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Monthly Archives: December 2006

Archive of posts published in the specified Month

Thoughts on Mobility 2007

This is my last weblog entry for 2006, where I'll share with you some thoughts about Mobility in the year 2007… It has been almost a decade since I first realized the potential of mobile & wireless, and the impact it would have…

Important Java ME Milestones: MIDP3 Early Draft Review, MSA Final Release

During the month of December 2006 two very important Java ME specifications milestones were reached: MIDP3 (JSR 271) entered the Early Draft Review phase Mobile Service Architecture (JSR 248) is now final release Two important specifications indeed… MIDP3 is introducing a number of…

M:Metrics reports on teen demographics, mobile-social network and user-generated content

Source: M:Metrics, Inc., Copyright © 2006. One of the hot mobility areas in to keep watch in 2007+ is the intersection of mobility and social software: mobile social software, virtual communities, messaging and user-generated content. Earlier this month M:Metrics published a report on…

Deadline for JavaOne Call For Papers is the worst possible time

I missed the deadline (again) for JavaOne submissions… December is just the worst possible time for this: the end of the year rush for both business + family, etc… JavaOne submission deadline should be sometime in January, as in the 2nd week of…

A bad user experience can span generations

While talking to my daughter earlier today, I realized how a bad user experience could ruin a product and/or brand across generations, and decades. In our case, it was about a car maker. Around 10 months ago I bought a new Jeep Grand…

Bill Day's new discussion forums and Java ME archive

Bill has added a new Java ME and realated discussion forums to his site, go check it out. He also has renamed the old “J2ME Archive” to be the “Java ME Archive” to reflect the rebranding of “J2ME” as “Java ME”. ceo

About Mobile AJAX, or, mojax is not Mobile AJAX

I read Barbara's (Little Spring Design) piece titled the un-browsers where she describes mFoundry's mojax mobile application framework. I know about mFoundry from before, but wasn't aware of mojax. mojax is their a Mobile “AJAX” application platform, so I went ahead and checked…

The Web x.0, past, present and future

The Web is constantly evolving. The web's major milestones are a reflection of the impact made to our society (regardless of the technologies behind it). These milestones or revolutions have been tipping points; the moment when previously unique Web becomes common. The first…

Back from Mont Tremblant and Merry Xmas!

We are back from the Province of Quebec, Canada, where we were on vacation and had a great time… Merry Christmas! In the spirit of the Holidays, let me start with a photo of the Nativity taken at La basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal:…

Traveling… and Happy Holidays!

I am off to my ski vacation trip, back in a week… My weblog will be very quiet until then… When I return, I have some code to share, new technical articles, and I will also tell you about a very cool company…