Phew! - mishing doesn’t appear to be a rude word, but it is a group of people. It is also used as a mushy way of say missing - as in “I’m mishing you”. I love it - that seems like a good name then for mobile swishing via NFC!
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Swapping stuff is ages old. We swap things all the time. There used to be a great kids breakfast show on Saturdays in the UK called Swapshop (The host was Noel Edmonds, who now writes books about self-improvement: definitely not on my swap list, but My Blobby videos are a must have for kids (Blobby […]

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Sony’s Mylo is a really interesting device. I believe that these larger format keyboard-based devices are the future (the present!). It’s a no-brainer really, especially if you’re already a DS or PSP user. I remember working on early wireless PDA solutions and there was always this debate about size - does anyone really want to […]

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Just got my copy of Ajit’s new book - Mobile Web 2.0. Will post a review soon…
Thanks Ajit for the copy.
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Howard Schultz, of Starbucks fame, didn’t come up with the phrase “Third Place” - he just gave us a lot of them to hang out in. Ray Oldenburg wrote about this topic and its importance in civic life. A short overview is on Wikipedia . Personally, I would be tempted to talk of cyberspace meeting […]

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Contrary to my previous post about car kits for mobile music (including ipods), I realised a simpler solution, at least it seems simpler. Why not allow the car radio to sync with my music library via WiFi? Every night it could “wake-up” and download any new tracks from my PC via WiFi, then I don’t […]

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With all the various networking tools (e.g. Linked In) and other ways to interact with each other via the Web, it seems an obvious idea to extend this to the mobile. It would be great to allow swapping of “business cards” via Bluetooth, which is already possible, but to allow Web services to tag themselves […]

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Apologies to those still waiting for the e-book of the 100 ideas. It’s in the pipeline. I want to add notes to the original postings in light of any developments in the industry or further reflections, so it isn’t just a cut-and-paste from my blog. I anticipate finishing this by end of October.
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I recently bought a Harman Kardon - Drive+Play (HKDP) ipod adaptor for my car radio. It works with factory-fitted radios via a wired RF injection, the auxiliary input or via a CD changer interface, if one exists and is compatible. The HKDP has its own user interface, including a thumbwheel that works in a similar […]

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I have a lot of time for Barbara Ballard. She understands UI issues well. I couldn’t agree more with her recent lament about disjointed mobile user experiences:
“And Sprint does not do particularly well, as written by many bloggers recently, in no small part because Sprint’s decisions are frequently dominated by which potential provider makes the […]

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