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links for 2007-06-16

Jun 16, 2007

  • LIFT || A conference about technology in our society.
    Feedback from LIFT07. I'm already looking forward to 08...
    (tags: lift feedback)
  • Well, I Guess It’s Better Than Saying ‘Novarra Breaks The Mobile Internet For Vodafone UK Subscribers’ at MobHappy
    (tags: vodafone cockup uk mobile)
  • Mobile operators trashed after Pop Idol text scandal
    Another scandal around SMS and TV. There must be a better way to do this ;)
    (tags: india psms sms scandal text itv tv)
  • Damn Interesting » The Total Perspective Vortex
    Depressives are right!
    (tags: mentalhealth depression worldview realistic)
  • Ericsson snaps up Drutt | The Register
    IIRC Drutt do/did lots of adaptation for vodafone live
    (tags: ericsson drutt)
  • SAND HILL ROAD: The 'Blackberry Dance' - Valleywag
    Lovely image :)
    (tags: vc sandhill blackberry)
  • Blackbeltjones/Work: » My last week at Nokia…
    (tags: manifesto mattjones nokia mobile)
  • pasta and vinegar » “you can and must understand computers now”
    (tags: computerlib)
  • Daring Fireball: iPhone: Using Cell Towers for Positioning?
    Interesting example of what you can do by designing mobile from the network to the device. This sort of thing (getting a cell ID) has been possible on Symbian devices for years, but it's never really been used effectively.
    (tags: iphone lbs mobile location)
  • 'Sitefinder' Mobile Phone Base Station Database
    (tags: uk gsm mobile basestation database)
  • Call Me Fishmeal.: Pimp My Code, Part 14: Be Inflexible!
    "START WITH BREVITY. Increase the other dimensions AS REQUIRED BY TESTING."
    (tags: software dev brevity)
  • This is going to be BIG! - Top Ten Reasons Why Web 2.0 Sucks
    (tags: web20 sucks)
  • Mobile phones attract leopards
    Headline of the year :)
    (tags: mobile leopards)
  • Amit Singhal and Google's secret search sauce - (37signals)
    "Google’s secret formula? No secret really — they just constantly grind away at it from all different angles"
    (tags: google approach)
  • 1ft Startup » Blog Archive » J2ME Porting: Entertaining a crowd, part 2
    (tags: j2me porting)
  • Nokia suggests WURFL for device recognition ~ Andrea Trasatti's tech notes and more
    (tags: nokia wurfl)
  • The Mobile Technology Weblog: 75% of Consumers Disappointed on Mobile Entertainment Experience
    "The highest current satisfaction rates are for Mobile TV in the American market (37%) and music downloads in the U.K. (32%)"
    (tags: mobile customer survey tv downloads music)
  • Timelines Beta 0.2
    A really neat little service running here at bTween. You get a device with one button on it; any time during a talk or presentation you "bookmark" the moment by clicking the button, and can return to the site to get audio etc for what was happening then.
    (tags: timelines btween)
  • UK spending more on games than ringtones - News /// MobileIndustry.biz
    (tags: mobile ringtone games biz uk)
  • Innovation Lessons from Adult and Gaming Sites - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
    "Meanwhile, the online gambling industry has made its sites incredibly sticky"
    (tags: gambling online porn)
  • blog.pmarca.com: Bubbles on the brain
    "the market size for a new Internet business today is about 10x bigger than it was in the late 90's -- there are about 10x more people online (really!), and they are far more used to doing things on the Internet today than they were in 1999."
    (tags: internet biz market size)
  • Twitter / iPhone
    Oh very clever. Very "now".
    (tags: twitter iphone bastard ad agencies nothing is sacred)

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