Monthly Archives: November 2007

Innovator’s Engine Dec 5th

Posted on November 29, 2007 by miker

I’m going to be participating in the next Innovator’s Engine event at Carr and Ferrell: Ads2Go: What’s Working, Where and Why with Mobile 2.0?. It’s in the morning on December 5th. Very much in the morning, the discussion starts at … Continue reading →

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December Mobile Monday is a Go!

Posted on November 28, 2007 by miker

I just posted the details for the December 2007 Silicon Valley Mobile Monday. The topic is SMS messaging: What: December 2007 Mobile Monday (SMS Messaging) When: December 3rd, 2007 7:00pm Where: Hands-On Mobile, 580 California St, 7th Floor, SF, CA … Continue reading →

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Leaving the Mob

Posted on November 28, 2007 by miker

My time at AdMob is coming to an end. It feels like it was yesterday that it was just Omar, Russell, and I listening to people say over and over that “the established ad networks are going to crush you … Continue reading →

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Ruby for Maemo

Posted on November 27, 2007 by miker

Russ pointed out a different version of Ruby for Maemo than I had tried before. This one has a hildon library and GTK support, w00t! I tried out a few of the examples but haven’t dug into it too much. … Continue reading →

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Future of Mobile Slides

Posted on November 26, 2007 by miker

There are a bunch of great decks posted from the Future of Mobile event. Andrea’s slides on The Truth about Mobile Web Development Standards in particular caught my attention. These two points from slide 8 I really like: Standards should … Continue reading →

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Location Requestor Module for Python

Posted on November 21, 2007 by miker

Does anyone know if the location requestor module for Python is going to be built into the base Python set of modules at any point? I took the time today to try to figure out the twisty set of pages … Continue reading →

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Blast From the Past

Posted on November 21, 2007 by miker

I worked at Feedster a few years ago. Now apparently it has sunk below the waves. It was an interesting idea with some great people, and a spectacular example of where having a bunch of smart people doesn’t necessarily mean … Continue reading →

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Mobile Advertising Salon Discussion

Posted on November 20, 2007 by miker

Kelly posted a fantastic summary of a discussion we had up at the loft last week about mobile advertising. Longer term I’m particularly interested in the web app vs downloaded application questions, and the question of the mobile web as … Continue reading →

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Kindle Pr0n

Posted on November 20, 2007 by miker

Some undressing pics of the Kindle from Dr. Doval. Knows your name right out of the box… I kinda like that. But it leaves me a bit curious. What happens if I order one for my sister. There must be … Continue reading →

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How Do I Get an N810?

Posted on November 20, 2007 by miker

Apparently the N810 is on shelves somewhere. I’m not going to frusterate myself by trying to order it from NokiaUSA however, that would just be stupid. But it’s supposed to be in Best Buy and CompUSA. Neither of the online … Continue reading →

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