Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
Today is the last day to cast your vote for next year’s SXSW Interactive sessions… The mobile and wireless sessions are looking great. This year I am part of the advisory board for mobile and wireless, but sorry, I take no bribes… :-) Go check out the session and cast your vote! ceo
Technology Review has published a Special Reports on the 10 Emerging Technologies for 2008: Modeling Surprise — Combining massive quantities of data, insights into human psychology, and machine learning can help manage surprising events, says Eric Horvitz. Probabilistic Chips — Krishna Palem thinks a little uncertainty in chips could extend battery life in mobile devices–and … Read more
Is Ruby the new BASIC? For those looking to learn about Ruby, the Interactive Ruby Tutorial is a great way to get a quick introduction. This interactive tutorial would also be great for children wanting to learn about programming. MIT’s Scratch is another interesting tool to teach children about programming. ceo
A day like today, on 1948 (ABC) “Candid Camera” original run made its TV debut. But original title was “Candid Microphone.” Is “Candid Cameraphone” next? That would make sense: from microphone (audio) to camera (video/audio) to anywhere-and-anytime-(mobile)-camera… Hm, maybe there is an idea right there… ceo
I like Seth’s brief yet meaningful essay on architecture, see Is architect a verb? So I reserve “architect” to describe the intentional arrangement of design elements to get a certain result. : Architecture, for me anyway, involves intention, game theory, systems thinking and relentless testing and improvement. Fine with me if you want to call … Read more
The B for Bluetooth can easily stand for “Big Brother”… Via Guardian (UK), a report on a study being done without people’s knowledge that uses Bluetooth to keep track of people’s aggregate behavior, see Bluetooth is watching: secret study gives Bath a flavour of Big Brother: The data is being used in a project called … Read more
This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists #134 is at Justin Oberman’s weblog Mopocket. This week edition comes with essays by newcomers Shaun Zelbers and Ari Zoldan, as well as regulars including as Martin Sauter, Steven Hoober, Ajit Joakar, Andreas Constantinou, and others… Thanks Justin for picking up my entry on NFC. ceo
There is a new application for anyone who must store and/or transmit sensitive data to/from their cellphones. Good examples are hospitals or hospice businesses (HIPAA), lawyers on the field (client data), and as recently learned, even the government users of BlackBerry devices — see UK prime minister’s office acknowledges aide lost a BlackBerry phone during … Read more
What began as a colorful Internet fluke has blossomed into a full-fledged political movement – one that Republicans and Democrats alike are reluctantly having to acknowledge. See The C. Enrique Ortiz Phenomenon: ;-) ceo (P.S. Thanks to my brother Carlos)
Mike Rowehl has joined Skyfire, the mobile browser company… I got to see Skyfire in action earlier this year when Raj Singh showed it to me at a MobileMonday Austin event; I was impressed with it, and even blogged about it — see the Skyfire Mobile Browse. MikeR has joined as Scalability Architect, a very … Read more