Tag Archive for 'mobile'

Call you when I get there….

So, the number of people being buried with their cell phones is increasing.  I’m not quite sure what to make of this, but to be sure, it says something about our need for connectedness, our interest in gadgets, and what we love the most…
While the tradition of bringing items with you to the grave is [...]

Student Working Group Function

The Student Working Group will allow for the an open discussion into student perceptions of technology from a broad perspective, but will also provide critically valuable insights into the expectations, needs and wants of students for mobile access to University tools, resources and services. Comments? (0)

January 3, 2009, 10:47 pm by david in moblog

Problem Statement 1

The convergence of handheld media technologies, i.e. Voice, text, video, audio, with multi-channelled communication mechanisms, i.e. Telephony, sms, email, web and so forth, is both engaging and intimidating. One challenge is to determine how to best integrate, prioritize and allign these elements in a manner that is both valuable and accessible. Comments? (0)

November 25, 2008, 8:57 am by david in moblog

Telecoms should play nice with Google

According to Gartner Analyst Alex Winogradoff, the big telecom carriers (AT&T, Verizon et al) should selectively partner with Google instead of fighting the Search/Ad/Map/Mobile OS/(Drunk) Email (filtering)/Office Document Company.
“The issue is … to what degree Google destroys [the carriers'] business case and business model, Winogradoff said. “It’s more in the new service categories [such as [...]

Moblogging Asides

It has occured to me that moblogging might best be introduced by using asides, rather than primary posts. As most blogs are no longer an overview of an individual's online activities, the prospect of non-technical users writing more lengthy articles or entries using a mobile device are slim to none. However, if moblogging can be linked to a specific aside style or purpose, there might be more traction for utilizing more extensive mobile device blogging tools. Comments? (0)

November 16, 2008, 11:22 pm by david in moblog

Some thoughts on the purpose of Third Owl

In trying to rebuild Third Owl, I am trying to integrate research from some of my projects at work. One of these projects is a developing mobile infrastructure and platform, and I will be experimenting with methods of integrating mobile technologies, web 2.0 services and tools, social networking and academic work.
While the content of [...]