Who is in control of your brand?

Sorry we’re not starting an office in Vietnam, I’ve been pretty slack updating my blog of late thanks to Vietnam and Visual Jazz’s new blog.

I’ve just arrived back in Melbourne after 4 weeks in Vietnam, it’s an awesome country, be sure to check out some of our photos on Flickr, here are a couple of them…

I’ve posted a few articles on the VJ blog in case you’re interested… The VJ blog is worth subscribing to, interesting stuff coming out every week

• 05.02.10 Little things make all the difference
• 14.01.10 100 most discussed brands of 2009
• 12.01.10 Outsourcing Your Interesting?

PayPal was a big game changer in the early 2000′s, there have been some micro payment gateways that have entered the fray, however, this new concept Square, which melds some new technology and an old process with a new way of thinking to form a very accessible and lean payment system. (According to TechCrunch it was valued at $40m before launch)

There are some definite questions around security, cost and many others, but I’m sure they will work through those and come out the other end with a game changing business. Think of the applications in developing worlds, SMEs, borrowing money from friends.

This video explains it pretty well.

Tangent

On a side note, if you like the main dude in that tutorial video, check out another one he’s done for a Twitter app. It’s a refreshing way to explaining technology, go dude!

Hat tip

These gems came via some colleagues at Visual Jazz, Harley Donaldson and Nick Sturgess. Harley is a great source of interesting internets every week with kettlevision.