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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: November 2008
Mobile Consumption Numbers for 3 Months Average Ending August 2008 (M:Metrics)
Interesting numbers from comScore M:Metrics on mobile consumption/usage for 3 months ending August 2008; see press release: comScore Mobile Benchmark Study of Mobile Media Consumption Three Month Average Ending August 2008 vs. Same Period in 2007 Total U.S. Mobile Subscribers … Continue reading
Carnival of the Mobilists #151 at GoldenSwamp.com
This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists #151 is hosted at Judy Breck’s GoldenSwamp.com blog. …(this week’s) Carnival sparkles with visions into the mobile future, written by experts with deep experience, keen vision, and some really interesting ideas about what lies … Continue reading
Mapping BlackBerry Software Version to Device Model
When writing software for the BlackBerry platform, one of the common questions that come up is “what BB software version (and related JDE) should I be using?” The following helps answer this question: (Source: Introduction to BlackBerry® Java® Development) Not … Continue reading
What can a business do to maximize its chances of survival?
From Re-inventing Management and Management Education (Irving Wladawsky-Berger): What can a business do to maximize its chances of survival? Foremost is to embrace a culture of innovation. If the environment is going to change, you want to be among the … Continue reading
The Public Review — Mobile Service Architecture 2; Developer Input is Needed
The Mobile Service Architecture 2 (JSR 249) is the specification that promises making Java ME-based handsets what many of us have been waiting for years: API robust and consistent. The JSR 249 is now in Public Review phase, and it … Continue reading
T-Mobile says Double Opt-In No Longer Required
One small step for T-Mobile, a bigger step for end-users… It would be great if all network providers dropped the “double opt-in” requirements that makes campaign certification (and re-certification over time) a pain in the neck, not to mention expensive. … Continue reading
Obama’s NASA Dilemma
Great article on Obama’s NASA Dilemma (The Technology Review). “When president-elect Barack Obama takes office in January, he will be faced with a rare situation. Within his first 100 days, he will have to decide the fate of America’s space … Continue reading
About Artists and Painters and Ibsen Espada
Left: Ibsen Espada, Right: Cofresí. Source Houston Press I really believe “artist” is the one of the most difficult jobs in the whole world; and only the best can survive as true artists. People don’t buy paintings all the time, … Continue reading
The gods are being good to Network Operators
…or, the Network Providers/Operators must be having a blast. The network providers are doing just fine… new cool handsets here and there, handset exclusivity on certain networks, message usage is up, data consumption is up, new services are coming up, … Continue reading
JCP Elections 2008: A Good Day for the Developer Community
Thanks to everyone who voted for Sean at the JCP elections. The two with the most votes have been elected for JCP ME Executive Committee for the next three years. Having Sean at the EC is a very good thing, … Continue reading
The iPhone and Android Platforms as Validators
The iPhone and Android platforms have validated a number of things; below is a list with some of such things: iPhone: Applications are at the center of next generation of handsets. That software, not hardware, is the main driver and … Continue reading
The Decline and Fall of Agile
A good writeup by James Shore on The Decline and Fall of Agile (James Shore blog). Software development projects are a hard thing; not necessarily because of the software, but because people are involved. I’ve worked on the most mature … Continue reading
Posted in Development
Tagged Agile, Development, management, process, product, projects, scrum, Software
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Endeavour / STS-126 night launch
A beautiful night launch of the Shuttle Shuttle Endeavour and the STS-126 mission (PDF)… See the launch in High Definition, or in standard definition version on Spacevidcast.com‘s YouTube channel. In Endeavour’s payload bay, the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo is packed … Continue reading
Java Community Process 2008 Elections – Vote for Sean Sheedy
This upcoming November 17, 2008 is the last day of the JCP Executive Committee elections. This year a number of individuals have chosen to run for the SE and ME seats side-by-side large companies; see the JCP Ballot. On the … Continue reading
Posted in JavaCommunity
Tagged 2008, Elections, Java Community Process, JCP, Sean Sheedy
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