So if you look at the New York skyline on Google Maps or Google Earth, it becomes aparant how some of these images are stitched together from different satellites. In particular, bits of Manhattan seem to have been taken at different angles. So if you zoom down on 50th street and 5th avenue, for instance, [...]
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Daniel Appelquist
So I think I got attacked by a Bluetooth worm on my way to work this morning. I was innocently playing solitaire on my Nokia N70 when I got a message prompting me to “accept a message” from “Nokia 6630.” I selected “no” but then the message popped up again, etc… I had a hell [...]
So last week’s Mobile Monday was interesting on a number of fronts. First off, I know now how not to do an interactive panel discussion. Having audience members SMS key words of phrases that then appeared behind the speakers was definitely more of a distraction than it was worth. altough I still think the concept [...]
Here’s snapshot of my day: Present some of the work we’ve been doing in Mobile Web Initiative and dotMobi to some important internal stakeholders Go to Heathrow Get my iris scanned Fly to Düsseldorf On the plane, write a use case for my friend Phil’s Web Content Labels working group When I get off the [...]
So I got my new Blackberry – this fancy 8700. Something has been bugging me about it and I just realized what it is! The display is not reflective — that is, the back-light has to be on for you to see anything. With the older Blackberry model you could generally read the display even [...]
So I wrote a Wikipedia entry on – what else – the Mobile Web using – what else – the Mobile Web! Check it out and contribute to fleshing it out. The original entry was composed on a Nokia N70 using the Opera browser. The amazing thing was that it was possible – just. The [...]
This is cool — a blogger widget. How “Web 2.0″ is that? Very. If only there were a “mashup” involved in some way…
Overly sensitive viewers should look away. This is the third Blackberry I’ve gone through in three years. I love ‘em, but they are a bit…fragile.
Well I’m off to Barcelona for 3GSM on Monday! I’m going to be promoting the W3C Mobile Web Initiative, participating in a few meetings, and generally checking out the place. I’m also going to be part of an informal global Mobile Monday get-together. Should be good fun. .mobi will also have a big presence at [...]
I just wanted to highlight this article [requires registration] from today’s New York Times. Basically, the article is comparing the new Samsung “Blade” (A900) with the hugely popular Motorola RAZR, but the real story here is the detailed analysis of some key human factors issues with the RAZR’s UI as compared to the Blade’s. When [...]
