An interesting blogging event in Munich.
I’ll attempt to pontificate on how the fusion of the blog, mobile, and PC is changing the way people share and communicate through personal content, touching on aspects relating to life recording, personal and corporate story-telling, marketing, and authenticity.
Let’s see how it goes.
For more info on speakers and stuff, go here.
Did you know you could just Alt-tab out of Lifeblog on the PC and let it hang out hidden in the background (say, when synchronizing)?
Here are some others:
Transfer items… Ctl-K
Post to Web… Ctl-B
Exit Alt-F4
Go to Date… Ctl-G
Large item view +
Small item view –
If you want to see all the shortcuts for the PC and mobile software, just hit F1 to open the Help file on the PC.
I posted on the mobile shortcuts here.
On a tip-off from our friends at Naked Communications, I found out about John Griffiths from Planning Above and Beyond.
If you want to follow my trip then try the Lifeblog here on the right. Click on the images to get the latest posting as I travel from Feb 16th. This is a slightly hair raising attempt to do mobile blogging but since I’m presenting a paper on writing screenplays for brands then what if I create a narrative for the Planning Above and Beyond brand. Do you want
to follow it for a fortnight?
Basically, he heard about Lifeblog from the guys at Naked, loved it, went out and got a 6630 and Lifeblog, set up a blog, and is now capturing his whole voyage.
Check out his blog at http://paab.typepad.com.
Hugo sent me another batch of links that he found on while searching for Lifeblog on Bloglines. Here are some.
MOBILE: Nokia Lifeblog 1.5 – Initial Impressions
It’s 2am, but I’ve managed to get Nokia Lifeblog installed on both my PC and my Smartphone, and I’m very pleased.
by: TANKERxSOFTWARE: Blogging Your life Away
Now I don’t know if Nokia have come up with something brand new that nobody has thought of before, or if it’s just me living in the back-of-beyond and just not heard of it, but I’ve been using Nokia Lifeblog for a few weeks now and it strikes me as one of those rare computer programs that can be described as beautiful.
by: TANKERxThe 6670 has this software called LifeBlog. Essentially you take the pictures and videos you created and convert it into a blog. Super cool! This then made me think and realize the days of the geek are over.
on: BloggerJacks
See the crowd.Great discussions on blogging and Germany. Now I know why such deep thinkers and philosophers come from Germany.
My brain’s overheating trying to keep up with the German, though.
I’ve never received a Bluetooth virus before. Today, I got hit twice.
The first one was as I was jogging across the bridge in front of the Tour Eiffel. There were few pedestrians but a ton of cars stopped in traffic. I was recording a video and by pressing the buttons I almost installed the virus.
The second one was in the airport in Berlin, and there were only about 10 people around, most of who worked for the airport, and unlikely to be carrying a Series 60 smartphone.
Weird.
NOTE ADDED 25 APRIL 2005:
I find it interesting how many of you have been talking about the virus here. I thought to close the comments, but since they seem helpful, I’ll leave it open for longer. I just feel guilty that I don’t participate here at all. Nonetheless, you are free to keep talking amongst yourselves.
NOTE ADDED 03 NOVEMBER 2005:
Comments here have died down and are no longer useful, so I am closing comments. Read the existing comments to learn how to remove the virus, where to find removers, and what’s it all about. Tchau!
Everywhere you go in Paris, you are respectfully reminded of those who have contributed to France in some way, foreign or national. This sign is a memorial to a fallen French Resistance soldier who died during the Liberation of Paris.
But, there are also roads named after foreigners who have been friends of France – FDR, JFK, Churchill. The French honor their heros, foreign or national, and their memory is long.
Now, think of how much the French have helped the United States. In many ways, they were more helpful than the English. We went to war with England in 1818 (the burned the White House!), and the British blockaded the Union Navy during the Civil War. The French helped us as they could, during the Revolutionary War, many fighting alongside us. We owe them a lot for the Enlightenment that formed the basis for our country. They were close allies in World War 1 and 2 (ok, so was Britain).
All this has made of think back to the childish antics encouraged a few years back when the French disagreed with us on the Iraq War. I think we treated a very close friend unfairly. If I had a best friend who deeply disagreed with me on something important to me, I wouldn’t destroy that friendship. I would either listen more to my friend, or amicably agree to disagree. A long-term friendship is more important than any single disagreement.
I think a disagreement of a year or so is no foundation for destroying a centuries-long friendship.
How sad. How petty.
Sigh…
