Openwave buys WiderWeb

The other I was talking to an old peer of mine… we worked together at AGEA back in 2000-2002, where we had created (web) content adaption technology. We were too early back then. Then the Bubble burst. So I was talking to my buddy about how important content adaption is today, actually more important today … Read more

Bar Camp Austin II – March 9th-10th 2007

BarCampAustin II will be held around SXSW Interactive in March 2007. whurley is currently making venue arrangements and looking for sponsors. If you know any individuals/projects/companies that would be interested in helping support this event, please send contact info to barcamp@whurley.com. This will be my first BarCamp, so I'm trying to learn more about it, … Read more

MSA Claim #1

This is my first attempt using Claims by Jyte. My blog has been notorious for choking when including iframe tags inside the body of a post, so let's see if this go through. Update: Woohoo, it did! Neat. Update2: I wonder if the reason there is such a low participation on this Claim is is … Read more

Porting Java (games) to Flash Lite

Anders @ Abiro points to an article by Adobe on Porting J2ME games to Flash Lite. One of the differences pointed out is the use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) in Flash Lite, which is something that is coming soon to Java ME under JSR 226 which is one of the “mandated” APIs under the … Read more

The number 5,086

For the younger generation, texting is more important than voice calls. 5,086 is the number of text messages sent (and received) last month by my oldest daughter… a new record at my household. Unlimited text and data plans rule… See Texting and The Evolution of the Thumb. ceo Photo source: Wikipedia

The Future of the Web and Mobile

The Future of Mobile Applications is Multiplatform, Multimodal The Future of Mobile Applications is Multimodal, Context-aware and Social The Future of Mobile Applications is exposing and consuming Services on the Web – The Web as the Platform The Future of Mobile Applications is an Iceberg The Future of Mobile Applications is Open, Public, Connected and … Read more

Blackberry: always connected, higher productivity, higher-pay, personality traits vs. chained to work and unbalanced work/personal-life

ARS Technica published an article on the results of a survey done by Digital Life America that concluded that Blackberry owners are chained to work; not a big surprise here. “The results were split exactly three ways: a third agreed, a third remained neutral, and a third disagreed. Among just those who own a BlackBerry-like … Read more