Arthur Charles Clarke, was born on 16 December 1917. Visionary, author and inventor. Passed away today March 19, 2008 at the age of 90. What a visionary person he was. He got right so many things; this is back in the 50s and…
I love Rocketry too… You can do small rockets just for fun, or fly it to the edge of space if that’s your goal; the latter being very challenging and very exciting. Check out this cool video of Steve Jurvetson speaking at TED:…
Morten Hjerde (Sender 11) wrote a very good piece on 2D navigation on a mobile screen: Navigating large information spaces can be disorienting even on a large screen. On a small screen it should ideally be avoided, but that is not where we…
At the last MobileMonday Austin, I met Raj Singh of Skyfire. There he showed me Skyfire, a mobile browser (I think it is Mozilla-based) with full Flash, video, QuickTime, JavaScript and AJAX support. I was very impressed with the browser, its speed and…
According to InsightExpress, there are three mobile user segments: The Mobile Pioneer (15 percent of the market) is ahead of his peers in terms of mobile behavior, and uses advanced features weekly such as Internet, unique applications, and/or video. The majority of Mobile…
From their website Universal Design: …introduces AT&T Mobility’s point of view on the relationship between accessibility and innovation. Principles of “barrier-free design” or “design for all” are not seen as constraints on design, but as fodder for innovation. Consider scenarios such as accessing…
An interesting week on space-related activities… STS-123 The Space Shuttle STS-123 mission launched into its 16 day mission; and busy is the crew delivering pieces for the International Space Station (ISS). This is the the 25th shuttle mission to the ISS. It is…
Austin, Texas-based eZee inc. is looking to fill permanent positions with experienced developers, and quality assurance engineers, to help create the next generation of mobile commerce and marketing products and services. If you have passion for mobile technologies, you’ll want to work here.…
We had a great MobileMonday Austin event last night. I want to thank the speakers David Gill (Nielsen Mobile), James Pearce (dotMobi), Brian Fling (BlueFlavor), and Chris Moisan (Taptu). And thank you to our sponsors dotMobi and the Austin Wireless Alliance. We had…
OK, not fame, but (total) embarrassment. It was I who accidentally turned the lights off at Kathy Sierra’s panel at SXSW. A full room, with hundreds, perhaps thousands of people. The room went dark… there was confusion. Kathy said “it’s dark, I can’t…
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