Tag Archives: mobile

Speak the Web - Leeds Review

It would seem a splendid time was had by all at last nights Leeds Speak the Web event. The experimental format, developed by Dan Donald and Rich Clark is about presenting some of the topics that affect web design and development in a relaxed friendly atmosphere, where you can have a pint or two, heckle [...]

iPhone Training Hacks into Manchester

Guerilla Training (a 3 Sheep venture) has just completed delivering Manchester’s first iPhone App training sessions at MadLab’s Hackspace. Training was handled by an experienced iPhone Developer, Sam Easterby-Smith and attended by developer’s from across the areas digital creative and development companies and freelancers, all keen to get their first apps into the iPhone store!
The [...]

3 Sheep at Greenbelt Festival

3 Sheep is very pleased to participating again at this year’s Greenbelt Festival. Whilst I won’t be headlining the main music stage (despite valiant Karaoke efforts) I will be offering free half-hour web consultancy sessions in The Tank, the festivals very own cyber cafe!
This follows on from the very successful 3 Sheep “Building Websites for [...]

Mobile Learning - is it worth it?

So can we really do it? Mobile learning surely it’s just a buzz phrase that hooks in a bit of funding every now and again for various quirky projects?
I’ll be speaking next week at the Mimas (The University of Manchester) Mobile Learning: Telling Tales event on the subject of “Changing Gear - Implementing Mobile Learning”. [...]

European Patent Forum and PATINNOVA 2009

I’ll be speaking at the European Patent Forum and PATINNOVA 2009 on April 29 2009 in Prague and looking at the impact of “Open Innovation” on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. It’s a conference I am looking forward to participating in. The Open Innovation model is really important in mobile and web technologies convergence, so [...]

Digital Push and the need for Digital Literacy

The UK Government is planning to boost the profile of the Digital Industry (BBC), which is worth £50 billion to the UK economy. Among the announcements are plans to improve broadband speed and access across the country. The report (Digital Britain) led by Lord Carter also demonstrates the increasing prominent role of convergence technologies with [...]

Can the High Street Fight back?

This year is going to see a big rise in spending on the Internet according to the latest NMA survey. With recession looming consumers are looking to get the best deal they can and increasingly the Web is the destination of choice for savvy cash conscious shopper.
…And why not?
As well as not having to get [...]

N97 Singalong

Just like the beginning of a Sing-along-Sound-of-Music, where the crowd begins to whisper “she’s coming” as Maria appears over the brow of the hill, so too is the gradual Internet buzz surrounding the announced Nokia N97.

If the early reports are true then the new device available sometime next year for around £440 will be “milestone” [...]

Ringtone Lessons - Digital Lifestyle Management

Schoolchildren are to be given lessons in how to avoid excessive ringtone charges according to the BBC. The lessons will look at business models and also children will be given a chance to create their own sounds.
It’s an interesting move since schools are often environments where mobile phones are seen as subversive and disruptive and [...]

Convergence Offering New Opportunities

The power of the mobile is growing. Smartphone technology is no longer the preserve of business users and devices like the iPhone and Android Phone show that consumers are seeking ever increasingly sophisticated interactions via their devices.
‘Mobile Phone’ is an increasingly poor description for the devices most of us are carrying in our pockets or [...]