Thoughts on AI, architecture, and building systems that work in the real world.

The Mayan calendar, the end of the world, 2012, and mobility standards

As I celebrated my birthday on December 21st, I was reminded that the “end of the world” is just 5 years away on Dec-21-2012, the year the Mayan calendar ends. How some people have extrapolated that the end of such calendar means the…

Mobile & Embedded Community Survey

The folks at Sun’s Mobile & Embedded Community has put together a survey to help understand and improve the M&E community and related resources… >>> Take the Mobile & Embedded Community Survey The Survey is open through December 31st. It has been one…

On mobile transactions, payments, operators, technology gaps, and other

Paul Ruppert writes Mobile Payments: Top 10 Issues between Banks and Mobile Operators, a good summary of where mobile payments space stands today (end of 2007). Before I start, let me clarify that when I talk about mobile payments, I am not talking…

The Effects of Alcohol in Programming

(The Ballmer Peak) Click to enlarge (xkcd)

Carnival of the Mobilists #104

The above photo is of the ferris wheel in Helsinki, source: ashlyfanderson Welcome to the Carnival of the Mobilists #104! It is great to be back hosting the Carnival… This week’s Carnival is dedicated to the land of the Finns, where I spent…

Mowser is growing – MikeR joins

The photo above from Russ’ blog shows left to right Mike and Russ; with Russ screaming “W00t” out of his lungs… :-) Mowser is growing; Mike Rowehl has joined Mowser as co-founder. That is great news for Russ and Mowser – the most…

Back from Finland

So I’m back from Finland… and a very productive week it was. God permit, 2008 will be a defining year for eZee inc. I enjoyed Helsinki, and I had a very hard time adjusting to the time difference; actually, my body/mind didn’t adjust…

Rails 2.0: It’s done!

Rails 2.0.1 is out. From the Ruby on Rails weblog: Rails 2.0 is finally finished after about a year in the making. This is a fantastic release that’s absolutely stuffed with great new features, loads of fixes, and an incredible amount of polish.…

Off to Finland Dec 10-16th

I’m off to Helsinki, Finland this coming week, Dec 10th (well I get there the 11th), leaving the 16th, for some eZee inc. business… Blogging will be light that week… Not sure how much “free” time I will have while there, but I’m…

Good SVG & Mobile article @ dotMobi

You can find a good overview article on SVG-Mobile by Ronan at dotMobi — see SVG & Mobile. ceo