Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
Great map by MobileMonday Estonia: View MoMo Chapters in a larger map It is great to see how many chapters we have now / how much the MobileMonday community has grown over the last years… The Austin chapter was founded on May 10 of 2005 and today it consists of more than 280 members. Our … Read more
A great writeup by Mike Rowehl, Please Don’t Mistake My Apathy For A Lack of Understanding, in response to VentureBeat’s piece iPhone devotion blinds Silicon Valley app developers. Mike, who is a very experienced mobile developer and technologist in general, writes about his apathy for all the companies and people how now seem to “get … Read more
For the first time ever, pictures of a massive star (50-100 times more massive than our own Sun) exploding and becoming a black hole (Science Daily). Supernova SN 2005gl: explosion from start to finish, including the black hole ending This is so impressive (and so cool) – you can see the star’s Solar Filaments and … Read more
As (mobile) technologists we must be aware of and recognize the potential for harm when obvious/weak-patents are granted by the Patent Office. We should be able to trust the patent system, but the system is weak. In particular I am here writing about the USA patent 6,199,048 (PDF) titled “System and Method for Automatic Access … Read more
I’ve been very busy lately to post this, but wanted to acknowledge all of our sponsors and speakers at our last (March) MobileMonday Austin event, specially the W3C Mobile Web Initiative. It was a great meeting with great speakers. SXSWi was a blast as usual, and the MobileMonday Austin event complements it every well. Thanks … Read more
I’m sure that by now you have heard the rumors about IBM potentially buying Sun. Even yesterday Intel CEO says Sun was shopped around (cnet news). Why is this a significant announcement? And why I think Intel’s CEO is wrong (when he said that Solaris and SPARC will get EOL)? Well, besides acquiring an iconic … Read more
A reminder that today is MobileMonday Austin;topic The Mobile Web. It is going to be a great session… See you there. When: March 16, 2009, 5:30-8:30pm (but will try to be done by 8pm to go back and continue enjoying SXSWi) Where: The International Center of Austin (http://www.austin-international.us/) 201 East 2nd Street (btwn Brazos & … Read more
A reminder that this evening, Sunday March 15 don’t miss the “Mobile Web Apps & Widgets Meet-Up” at 5:00pm: Event: Mobile Web Apps & Widgets Meet-Up “Find out about your chance to win £20,000″ What: Informational Meeting Host: Vodfone/Betavine & OMTP Start Time: Sunday, March 15 at 5:00-8:00pm Where: Driskill Hotel Bar To see more … Read more
Update Venue information for MobileMonday Austin. The next event will take place at The International Center of Austin; very convenient right on 2nd street by SXSW! Thanks to The International Center of Austin for the meeting room. And thanks to our sponsors W3C Mobile Web Initiative, Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) Forum, and Motive/Alcatel-Lucent. For … Read more
Update… Venue information for MobileMonday Austin. Very convenient right on 2nd street by SXSW! Thanks to the The International Center of Austin for the room. And thanks to our sponsors W3C Mobile Web Initiative, OMTP and Motive/Alcatel-Lucent. Please note the next MobileMonday Austin meeting is on March 16, 2009 (the Monday of SXSW Interactive). More … Read more