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Brian Fling (Blue Flavor) Mobile Web Presentation @ SXSWi

Brian did a wonderful job with his presentation on Mobile Web development at SXSW Interactive which was titled “Everything you always wanted to know about the mobile web… but were afraid to ask”. Both content and how he presented were great. The room…

The future of handset design: from hardware to software

Pictured above are the LG Prada, the Apple iPhone, the “Google Phone”, and the Meizu M8. Will Palm follow the same trend? I've always been a fan of programmable, dynamic, and reconfigurable user interfaces – flexible graphical user interfaces with touch-screen that allows…

New Article: An Introduction to the PIM API for Java ME, Part 1

The first part in a six-part series of articles on using the PIM API for J2ME (JSR 75), An Introduction to the PIM API for Java ME, is now available at the SDN Mobile Java site. Check it out. Not that I am…

Justice Department takes aim at user generated content

I just read on Danah's blog about the Justice Department targeting User Generated Content websites… This is serious stuff – there is a very delicate balance here. We are entering different times – but the ideas of peace, freedom, security, privacy and knowledge…

The Mobile Handset – A Social Artifact

At the center of mobility is the individual itself. At the center of mobility is what I called People-Centric Computing (PcC). The mobile handset is first and foremost a social artifact: “The mobile handset is, by its own nature, a social artifact; an…

BarCamp Austin II Venue and Schedule – March 9th-10th 2007

The venue and schedule for BarCamp Austin II has been announced… BarCampAustin II will be held at Bourbon Rocks on March 9th & 10th! Schedule of Events: Friday 4:30pm – Refresh meetup 6:30pm – BarCampAustin meetup 8:00pm – BarCampAustin welcome party 2:00am -…

From Informative to Intrusive and Un-Private

informative: “instructive: serving to instruct of enlighten or inform. providing or conveying information” intrude: “to come in rudely or inappropriately; enter as an improper or unwanted element” privacy: “the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others” In Information Architecture…

Jaiku gets it

If I were to write a true Mobile 2.0 application, where the mobile and social contexts are at its center, it would be something very similar to Jaiku… If you follow my blog you have seen the importance that I put on the…

Carnival of the Mobilists #63.01

The Carnival of the Mobilists #63 is at David Beer's Software Everywhere blog. Wow, great blogging from Mobilistas from around the world. Read about Mobile 2.0, Location, The Mobile Inversion, The Internet of Things, Mobile Marketing, the iPhone, 3GSM @ Barcelona, and other.…

Transitioning to Mobile 2.0

In the The Future of the Web and Mobile, I introduced a viewpoint on the future of mobility in general with respect to its elements (vs. applications). To get “there” we must understand the elements that comprise the “next” generation of mobility, and…