Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
Tim O'Reilly posted a response to the Web 2.0 trademark debacle… where he expresses his discontent towards the whole issue, which is totally understandable. Putting the trademark issue aside, I will say that am surprised that Mr. O'Reilly is surprised about how the “collective” reacted. The “collective intelligence” (or lack of intelligence) is a theme … Read more
The next Mobile Monday Austin is scheduled for June 5th. Come see local technology leaders from M:Metrics and Frog Design, as well as our special guest, Jon S. von Tetzchner, co-founder and CEO of Opera Software, discuss browser-based mobile applications – the industry and trends, the technologies and the typical challenges. Meeting will take place … Read more
Is mobile banking finally here (I mean, in the U.S.)? It has taken financial institutions a long time to understand and feel comfortable with the technologies behind mobile banking, as well as understanding the implications to the financial institutions and to the end-users, as well as how to make money from the service. Remember the … Read more
“Do as I say not as I do!” The Web 2.0 is supposed to be about the open, collective, community-based use and evolution of the Web, so what happened here when O’Reilly trademarks “Web 2.0” and sets lawyers on IT@Cork? This recent trademark (or service mark) debacle is such a great example of what I've … Read more
Theory “a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; “theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses”; “true in fact and theory” “a comprehensive explanation of a given set of data that … Read more
This week's Carnival of the Mobilists is at Ajit Jaokar’s Open Gardens weblog… Visit the Carnival to read this week’s best writing pieces about mobile from mobility bloggers around the blogosphere. Click on the above Carnival of the Mobilists button to go the Mobilists website and learn more about the Carnival and how you can … Read more
I found a very neat web site called Total Eclipse (http://www.launchphotography.com) by photographer Ben Cooper, with photos of current and past Space Shuttle and other rocket launches, for example, you will find a great collection of new photos of the Shuttle Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) rollout to the launch pad. Discovery and STS-121 is scheduled to … Read more
Every now and then I like to write about a (mobility) blogger that I really like… And today, I want to write about The Pondering Primate weblog… And while he is known as the Pondering Primate, his real name is Scott P. Shaffer, CEO and Chief Innovator at Visionary Innovations Inc. Scott is also an … Read more
On his blog, Seth Godin asks himself “Why hasn't the whole cell phone industry exploded?“. While Seth's believes it is because "we've been trying to solve the wrong problem.", that is not the true reason… The problem is twofold – from the technology perspective, the technological capabilities aren't where they could have been by now, … Read more
The Mobile Services Architecture (JSR-248) or MSA is almost final. The MSA expert group has published the Proposed Final Draft Specification: “This JSR creates a mobile service architecture and platform definition for the high volume wireless handsets continuing the work started in JSR-185 and enhancing the definition with new technologies.” MSA defines what the next … Read more