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: Chrome for Android beta (ICS only it seems): http://t.co/LJkTq9Jn Looking pretty good so far!
- miker: RT @bryanrieger: Strategies for choosing test devices - http://t.co/YRHkEr7M by @stephanierieger
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Category Archives: ThisIsMobility
N810 Geoweb Launcher
I was mulling some of the geo hacks for the N810 that are out there now. Maemo Mapper is a great open source mapping application, there’s a little app that geocodes photos as well. Then there’s Maemo WordPy for posting … Continue reading
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Bunch of Random Updates
A few things I want to get down as much so that I know where to find them next time I’m looking them as anything else. Installing Ubuntu using the version of Parallels I have a license for is a … Continue reading
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OS2008 Homescreen Hackery
Inspired by some screenshots that came through my feed reader the other day, I updated the firmware on my N810 and installed a few new bits of hackery: Those are transparent homescreen apps, and more important than looking slick (if … Continue reading
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Mobile Web from the Perspective of a Javascript Developer
There’s a talk from Alex Russell about mobile web development up on IT Conversations. The title of the talk is “AJAX and Mobility”, which is actually misleading (as is my own title, since Alex isn’t really a Javascript developer only, … Continue reading
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N810 Interface Critique
There’s a great post at TabletBlog critiquing the user interface of OS2008, the most recent revision of the operating system that runs on the Nokia internet tablets. To anyone who’s used both devices the points really ring true. Great writeup! … Continue reading
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Sync vs. Always On vs. Modular Core
While I was upgrading to WordPress 2.5 this morning I happened across this post I noted but never finished. So it’s a bit less timely, but the overall issues are still interesting. Looks like modular handset manufacturer Modu is raising … Continue reading
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World Wide Web vs. Carrier Networks
There are a few interesting things going on with “carrier networks” on the whole that have had me wondering about how folks at the carriers/operators can be so painfully dense. There’s the problem with Sprint deploying a proxy transcoder and … Continue reading
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Social Sites and Supporting Technology
You know how there’s the general rule of some technology being mainstream when your mother uses it? Well my mom is listening to a podcast, the twist is that it’s a knitting related podcast that my sisters produce. I kinda … Continue reading
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Missing Reporting/Metrics in the MMA Guidelines
Thanks to Russell for pointing out that a new set of MMA guidelines is up for review. Apparently I’m supposed to post feedback in their public forums, but I’m getting a bit tired of having to follow discussions in other … Continue reading
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Sprint Hiding User Agent
I did a search this morning to see if there was anything related to the cookie issue with Openwave software. Instead I found a post from Dennis saying that it appears that Sprint has now followed Vodafone in disrupting the … Continue reading
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