This month of May 2011 has been a great month with respect to the Austin mobile scene. Below is a summary of just the events that I help organize or contribute to somehow: Mobile Monday Austin, Android Dev Austin, Google IO Extended Austin,…
Austin Google I/O Extended is on May 10th and 11th at the Google’s offices. Google will be live-streaming this year’s I/O conference to sites around the world. If you live in or near Austin and want to attend the live-streaming event, sign up…
Our next Android Dev Austin event is on May 4, 2011 at Ringtail Design. Please RSVP as seating is limited; visit http://androiddevaus-may42011.eventbrite.com We are having local Android developers present their cool apps, plus time for open discussion… Time: 6-8pm, but please arrive by…
Our next event is on Monday, April 04, 2011 at Buffalo Billiards… Please Register at: http://momoaustin-040411.eventbrite.com/ Please arrive by 5:30 PM as we will begin 6:00pm – 8:00 PM. This is the first of a five-city tour sponsored by Cisco and MobileMonday Americas.…
My most recent article is on jQuery plug-ins… See Introduction to jQuery plug-ins (developerWorks). The jQuery JavaScript library has excellent support for extensibility through plug-ins that you can consume, write, and share. In this article, learn about the benefits of creating a jQuery…
The Carnival of the Mobilists (#247) came up today at mobiThinking with topics that include: Mobile’s role in Japanese disaster; near-field communications; tablets vs. smartphones; operators vs. content providers; making the Web mobile friendly and more. My piece on NFC in 2011 was…
I was with my Finn friends at SXSW when one of the Finns, while looking at his (Android) handset said “Hey there is this event at XYZ happenning now; let’s go there!” To what I said, “Cool, what do you use to know?…
SXSW Interactive is here! Very cool… The panels/sessions are looking great, the parties and the get together… And the weather is perfect. From the various cool panels, to the Monks of Invention, Mobile Future 15, to MobileMonday Austin and many others, hope to…
(This is part of a series of blog posts on Mobility in 2011) The debate of mobile (native) app vs. webapp is not new. This is a decade-old topic that has been debated since the days of WML. Today the debate is pretty…
We are less than a month away from SXSW Interactive; exciting! If you are attending the Festival, don’t forget to stop by the Mobile Future 15 session; more info below… When? Monday, March 14, 3:30-6pm. Topics & Speakers: Mobile Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in…
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