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.
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Category Archives: ThisIsMobility
Mobile 2.0 Reflections
With another Mobile 2.0 conference just wrapped up I wanted to just highlight some of the topics and conversations: Irv Henderson from Yahoo kicked off the topic with a presentation that included a sub-$100 phone that included a bunch of … Continue reading
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Android Numbers Game
As far as number of handsets out in the market go Android has been wonderfully successful. Most folks agree that all things being equal, the number of Android handsets is going to surpass the number of iPhones pretty soon. Generally … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Community, Technology, ThisIsMobility
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The Right Tool For the Job
A few days ago Bryan Rieger posted some fantastic slides about rethinking the layout of site resources for content meant to go to mobile devices from Yiibu. There’s some great stuff in there related to applying progressive enhancement principles to … Continue reading
Posted in Browser, Community, Software, ThisIsMobility
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“App” Doesn’t Have to Mean “Native”
With AppNation wrapping up earlier this week and Mobile 2.0 happening next week I’ve been thinking a lot more about industry level shifts in mobile. Normally I’m heads down in some bit of server code lately, so it is relatively … Continue reading
Posted in Browser, Community, Open Source, Software, Technology, ThisIsMobility
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Why are Monetization and Distribution Lumped Together?
Frequently the two issues get tossed into the same basket when talking about mobile applications in particular. The most obvious reason for grouping the two together is that the main driver of both for most businesses is the app store. … Continue reading
Posted in AdMob, Community, iPhone, Mobile Monday, Software, Technology, ThisIsMobility
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Mobile 2.0 2010 Silicon Valley
Mobile 2.0 2010 Silicon Valley is next week. We have the event divided up into two days again this year, with the developer day on Sept 20th at Microsoft in Mountain View and the business day on Sept 21st in … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Browser, Community, iPhone, Software, Technology, ThisIsMobility
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Evaluating App Store Opportunities
We had an awesome discussion about App Stores at Mobile Monday SV last night: Thanks to everyone who came out to participate and made it a fantastic night, it was a great set of conversations! Much of the conversation focused … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Mobile Monday, ThisIsMobility
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The Web is an App (Via Diego)
Diego is updating his blog again! Awesome! Check out his “the web is an app” post for a laydown of how generalized web development is shifting. Things were already tilting in the direction of “websites” being basically a static javascript … Continue reading
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Removing the Password from a PDF
I have a few ebooks I’ve purchased online that came as password protected PDFs. While mildly annoying while trying to read them on a desktop system, it’s patently absurd when I try to move them over to the iPad to … Continue reading
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WordPress Updated
I did the update to WordPress 3.0 and added a new theme for the blog (you’ll have to actually visit the site to see, most of you read through RSS). Most of my motivation was getting something in there that … Continue reading
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