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Monthly Archives: March 2007

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Carnival of the Mobilists #64

Rudy has done it again – he has put together an awesome Carnival of the Mobilists, number 64. And the Mobilists have done it again, 18 mobility bloggers with great pieces on mobility… The mobile/wireless space is definitely maturing: you can see it…

Ruby on Rails in NetBeans

Ruby on Rails in NetBeans: The Basics Ruby on Rails in NetBeans: Advanced Editing ceo

dotMobi Mobile Web Developers Guide

The dotMobi Mobile Web Developers Guide, written by Brian Fling of Blue Flavor, is now available.

Brian Fling (Blue Flavor) Mobile Web Presentation @ SXSWi

Brian did a wonderful job with his presentation on Mobile Web development at SXSW Interactive which was titled “Everything you always wanted to know about the mobile web… but were afraid to ask”. Both content and how he presented were great. The room…

The future of handset design: from hardware to software

Pictured above are the LG Prada, the Apple iPhone, the “Google Phone”, and the Meizu M8. Will Palm follow the same trend? I've always been a fan of programmable, dynamic, and reconfigurable user interfaces – flexible graphical user interfaces with touch-screen that allows…

New Article: An Introduction to the PIM API for Java ME, Part 1

The first part in a six-part series of articles on using the PIM API for J2ME (JSR 75), An Introduction to the PIM API for Java ME, is now available at the SDN Mobile Java site. Check it out. Not that I am…

Justice Department takes aim at user generated content

I just read on Danah's blog about the Justice Department targeting User Generated Content websites… This is serious stuff – there is a very delicate balance here. We are entering different times – but the ideas of peace, freedom, security, privacy and knowledge…

The Mobile Handset – A Social Artifact

At the center of mobility is the individual itself. At the center of mobility is what I called People-Centric Computing (PcC). The mobile handset is first and foremost a social artifact: “The mobile handset is, by its own nature, a social artifact; an…

BarCamp Austin II Venue and Schedule – March 9th-10th 2007

The venue and schedule for BarCamp Austin II has been announced… BarCampAustin II will be held at Bourbon Rocks on March 9th & 10th! Schedule of Events: Friday 4:30pm – Refresh meetup 6:30pm – BarCampAustin meetup 8:00pm – BarCampAustin welcome party 2:00am -…

From Informative to Intrusive and Un-Private

informative: “instructive: serving to instruct of enlighten or inform. providing or conveying information” intrude: “to come in rudely or inappropriately; enter as an improper or unwanted element” privacy: “the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others” In Information Architecture…