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Monthly Archives: August 2006

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Note to self: Wipe out cellphone before selling it

But do I really need a note to self for this? If you sell your current desktop PC, don't you wipe out the harddisk first to protect yourself? Even use some tool such as Heidi Computers Eraser? Well, the same concept applies to…

The black box approach to management

A management team might work with a s/w development team directly, with daily involvement. Or, the management team can treat the s/w development team as a black box, where (business) requirements come in and (magically) functional software comes out and is deployed. Many…

Carnival of the Mobilists #43 at Mobile Active

The tradition continues…This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists is at Mobile Active – cellphones for civic engagement. There you will find the best mobility bloggers, from Darla and Xen, to Martin, Justin, David, Russell, Deniss, Scott and others…. Check it out. ceo

Pluto not a planet, but a dwarf planet

By now you probably know that the International Astronomical Union came out with some guidelines for what is considered a planet. This effort to reclassify planets started when UB 313 (Xena) and its moon where discovered in 2003. I've mixed feelings about the…

Mobile Monday Austin turns 1 year old… Thanks to everyone!

This month of August 2006, Mobile Monday Austin turns 1 year old… In this past year we had a great set of topics and presenters, best of the best, from Nokia and Opera Software and M:Metrics, to local startups such as Raak Technologies…

Free Mobile RSS Reader Loaded with 14 Essential Mobile Blogs

Cool. I just read at the Carnival of the Mobilists and MobHappy weblogs, that Russell and Carlo have put together a Free Mobile RSS Reader Loaded with 14 Essential Mobile Blogs. Pretty neat. I'm honored to be included: > C. Enrique Ortiz >…

On .mobi

I haven't expressed much about how I feel about .mobi – months ago I wrote a piece about it, but never finished editing it… Today Carlo wrote a very good piece on .mobi, which I am going to piggyback… .mobi is not needed.…

Nokia Handset Comparison Tool

A very useful Nokia handset comparison page…

The Sony Ericsson P990i PDA phone

The Sony Ericsson P990i PDA phone – what a neat handset: UMTS, Symbian OS 9.1 underneath, MIDP 2.0, double camera for video calls, touchscreen, and a keyboard, Bluetooth, 802.11b, and many other features. I really would like to own one. But there is…

Carnival of the Mobilists #41

Don't forget this week's Carnival of the Mobilists – this week at MOPocket. Good set of entries, a good read… A great mobility weblog. ceo