MEF Publishes Smart Enablers Guide


I have referenced the work that the MEF has done on Smart Enablers a number of times in recent blog posts (here and here) and now MEF members can download the Smart Enablers guide direct from the MEF site, here.

I’ll also be trying to get some hard copies to hand out at upcoming Telefonica developer events.

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Guest blog post for Vision Mobile


Just a heads up that today Vision Mobile posted a new guest blog from me, here’s the abstract:
[In the final part of our series on our latest research - Mobile Developer Economics 2010 and Beyond - Telefonica's James Parton discusses the challenges facing mobile network operators in their quest to stay relevant to mobile application developers. [...]

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Mobile Monday London Write Up – “200,000 apps, where’s mine?”


MoMo London 19/07/10
Opening up was Mike Kirkup, Head of Developer Relations at RIM, who were sponsoring the evening. Mike touched on the theme of “super apps” and promoted the current Blackberry Super App contest with $1.5 million in prize money available, plus take to market support for the winners. Check the contest out here.
Next up [...]

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Bedford Tweetup


After spontaneously connecting with local Twitter peeps @ericswain and @efficiencycoach, we have all decided to organise a Tweetup for Bedford and the surrounding area.
It’s set for 18:00 on the 3rd August 2010 at the Embankment Hotel.
The Eventbrite page to sign up can be found here: http://twtvite.com/bedforduktweetup
I look forward to meeting you there!

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Reflecting on my first 2 years of using Twitter


At the risk of looking grossly self indulgent, I’ve felt compelled to write about my experience with Twitter for some time.
Many writers have described, far more eloquently than I ever could, the social and business impacts of Twitter & social media, so let me state up front that this is purely a personal reflection of [...]

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WAC Developer Survey


As per my post on the Telefonica Developer Communities Blog, WAC have released a developer survey.
You can read more here
Or visit the survey directly here

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Developer Economics 2010


Following hot on the heels of the new blog launch last week, I’m delighted to announce that another project we have been beavering away on since last year goes live today; Developer Economics 2010 investigates the  migration of developer mindshare that is taking place in mobile software today and the drivers behind it.
The project was really challenging [...]

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Launch of new Telefonica Developer Blog


So today is a good day.
Today is one of those days where lots of hard work finally pays off, allowing you to step back and be proud of something. I have been dropping subtle hints at various speaking opps over the past few months that some significant changes are coming to Telefonica developer activity; well [...]

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Calling all Technology Marketers!


The Chartered Institute of Marketing, the world’s largest organisation for professional marketers operates a number of Marketing Interest Groups (MIGs) focused around particular industry sectors. Andy Earnshaw has been invited by The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) to establish a new MIG to cater for technology marketers.
The aim of this new MIG is fairly straight [...]

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Why Mobile Operators have a crucial role to play in the second wave of “smart” apps


The following post is a reproduction of my guest blog on VisionMobile.com – please see here for the original.
The noise level around Apps and App Stores has reached saturation point. Every day a new launch, a new report, or a new statistic hits the newswires.
We have passed the point where there are now more people [...]

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