• Search King Google Can Now Find You
  Interesting... I wonder how this works from the POV of getting customer permission etc (or if this is even required)
  (tags: google maps lbs gps location)
• BBC - Radio Labs - Radio Labs
  "Creating small, simple experiences like this is also a really good complement to an event." The BBC announce Collect & Share, an app we built earlier this year.
  (tags: collectandshare bbc futureplatforms fp)

• Mobile viral needs a new approach
  "The content is cool, the method in simple and unobtrusive, and the soft viral spreads very easily."
  (tags: sponge futureplatforms fp mobile bluetooth)
• Letters - 27 November-4 December 2007 - In Depth News - Brand Republic
  "But these are not dreams of a utopian future. They are available now, but broadcasters need to forge closer partnerships with technology specialists if they want to realise the full potential of their programmes."
  (tags: futureplatforms fp sergio falletti)
• Zipcar and mobile tracking
  (tags: car gps zip trend)
• FlexiScale API Reference
  (tags: flexiscale vps server)

• The Dirty Tricks of the French Apache
  "An interesting weapon of defence was the bowler hat."
  (tags: bowler hat savate ma)
• Dilbert on agile
  (tags: amusing agile dilbert pm)

Last minute Hume booking! I'll be talking at Beyond The Screen this Friday, around the corner from FPHQ. I'll be doing a short 15-minute skit with Richard Vahrman from LocoMatrix, on some of the real-world interface difficulties we found and solved when FP were building a GPS gaming platform. There's an Upcoming page for the event here.

• mocoNews.net - Unhealthily Obsessed with Mobile Content - Big Brands Developing Applications Rather Than Buying Advertising On Mobile
  "Big brands are looking at providing mobile applications to people as a way to promote themselves rather than just go for advertising buys, the intent being to supply tools to help people perform tasks, rather than messages that simply interrupt". +1
  (tags: mobile tools apps ad)