Entries from July 2007

Multiple Choice Day: Question 4

July 17th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · 3 Comments
In New technologies · Stories

Apparently, 1 in 3 Americans want an iPhone. Does this mean that 2 in 3 Americans:
a) already have one,
b) retain some semblance of self-respect and refuse to divulge their innermost desires to pollsters,
c) represent a figure extrapoloated from an original number of survey respondents that counted as less than 0.0014% of the US population or,
d) [...]

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Multiple Choice Day: Interlude

July 17th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
In Networking · New technologies · Stories

Whilst scratching your heads over the exceptionally difficult questions I’ve set for you below (soon to feature in the Chinese Civil Service exams, I imagine), you may wish to entertain yourself with Richard McManus’s ace list of the most rubbish web2.0 app names.

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Multiple Choice Day: Question 3

July 17th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
In Customer conversations · New technologies · Stories

Is this post about the i-phone:
a) hysterically funny,
b) indicative of some form of incipient mental breakdown,
c) not a link you can be bothered to follow or,
d) none but some of the above?
Answers should be inserted into an inappropriate Wikipedia article by sundown.

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Multiple Choice Day: Question 2

July 17th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
In Brand innovation · Stories

Last week’s Mail on Sunday included a free copy of the new Prince CD. Sales are reported to have risen by a third. Does this indicate that
a) Traditional music formats are screwed,
b) Previous editions of the Mail on Sunday have been sore lacking in funk,
c) Prince is an absolutely desperate attention whore whose musical [...]

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Multiple Choice Day: Question 1

July 17th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
In Brand innovation · New technologies · Stories · Tool development

Is O2 dropping the i-mode mobile internet service in the UK because:
a) a £10million ad campaign has netted about 260,000 users, meaning O2 has paid about £40 per user,
b) the service is proper bobbins,
c) the phones are hideous,
d) all of the above ?
Answers on a postcard.

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