Tired words: Internet
I suppose you could say today’s word is a hard one to be tired of. But, I think it’s just that I belong to the last generation of the non-natives wh...
Category: The Narrative
Audioblogger closing down
Audioblogger, a service from Odeo to post over-the-phone recordings onto a Blogger site, will close at the end of this month. Basically, they say it was too exp...
Failure by leaps and bounds
I was listening to another great seminar (don’t remember which), but there was a side comment on evolution. Basically, nature can really only make increme...
Tired words: Podcast
Well, I’m not really tired of it – yet. Podcast – I would like to have another name for time-shifted recordings. Y’see, none of the podc...
Tired words: Blog
Today’s word will probably lead to a lot of flames. Blog – I try to avoid this word. Really, blogs are just websites and come in all shape, sizes, a...
I found an interesting newsletter on emerging markets
From Nokia, no less. So, if you’re into emerging markets, go check it out. Indeed, Nokia is doing a lot in emerging markets. India, China, and Brasil are ...
Loco about Loca
John Evans and Mika Raento – think Merkitys and Jaiku, think hypercreative mobile craftsmen – and colleagues are onto another interesting project (l...
A Story, a Phone, a Plan: Manhattan Story Mashup
Here’s something from that some folks from Nokia are involved in. Sounds really cool. I’m looking forward to see how it develops. It combines many c...
Infoworld reports on: Least-developed countries getting connected
Here’s a nice short summary of a recent report by the ITU on emerging market take-up of communication services. There are some interesting items, such as ...
Social engineering via mobile phones
The mobile phone has become the most intimate (as in ‘of a very personal nature’) piece of electronics that you carry around all the time. People ar...