Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
So the Library of Congress (LoC) has acquired the entire Twitter archive. All public Tweets, from day one. From the research perspective, this is great news. Assuming Twitter remains up and running for many years or decades, the amount of information (big data) that will be captured and stored, potentially free of cost to whomever … Read more
This is my first blog after SXSW 2010. After an intense week, I got sick like a dog, and after recovering got super busy with my real day job — bring to market Motive‘s mobile broadband solution for call centers; the level of interest by operators continue to grow by the day. SXSW Interactive Festival … Read more
My friends at Bug Labs are looking for a VP of Technology & Operations: New York City – As we grow the number and complexity of our product offerings, we plan to add a senior level, seen-it-before, heavy-hitter to oversee operations. You will lead our day-to-day priorities, ensuring that a quality software and hardware product … Read more
We are set. Next MobileMonday Austin event is on May 3rd, 2010. Seating is limited! Please register at the MobileMonday Austin website. Topic: Mobile Web Runtimes, Widgets and Flash with speakers: Kirk Ballou of Flash Widgets Dan Podwall of Nokia Web Runtime Tools Cost: Free. Open bar and appetizers will be served. Time: Please arrive … Read more
Beerland Texas, a venue on Red River in Austin Texas, declared (during SXSW?) that bloggers aren’t real writers… They also hate Google Analytics ;-) Hilarious! ceo (via Anthony Volodki‘s blog)
Wow, we are less than a week away from SXSW Interactive and Film Festivals. And I’m very excited. The Interactive Festival runs from March 12 – 16 and this year is looking solid! One of the new additions to the Interactive Festival is the Future15 series on Convergence, Greater Good, Emerging, and Business. These are … Read more
Don’t miss our yearly MobileMonday Austin/SXSW special event. We are having a great set of speakers.. Our Next MobileMonday event is on March 15, 2010; the registration form is at http://www.mobilemondayaustin.com. Seating is limited so please register. Thanks to our sponsors Mobile Behavior and Forum Nokia. And thanks to the International Center of Austin (ICA) … Read more
Our friends at VisionMobile are conducting a mobile developer survey, sponsored by O2 Litmus. The survey close date has been extended to March 26 and the results will be published in Q2 2010. And there are prizes! All participants will be included in a draw for 24 great prizes: 2 participants win a Nexus One … Read more
Wow, what a great MobileMonday Austin event we had last Monday Feb 22. With around 120 people attending, a great agenda and speakers, and a good time, it is safe to call the event a success. The opening by David, the demos by the various companies and the panel on Monetizing Mobile Apps moderated by … Read more
I hate telemarketers; nothing personal, but I hate when they call home and when they call my mobile consuming my minutes! If you want to avoid being called by telemarketing companies, you should add yourself to the National Do Not Call List. Add your mobile and your home numbers. The National Do Not Call Registry … Read more