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

I made the switch from AT&T to Internet Phone Service

I made the switch from AT&T to Internet Phone powered by Time Warner cable. This is why… There was Cingular, now called AT&T (Wireless). There was AT&T long-distance, who call themselves the old AT&T. There was SBC who call themselves the new AT&T.…

Top social networking sites (September 2007)

Nielsen//NetRatings reports the top social network portals for September 2007: Top social networking sites in September 2007   Audience, 000 Growth Site September 2006 September 2007 YTY Myspace.com 47,189 58,581 24% Facebook 7,765 18,090 133% Classmates Online 13,291 13,313 0% Windows Live Spaces…

The Impact of Emerging Technologies videos (at Technology Review)

I stumbled upon a set of great short videos at the Technology Review, related to the impact of emerging technologies. The short videos are profound and a must see. See the Impact of Emerging Technologies short videos at the Technology Review. ceo

A very heavy article from eWeek that summarizes the wireless communication debate in the U.S.

The scanned article below from eWeek is a great summary of the wireless communication debate in the U.S. and how political and carrier-controlled wireless is and has been in the U.S. It is a very heavy article, heavy in the sense of how…

Austin Is The Top Blogging City (in the U.S.)

According to a Scarborough Research report, Austin, TX (the city where I live) is the top blogging city (in the U.S.): Austin, TX, Portland, OR, San Francisco and Seattle are the top markets for people who read or contributed to blogs. “Not surprisingly,…

Google: The OpenSocial API

Update (Nov 1st): MySpace joins Google’s OpenSocial. More updates: Adding more reference links at the bottom of this entry Google has announced its open social API. Very interesting. This can be big and a leap forward, converging into one service all social information…

McNeil Family Support – Mobile Diva

The blogosphere is a very large virtual space. But in reality, where and when it matters, it is a small community of friends and family. This is why I am writing this post… Darla Mack, the Mobile Diva (who in real life is…

AT&T (Cingular) Network fall “back” to standard time issue

If you are using AT&T (Cingular) I hope that your application doesn’t rely on network-time for execution. You see, AT&T’s network-time is off. Thanks to AT&T I would have been a whole hour too early (thanks Michelle) late to an event this weekend…

Donate to Southern California Fire Relief via SMS – Text 2HELP

The southern California fire has touched many lives. This terrible event has even touched the life of Debi Jones (a.k.a. Mobile Jones), a dear friend and fellow Mobilist, who I contacted today and told me the news. Hang in there Debi, let us…

Learn a new language with your cell phone

It is good to see one’s product hit the market. OK, it is not my product, but I built it. Before I started eZee, I provided mobile expertise/services to others (this helped pay the bills and bootstrap in the meantime). One of those…