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Welcome to About Mobility. My name is C. Enrique Ortiz and this is my blog where I cover mobile computing in general - my views on mobility, software, technologies & products, and related areas; with the occasional tangent into other unrelated thoughts. I try to blog at least once per week, if time permits.
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
The Programmable Web continues to grow — 900+ APIs
The ProgrammableWeb web API directory now has 900+ open web service APIs, see the API Dashboard. ceo
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SXSW 2009 Interactive Panel Picker
Today is the last day to cast your vote for next year’s SXSW Interactive sessions… The mobile and wireless sessions are looking great. This year I am part of the advisory board for mobile and wireless, but sorry, I take … Continue reading
Posted in General, Space
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Google introduces Android Market – the Google App Store for Android
As (I) expected (and predicted), Google has launched its own application store or marketplace; see Android Market: a user-driven content distribution system (Android Developers Blog). And with the Android Market solution, Google is addressing the problem of application discovery and … Continue reading
Mobile Web Megatrends 2008 (Sept 8)
A quick note about the Mobile Web Megatrends event, organized by Ajit Jaokar of FutureText. The event is on Sept 8th. The event is a gathering of mobility practitioners/experts including Mike Rowehl (Skyfire), Barbara Ballard (Little Springs Design), Michael Mace … Continue reading
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Mobile Service Architecture 2 Article
A good intro article about MSA2 at the Sun Mobility website – see Mobile Service Architecture 2 — Coming Your Way. Related to this see Mobile Service Architecture (MSA) 2 (About Mobility Weblog). ceo
Posted in Mobility
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Mobile Web Strategies 2008
If you work on mobile web technologies and/or applications, or are just interested on learning about them, you should consider attending Mobile Web Strategies 2008 event (September 9th 2008, San Francisco). The are lots of interesting topics being discussed, including … Continue reading
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Technology Review: 10 Emerging Technologies 2008
Technology Review has published a Special Reports on the 10 Emerging Technologies for 2008: Modeling Surprise — Combining massive quantities of data, insights into human psychology, and machine learning can help manage surprising events, says Eric Horvitz. Probabilistic Chips — … Continue reading
SMS is King, Heaven and Hell, all at the same time
SMS is King, from the end-user’s perspective. SMS is heaven, from the operators’ perspective, as it is a cash cow. And SMS is hell for businesses offering messaging, but that don’t have a good plan for monetizing it… SMS is … Continue reading
Posted in Mobility
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“I am Rich” iPhone application – a statement or a scam?
Some people calls it a scam, others calls it smart… At $999.00 and for those who can afford it, the “I am Rich” iPhone application (which implements no real run-time functionality, is a statement. But Apple decided to remove the … Continue reading
Posted in iPhone
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Java is the top programming language
According to the Tiobe Programming Community Index, Java is the top/dominant programming language (Aug 2008): Tiobe Programming Community Index, August 2008 (Credit: Tiobe) The same reports indicates that COBOL scores a new all time low (at position 19), yet it … Continue reading
Posted in Development
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Hecl Mobile Scripting Language for Java ME
Hecl is a scripting language engine that runs on MIDP2. The scripting language is a wrapper for MIDP, and allows you to very quickly create UI elements, access the record store, use HTTP, access the file system (if available) and … Continue reading
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About Interactive Ruby Tutorial (and Scratch and teaching programming to children)
Is Ruby the new BASIC? For those looking to learn about Ruby, the Interactive Ruby Tutorial is a great way to get a quick introduction. This interactive tutorial would also be great for children wanting to learn about programming. MIT’s … Continue reading
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Candid Cameraphone
A day like today, on 1948 (ABC) “Candid Camera” original run made its TV debut. But original title was “Candid Microphone.” Is “Candid Cameraphone” next? That would make sense: from microphone (audio) to camera (video/audio) to anywhere-and-anytime-(mobile)-camera… Hm, maybe there … Continue reading
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Seth: Architecture or Design
I like Seth’s brief yet meaningful essay on architecture, see Is architect a verb? So I reserve “architect” to describe the intentional arrangement of design elements to get a certain result. : Architecture, for me anyway, involves intention, game theory, … Continue reading
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Developers, start your engines – Nokia commits another $150M to mobile investment
$150MM for startups that create new and exciting mobile applications, that uses context, location, payments, advertising, music and entertainment… very neat… See Nokia to Invest an Additional USD 150 Million Through Nokia Growth Partners. ceo
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