrastructure is set up – no matter if its snow, Read More... Posted 03 February 2009 10:50 by Derek.Dunlop | 2 Comments Filed under: community, Diary Of A Madman, digital media, facebook, data integration, business tools, business intelligence, digital living, digital media evangelist, digital lifestyle, business vision, business strategy, Digital Britain 2009, Twitter, Snow UK, Daily Mirror