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Monthly Archives: December 2007

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On mobile transactions, payments, operators, technology gaps, and other

Paul Ruppert writes Mobile Payments: Top 10 Issues between Banks and Mobile Operators, a good summary of where mobile payments space stands today (end of 2007). Before I start, let me clarify that when I talk about mobile payments, I am not talking…

The Effects of Alcohol in Programming

(The Ballmer Peak) Click to enlarge (xkcd)

Carnival of the Mobilists #104

The above photo is of the ferris wheel in Helsinki, source: ashlyfanderson Welcome to the Carnival of the Mobilists #104! It is great to be back hosting the Carnival… This week’s Carnival is dedicated to the land of the Finns, where I spent…

Mowser is growing – MikeR joins

The photo above from Russ’ blog shows left to right Mike and Russ; with Russ screaming “W00t” out of his lungs… :-) Mowser is growing; Mike Rowehl has joined Mowser as co-founder. That is great news for Russ and Mowser – the most…

Back from Finland

So I’m back from Finland… and a very productive week it was. God permit, 2008 will be a defining year for eZee inc. I enjoyed Helsinki, and I had a very hard time adjusting to the time difference; actually, my body/mind didn’t adjust…

Rails 2.0: It’s done!

Rails 2.0.1 is out. From the Ruby on Rails weblog: Rails 2.0 is finally finished after about a year in the making. This is a fantastic release that’s absolutely stuffed with great new features, loads of fixes, and an incredible amount of polish.…

Off to Finland Dec 10-16th

I’m off to Helsinki, Finland this coming week, Dec 10th (well I get there the 11th), leaving the 16th, for some eZee inc. business… Blogging will be light that week… Not sure how much “free” time I will have while there, but I’m…

Good SVG & Mobile article @ dotMobi

You can find a good overview article on SVG-Mobile by Ronan at dotMobi — see SVG & Mobile. ceo

Two important events on personal communications: 50% global cellular penetration and the beginning of the end of the pay-phone

Two very important events have occurred that signal the shift on personal communications, and mobile/cellular adoption today and future. While these two events are totally related, it probably is coincidence that both were announced just days apart… You probably have heard that the…

Google Chart API

Very, very neat AND useful… Check out the Google Chart API. See the announcement at the Google Code Blog – Embed charts in webpages with one of our simplest APIs yet. ceo [Via Jeremy Zawodny’s blog]