TechCrunch writer Josh Constine published a wonderful article and accompanying video about the Facebook Home design process. The reason it is so good is that it really goes to the heart of what a social smartphone needs to be thinking about. Of course this is a problem close to my heart, and just.me as a project is addressing many of the same fundamental issues. The key is to understand that to personalize the smartphone the address book, and the interactions with people in it, are the center of a persons real life. These interactions should also be at the center

I wrote a piece for TechCrunch over the weekend. It has been quite well received. http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/18/the-future-of-mobile-social-could-spell-the-end-for-social-networks/ Here is the real time feedback from Twitter: Tweets about “http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/18/the-future-of-mobile-social-could-spell-the-end-for-social-networks/” !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?’http’:’https’;if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+”://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,”script”,”twitter-wjs”);

I was in Europe last week, at the DLD conference in Munich and then in London. just.me went into beta on 21st January and I was able to do 2 interviews: The Guardian Podcast [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/77827097″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] and An Interview with xube.tv [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnDwDi3LRE0&w=560&h=315] The beta launch coverage has been wonderful…. http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/23/741025just-me-ios-beta/ http://allthingsd.com/20130123/just-me-app-wants-tobe-a-switchboard-operator-for-all-your-messaging-needs/ http://pandodaily.com/2013/01/23/just-me-launches-in-beta-is-this-what-facebook-would-have-looked-like-if-it-were-built-for-mobile/ http://blog.evernote.com/opportunitynotes/2013/01/23/just-me-holds-these-names-to-be-self-evident/ http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/01/25/just-me-iphone-beta-launch/ If you have iOS6 and want to try the beta, DM me on Twitter – @kteare

I am in Japan for the first half of this week. I am doing a Keynote at Sunbridge Global Ventures Innovation Weekend, and yesterday briefed the Japanese Tech press about the soon-to-be-launched just.me. We previewed the Japanese version of the IOS app. The response was nothing short of … wow! Here are some screen shots.