Thoughts on systems, engineering, technology, and life.

On Mobile Browser-Based Applications

Dennis Bournique of WapReview wrote a nice piece on Mobile Web applications, where he ponders on the topic after attending both Mobile Web Megatrends and the CTIA Mobile Jam Session. I agree with most of Dennis’ points. But in the article Dennis mentions…

Encrypted SMS

A number of companies have been applying their encryption technology to SMS. One of these companies is Masabi; see Encrypted SMS As a Backup for Mobile Data Applications (Cellular-news). Is SMS encryption a must have? Do you think users care? Personally, I don’t…

Mobile 2.0 2008 – November 3rd

The Mobile 2.0 2008 conference has been announced for November 3rd 2008 and the list of confirmed speakers looks great. What makes this event special for me is that it has been more in touch with reality, due to the number of practitioners…

Android phone to be available last week of September ’08

EWeek reports that the HTC Dream, the first Android phone, is expected to be launched in New York on Sept. 23 on the T-Mobile network. The article also covers the importance for Google to get it right on the first try, which is…

MobileWidget Camp Austin Photos

Photos for the MobileWidget Camp Austin event have been uploaded to Flickr and tagged MobileWidgetCampAustin. If you have any photos of your own, please use the aforementioned tag, and thanks to all who have contributed photos so far: www.flickr.com I’m very happy with…

“Geeky” screen

…while at home working this weekend coding away, took a snapshot of my 2nd computer screen. Pretty geeky I guess: 1) the movie War Games, 2) SETI @ Home, 3) Process Explorer: (Click to enlarge) ceo

One click to effective (mobile) interactions

I argue that for mobile interactions such as (smart/2D) barcodes and NFC to really takeoff, they must be “one click away”… OK, no surprise there. But what I really mean is that cellphones should have an explicitly designed and easy to reach “interaction”…

The future of the USA space program is the private sector

During the 1990s when I used to work on the space program, the US lawmakers (president Reagan and Congress at that time) made the worst decision on the future of the space station: they canceled the USA-space station in favor of an international…

MobileWidget Camp Austin a success, thanks to everyone!

The first ever MobileWidget Camp, the MobileWidget Camp Austin was a success. Thanks to all the attendees, speakers and sponsors! I will be posting photos shortly, same with all the results posted notes. Anyone with photos, please post to Flickr. Presentation slides will…

Rudy’s 15 Tips To Create Value For Mobile

Below are Rudy De Waele (m-trends.org) MobileMonday Amsterdam presentation on “15 Tips To Create Value For Mobile”… as always, great content: 15 Tips to create value for mobile @ Mobilemonday Amsterdam View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: mobilemonday momo#7)