Mike Rowehl

I've been working in mobile for a long time, and on internet service scalability even longer. I'm currently working on Churn Labs with some friends, hacking on a bunch of interesting mobile projects. Drop me a line if you're interested.
Miker on Twitter- miker: I'm pretty sure time compresses between midnight and 3am.
- miker: @fusion94 Hey. Just cause you get to live a life of leisure in your costal geek cave, there's no reason to rub it in. // @aswong76
- miker: @matthewgonzales I have a dinner tomorrow night, but I'll try to swing by #SFNT afterward. Hope to catch you!
- miker: RT @Ewan: @miker Whatever you think of the Nokia/WP strategy, at least Elop stepped up and did something to change course. Rim? Iceberg!
- miker: Yo RIM: Where’s your sense of urgency? http://t.co/mZYevZIs (Oh, so doomed)
del.icio.us feed- Announcing the FLORA, Adafruit’s wearable electronics platform and accessories « adafruit industries blog
- Enyo JavaScript Application Framework
- A Quick Guide To Investing Like Warren Buffett
- Go Green Saint Patricks Day Run
- Avenue of the Giants Marathon May 1, 2011 - Home
- Server-side device detection used by 82% of Alexa top 100 sites | mobiForge
- ..::[[~ceinig]]::..
- http://www.halfmarathonclub.com/California_Half_Marathon_Races.html
- Fabrice Grinda’s Nine Criteria For Investing In Startups | Young Upstarts
- AhNg519CEAEP5O4.jpg (589×440)
Archives
- December 2011
- September 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- April 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- November 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
- August 2005
- July 2005
- June 2005
- May 2005
Monthly Archives: February 2008
USB Host on the N810
Looking at the recent updates on maemo.org I noticed a utility for putting the USB controller into host mode. I had seen Kate’s post about modifying a standard cable or getting a USB On the Go cable to take advantage … Continue reading
Posted in Maemo, Open Source, ThisIsMobility
3 Comments
More Public Support for the Abundance Economy
It looks like the world at large is starting to take up the challenge of understanding what it means to base an effort around the economics of abundance instead of scarcity. It’s already a pretty common thread with folks who … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Open Source, ThisIsMobility
Leave a comment
SMS on Alternate Ports
Following up on some of the mobile applications pondering I was doing the other day, I’ve been pointed at and run across some new info about SMS usage. I figured I would post it to share, seeing as how that … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Open Source, ThisIsMobility
Leave a comment
JOLT!!!
I was walking by a shop the other night right downtown San Mateo, and what do I see? Jolt cola. So I had to go back today and actually get some to make sure it was the real stuff, and … Continue reading
Microb Browser Extension Testing
After my IUI Maemo Microb hackery the other day I started pondering making the browser lie to say it was an iPhone. More cause I wanted to hack around some with extensions and Microb than because I really find myself … Continue reading
Posted in Browser, Maemo, Open Source, ThisIsMobility
9 Comments
Quick Numerical Ponderings on SMS Driven Distribution
I’ve been thinking a decent amount recently about using SMS or other forms of messaging to drive mobile web usage. My overall question being can you drive mobile web usage with SMS and monetize your site with advertising? My gut … Continue reading
Posted in Community, ThisIsMobility
4 Comments
Vote N810 for “Handheld of the Year” at Engadget
I’m going to pick up the handheld of the year thread from TabletBlog and encourage all you N810 fans to go vote N810 at the Engadget awards.
Posted in Community, Maemo, Open Source, ThisIsMobility
Leave a comment
Native Mobile Apps vs Mobile Web Apps
Michael Mace posted a great wrapup of a few threads that have been going around with respect to native vs browser based mobile development. He does a great job of laying down a nice linear story about the evolving development … Continue reading
Posted in Browser, Community, Technology, ThisIsMobility
13 Comments
Mobile Applications Commentary
Great Jon Udell interview with Dr. Joel Selanikio, lots of interesting mobile commentary in there. First two bits that really grabbed my attention: Think about what you could do if you could give access to all the information on the … Continue reading
Posted in Community, ThisIsMobility
6 Comments
IUI Dev on OS2008
I’ve been fooling around a bit with doing IUI dev on and for the N810. IUI is the javascript library behind those cool iPhone web apps. It does a menu style rendering and slides and all that. It actually works … Continue reading
Posted in Browser, Community, Maemo, Open Source, ThisIsMobility
6 Comments