Author: ashleyelsdon

Storyteller - Poet - Explorer

A reversal for pebble

Posted by on in Wearable Computing

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So, I finally get the Pebble to talk to my old Android device, then this arrives. A new Smartwatch app for iOS that appears to give me just about everything I want with my Pebble for a mere £1.99. Not bad really.

App of the week: Business Model Toolbox for iPad is great for developing ideas

Posted by on in Work

I found this app because of some work I was doing around changing business models and revenue flows. It was interesting to read the book that generated this app/tool and use it in a practical sense.

The reviews on the app store for this app say that it’s overpriced for what it is, and I’d probably agree, but then again, given the relative niche market for the app it’s probably not a bad price in terms of the amount of work that went into it.

This app is really aimed at people who want or need to quickly understand the impact of different business models, so in a sense it’s a business model modelling tool, and in that sense it works very well. It’s best suited to that first step in evaluation, but once you’ve lined it up and got it where you wanted it you probably need something else, another tool after that.

The app is priced at £20.99.

Business Model Toolbox - Business Model Foundry

Some pictures from Sound Lab at the Beautiful Octopus Club

Posted by on in Events
Setting up at RFH
We were in a cage
Getting the gear out
We had lots of headphones
And nice silver tables
Setting out iPads
Getting the vocal zone set up
First SoundLab at BOC 2013
The Sound Lab
Using bloom and Thumbjam
We all wore white coats
Tweaking
The collaboration zone
The ambient zone
Using Mira
People loved playing

I posted a long-ish piece at Palm Sounds about this yesterday, but I thought that the pictures would look nice here.