climate and comms

There are so many pundits out there who have finally jumped on this bandwagon.   But lets be honest,  five and a half (or is it now closer to six)  billion people,  can’t be wrong – the mobile revolution is finishing its transition from what have been predominantly voice services to broad-band data services.  The devices that we used to just talk on are now full blown computers and we use them for everything – although we do actually still use them to talk on as well too!.  ( See my previous blog:   http://rossmac2310.blogspot.com/2011/10/human-evolution-and-mobile.html ) There are so many exciting threads to this trend : the Internet revolution in Africa and other emerging markets,  the plethora of new services being created every day that add value to our everyday existence and the emergence of real competition in the mobile handset space.   I applaud Microsoft ( and Nokia) for their exciting new partnership and a handset t...

I know,   I know – I hear the howls of protest even before finishing this first sentence.   “What about all the innocent lives exposed by the irresponsible publication of peoples names in positions of authority or in sensitive roles. ?”    But where does the fault lie ?  With those doing the breaking and entering?   Or those not providing adequate protection??  It is liked leaving your house locked without an alarm system, going on holiday, and coming back and finding it broken into.   Don’t be surprised.  You have no one to blame but yourself.  “ But these are criminals ! “  – I hear the sounds of self righteous chest thumping.    Maybe, but what they have done – I hope – is scare the s**t out of anyone who has anything (data) that is accessible via the Web  - and into ensuring that their ‘security’ ( if any ) - is rapidly upgraded.    This ranges from personal users who ...

So Lulz have ( supposedly ) fallen out of love with us after only 50 days !!   WOW -  that was a short and sharp,  whirlwind romance.    One hell'uve steamy affair.    One day SONY,  the next day the IMF,  the next CIA – no one - was safe from her charms. This little slut(z) came into our lives for a bit of fun and has left us breathless and embarrassed with no-where to hide .  Why ?  Because she wanted to show that with a little bit of seduction –by showing a little cleavage /  a bit of leg – she was able to conquer all before her.   Like Helen of Troy – no one could resist her charms. She made us realize that we don’t actually know what protection is all about.   The protection we are  supposed to use  – was either damaged / wrongly spec’d or else we just could not get it 'on' quick enough.   Sure -  she may have laid some of our secrets bare – and many were left red-faced with no-where to...