Is innovation possible if you can't move the cheese?
Innovation means change, and consumers tend to react badly to change. (Look at how Windows 8 is working out.) Can technology companies innovate without moving the cheese...?
Post-PC Developments
Matt Baxter-Reynolds blogs on the changing face of software development in a post-PC world.
Matt Baxter-Reynolds
Matt Baxter-Reynolds is a mobile software development consultant and technology sociologist based in the UK. His next book, "Death of the PC" is out in September.
Latest Posts
Anti-smartwatch buyer's guide
My number one prediction about smartwatches? They won't offer good value for money. Buy a nice, expensive, normal watch with an automatic movement and you'll be much happier.
How to buy and sell Bitcoins -- Part 2: Practical
So you want to buy and sell Bitcoins, but how is it done? In the second part of this two-part series, I'll show you how to transfer money from your bank to a Bitcoin exchange, how to use your wallet, and how to buy real things.
How to buy and sell Bitcoins -- Part 1: Theory
In the first part of my two part series of how to actually buy and sell Bitcoins, I look at the theory and the underpinnings of the Bitcoin system.
Post-PC success comes from embracing humanity's darker side
Smartphones and tablets cover the whole gamut of human experience, not just the nice stuff about unicorns and rainbows. Accepting that fact lets us all have better tools to support our lives.
Windows 8 moved the cheese, Windows Blue doesn't put it back
People don't like change. Unless Microsoft can start to understand that, Windows 8 and Windows Blue may never get traction in the consumer market...
Microsoft needs a hundred "$1,000,000" apps, not a million "$100" apps
It's not my idea — it came from one of my Twitter friends — but it's bang on the money.
Here's why HTML-based apps don't work
So you want to build an app. You're thinking if you do it in HTML, you can take your existing skills and port it to other platforms? You're in for a rough time...
Building tablet and smartphone apps for the enterprise
If you want to give your users the absolute best experience when accessing enterprise data, you may find yourself building apps for private use. But how?
One password cracked and your business is history
Imagine that an old, nearly forgotten password is the only thing standing between a hacker and your entire business...