Monthly Archives: July 2006

I just got an email from Kiran Bellubbi about the Mobile Monday Chicago group which is having it’s first meeting next Monday: Whatever happened to J2ME and all the talk about Java on small form factor devices. A few important … Continue reading →

Mobile video is apparently the next big thing. Everyone knows it. Talk to just about anyone working in mobile and they know that everyone is working on video. The commercials on television and the radio keep telling me I can … Continue reading →

I’ve been lusting after the E70 for a long long time. Everyone knows, it’s definitely not a secret. I’ve got this thing I’m working on and it just needs a real keyboard on a device capable of getting SMS style … Continue reading →

Some of the folks long involved with the W3C have been wandering or stomping away as of late. The problem seems to be detachment from the “ordinary designers and developers” on the part of the organization. I’m struggling to figure … Continue reading →

The video from the July meeting of Mobile Monday London has been posted in multiple formats. The topic was funding, and included a few presentations about the world of venture capital and what I thought were a fantastic set of … Continue reading →

I can’t get to sleep, and there’s still a while left before Paranoia Agent comes on. So of course the only logical thing to do is hack around with some WordPress WAP goodness. The plugin worked out quite well to … Continue reading →

Charlie is exactly right about everyone needing to check out the talk given by Tom Hume at d.Construct 2005. Fantastic stuff in there. I liked this one: There’s lots of technical similarities between mobile and web. There’s lots of places … Continue reading →

One of the continued nasty bits of running Linux on a laptop has been support for WiFi networks. The tools tend to be very capable when they exist, but support for hardware has been spotty (thanks mostly to the hardware … Continue reading →

The description that Robin Good has of mobile messaging and swarming (hat tip to SmartMobs) really struck a chord with me. Particularly the points outlined as challenges (routing, interop, open APIs, multiple communications styles). I remember when I first picked … Continue reading →

THe official release of the new OS for Nokia 770 devices is out. I’ve only been playing with it for a few hours so far, but I have to admit I’m not as blown away as I was hoping to … Continue reading →