Managing Director of Marker, a full service digital agency based in Auckland.Tumblr (3.0; @jonbeattie)http://www.jonbeattie.com/<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/windows-phone-better-than-iphone-2012-4">9 Ways Windows Phones Absolutely Crush The iPhone</a>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/20996723414http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/20996723414Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:59:31 +1200<a href="http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/04/amazon-cloudsearch-start-searching-in-one-hour.html/">Amazon Launches CloudSearch in competition with Google Site Search</a>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/20975638874http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/20975638874Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:12:51 +1200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2bqlhdXEs1qz82qeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Rise of Mobile Payments</p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/20908738052http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/20908738052Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:46:29 +1200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m19zn7srGq1qz82qeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/19756455507http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/19756455507Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:00:05 +1300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0j675xjlE1qz82qeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/18911775842http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/18911775842Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:59:29 +1300<a href="http://www.trendwatching.com/briefing/">Flawsome</a>: <p><i>Consumers don’t expect brands to be flawless. In fact, consumers will embrace brands that are FLAWSOME*: brands that are still brilliant despite having flaws; even being flawed (and being open about it) can be awesome. Brands that show some empathy, generosity, humility, flexibility, maturity, humor, and (dare we say it) some character and humanity.</i></p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/18450018184http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/18450018184Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:31:37 +1300<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YhFMjO1we_0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Skype Beta for Windows Phone <a href="http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=c3f8e570-68b3-4d6a-bdbb-c0a3f4360a51">http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=c3f8e570-68b3-4d6a-bdbb-c0a3f4360a51</a></p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/18421944071http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/18421944071Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:13:32 +1300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpa22eWeI1qz82qeo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Multitasking</p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/15732024552http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/15732024552Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:27:38 +1300<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/244401/at_40000_apps_windows_phone_marketplace_still_lags.html">At 40,000 Apps, Windows Phone Marketplace Still Lags</a>: <p>Articles like this don’t make sense to me. Research shows that users have between 8 and 15 apps on their phone on average. Why then does it matter if there are 40,000 or 400,000 in the mobile marketplace?</p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/13135024325http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/13135024325Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:48:13 +1300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltsrayjcC21qz82qeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Victoria Park Tunnel</p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/12047221539http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/12047221539Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:18:34 +1300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltm4dovfmr1qz82qeo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Rugby World Cup - Mobile vs Web Infographic (spoiler alert…mobile wins)</p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/11916926758http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/11916926758Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:00:05 +1300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltect7QmoG1qz82qeo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Infographic: Why Content for SEO?</p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/11751291114http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/11751291114Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:00:06 +1300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltdibdc9gC1qz82qeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Attributes of a Socially Optimized Business</p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/11712409292http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/11712409292Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:00:06 +1300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltdi5ihJgi1qz82qeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/11696545174http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/11696545174Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:36:54 +1300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt6qls0Ttw1qz82qeo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>HTC Radar with WP7 Mango - nice.</p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/11551909372http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/11551909372Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:56:16 +1300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsk521oT8S1qz82qeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>UK infographic on social networks</p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/11030112624http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/11030112624Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:03:36 +1300<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jzIBZQkj6SY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Angry Birds - actual</p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/10781915180http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/10781915180Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:43:43 +1300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls57urD7Jo1qz82qeo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>App Store Wars</p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/10693289284http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/10693289284Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:40:00 +1300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrxwc2Lymq1qz82qeo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Evolution of the Web interactive infographic</p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/10526995098http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/10526995098Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:48:02 +1200<a href="http://socialmediatoday.com/joshleatherman/331973/8-essential-rules-social-media-and-business">8 Essential Rules for Social Media and Business</a>: <p>Good summary. The key rule for me is number 2:</p> <p><b>“Organizations must have a dedicated social media evangelist.” </b></p> <p>Social media is just about talking to your customers. If you don’t have someone in your organisation with some authority and access to decision makers to fulfil this role, then you probably shouldn’t be doing it. You can get your intern to do it, and you definitely can’t outsource it to your agency.</p>http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/8703145504http://www.jonbeattie.com/post/8703145504Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:07:26 +1200