Thoughts on systems, engineering, technology, and life.

Great MoMo Austin — thanks to Sponsor Nokia, and Speakers

We had a great MobileMonday Austin event last night. Thanks to our sponsor Nokia. Thanks to the Austin Wireless Alliance for helping organize the event, and thanks to our speakers Dan Podwall (Nokia) and Michael Yuan (eZee inc) who presented on the topics…

Tomi T. Ahonen on Data-mining, identity, digital footprint, and social context

If there is a person who truly gets mobility today, and where it is (or should be) headed to, that is Tomi T. Ahonen, best-seller author, lecturer and consultant, who together with Alan Moore, maintains the blog Communities Dominate Brands. Another such individual,…

Competing in the Mobile Market Today

What is the real meaning of competing in the mobile market today? Well, today it is not about competing for the mobile market… Instead, because the space is still so immature, it’s about competing for its early adopters. In response to the above…

Google’s Android ‘designed to drive fragmentation’

According to Sanjay Jha, chief operating officer of Qualcomm’s chipset division QCT: “Google wants fragmentation in the industry [and] is putting a lot of resources behind Linux”. Well, yes, sure, adding new platforms results on a more fragmented mobile space; from the developer’s…

Using PIM API for Java ME, Part 3 – in Spanish

I just found one of my “Using the PIM API for Java ME” articles translated to Spanish. Neat. And whomever translated this, thanks, you did a better job than I would’ve! See: Uso de la API de PIM (Interfaz de Programación de Aplicaciones…

MobileMonday Austin: April 14, The Nokia Web Runtime, Widgets, and about Developing Multi-Modal Web Applications

Please note that next MobileMonday Austin session is next Monday, April 14th. Don Podwall (Nokia) will cover the Nokia Web Runtime and Widgets, and Dr. Michael Yuan (eZee inc) will cover Developing Multi-Modal Web Applications. MOBILE MONDAY AUSTIN Where: IC2 Institute, http://www.ic2.utexas.edu Topic:…

On Personalization and Critical Mass

Image Source Fox news Ajit Jaokar wrote an interesting piece titled Personalization is not a substitute for critical mass – from Zagme to Blyk, where he shares his views on Personalization with respect to critical mass; a good read. Let me add my…

Reasons Why The Mobile/Wireless Usage Boom Is Underway

The Motorola Dyna-Tac, 1973. Specs: 9 x 5 x 1.75 inches, 2.5 pounds, 35 minutes of talk time. While not fully consumed, a transformation that started more than 30 years ago is underway. It has been a slow and painful path while the…

Rumor: Citigroup developing branded NFC phone

It’s all over the web, that according to a report filed with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Citigroup is working on Citi-branded NFC mobile phone… The clash has begun: network carriers vs. financial institutions… And it is great to see someone actually getting…

Alltop, top news websites – but where’s the feed?

Alltop is Nononina’s, and of Guy Kawasaki’s, central console of top news websites, as chosen by someone at Nononina: We import the stories of the top news websites and blogs for any given topic and display the headlines of the five most recent…