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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 the display itself to become the center of user interactions; it is … Read more
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 biased, since I wrote it, but it is a good, comprehensive series; … Read more
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 are constants. Once the line is crossed, it becomes easy to justify … Read more
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 object made, and used by people to connect with people. This is … Read more
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 – the bar will close Saturday 8:00am – Setup 9:00am – BarCampAustin opens … Read more
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 (IA), it is important to maintain sources of information informative, but not … Read more
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 mobile and social contexts within the overall mobile user experience. I've been … Read more
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. It is awesome that my piece on The Future of the Web … Read more
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 how to transition to it. In that same piece, I wrote about … Read more
I've just received an email from Dr. Edward Joseph (joseph_1000e@yahoo.co.uk), from the UK telling me: “This is to inform you that your funds of US$15 Million has been approved for immediate delivery to you” Awesome… All I have to do is give them my full names, my direct telephone numbers, physical address with zip code, … Read more