People to See

We’ve had a busy but thought-provoking day today, meeting first, ex-Nokia stalwart Christian Lindholm, now a Director at design/user interface (and much more besides) company Fjord; and then Mark Curtis, who used to be at Fjord, and indeed is still on the board, but now runs mobile and online (mainly mobile) flirting (flirting not dating) service, Flirtomatic.
If like some, (me included, admittedly), you tend to be a bit sniffy about mobile social network/dating/flirting services, then you should make a special effort to check out the interview with Curtis, which will go up tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon. It’s a very candid piece in which he talks openly about some of the mistakes the company made and how it put them right, and in which he also explains, to my satisfaction at least, why sane, sensible people are happy to spend money on virtual gifts. It’s something I had never understood before today, but with the help of a cunning reference to hot dogs, Curtis made it almost make sense.
As for the interview with Lindholm, goodness knows when we’ll get the time to write that up. The man can do blue sky thinking in his sleep, and he had lots to say about Android, data roaming charges, and plenty more. When we get a spare three days, we’ll put it up. In the meantime, tune in tomorrow for all the latest news, and check out the Flirtomatic interview at 3pm.

David Murphy
Editor