Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
I will be speaking or presenting at the following events during October 2007: Emerging Technologies panel at Mobile 2.0 event, October 15th. NFC in Mobile Commerce at Texas Wireless Summit, October 18th. Hope to see you there… ceo
I think Mowser rocks. It is simple, seems to use the right approach to context adaptation, and man, it’s fast — just check the Mowser version of Techmeme Top 100. I am not sure though about the business model that Russell is going after; Russ wrote: Mowser is focused on a very simple goal: Help … Read more
Another great edition of the Carnival of the Mobilists, this week at the Communities Dominate Brands blog. Thanks to Tomi for picking up my blog entry On iterations, mobile, texting, web, and local applications. ceo
I recently read about Xcerion’s XML Internet Operating System. Hmm, an XML OS? Do you think that the OS is slow, or highly verbose? The specifications and possibilities of Xcerion XML Internet Operating System (XIOS/3) include some quite interesting features. The essence of the OS is XML and with a XML supercharged operating system follows … Read more
My website was down for two days… supposedly a general network outage in the Downtown Chicago area where a number of servers for the hosting company that I use are located. That was painful! My apologies. If you sent me email in the last two days, please resend — or call, there is no replacement … Read more
Shawn Conahan, CEO @ Intercasting, wrote and interesting piece titled Decoupling social networking, but his following statement is just strange: “Simply put, Communication is more valuable than Search. ” I was going to leave a comment in his blog, but couldn’t find how, so I am writing here instead. I understand where Shawn is going … Read more
I like this definitions for ROI, by John Maeda, associate director of research and Allen Professor of Media Arts & Sciences at the MIT Media Lab: From iThinking About iPods: Designers can tackle the time challenge in two different ways: by making the wait shorter or by making the wait more enjoyable. In either case, … Read more
(Update: this piece omitted voice as a medium, and it has been updated to reflect such.) A good post by Tom Hume on Iterations, mobile, and Java, on the debate of web vs. local, a debate that in my opinion is getting kind of old. Yet, it is something that still needs to be talked … Read more
Jonathan sent me an email that he will be teaching a tutorial on Java ME programming at OOPSLA in October. The details from his email follow: Title: Using Java ME to Program Your Mobile Phone Time & Date: Monday, October 22, 1:30 PM Duration: 3.5 hours Location: Montreal URL: http://www.oopsla.org/oopsla2007/index.php?page=sub/&id=51 It’ll be a very hands-on … Read more
A reminder that Mobile 2.0 event is coming soon, and that the early bird special at $145 is coming to and end, available until the end of September. After that the regular price is $185. The event is almost sold-out. What makes Mobile 2.0 event different? The way I see it, this particular event is … Read more