We continue to evolve our list of top 100 things that kids should know. Last week we got around to building websites. I consider this a two-part exercise. Part one is really learning how to ‘program’ in terms of HTML and some simple JavaScript. Part two is learning how to design a site and communicate […]

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Good news for using mobiles on aircraft, except who wants to sit next to someone yapping for the entire flight? BBC NEWS | Technology | Approval for mobiles on aircraft

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If you’re into ads and want to know more about the future of mobile ads in particular, then I recommend that you attend the Future Technologies conference at Oxford University. Jonathan MacDonald from Blyk will be giving a talk titled ‘User-generated Mobile Advertising.’
Blyk’s innovative business model of minutes and texts in return for engaging with […]

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With my desktop, I have two large format screens hooked up side-by-side and I use Mac OS X Spaces to run four virtual dual-screens. In other words, I can switch my two screens between any set of four virtual dual-screens (and even more if I like, but I seldom get pass these four). It’s a […]

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I just witnessed - again - how the Internet actually runs on craziness. It relies on people doing crazy things. Some people do crazy things. I remember some guy who spent about 6 months reverse-engineering a Nokia phone so that he could hack it with his own native apps. That’s the kind of craziness and […]

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A mobile is with its user all of the time, including the legendary ‘by the bed’ and even ‘in the bed’ modalities. Alarm clock is still one of the number one non-communications apps for mobile! Messaging in bed - we’ve all done it (haven’t we?)
A mobile, as it’s always on and always with its user, […]

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Whilst running the mash-up lab (aka ‘Mashing Room’) for Motorola, the first app we created was initially to explore the potential of IMS to support mash-ups. With its SIP-based architecture, IMS is ideal for creating mashable apps, except that it is an operator-conspiracy to maintain control over the apps plane, which is contrary to the […]

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I’ve been playing with Aptana’s Jaxer. It’s a really neat solution for programming entire web apps - server and client side - in Javascript. It’s billed as “AJAX end to end” and is yet another solution for enabling rich web apps in an agile fashion. It’s built in to the latest version of Aptana studio, […]

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I really like the way this short film is made by Lee and Sachi LeFever. It’s interesting that their most popular film is about RSS. I guess this crops up on so many sites that a lot of non-geek users must wonder what it’s all about.

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You can download MyStrands award-winning MIDlet, but make sure you read the small print:
Release note: Application have been tested with the following devices: Nokia N91, Nokia E60, Nokia N80, Nokia E50, Nokia N95, Nokia N73
In other words, it may or may not work on your device - probably not, by the looks of the richness […]

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Not coined by them, but the mobile ad gurus of Admob are writing about the rise of the Middle Web. At first I thought this was going to be a play on words or some amusing trip into fantasy, like a kind of journey into middle earth. It wouldn’t be the first time that mobile […]

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iPhone smoothie anyone? This has to be a sin right?

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If you haven’t taken this test before, it’s a classic! (My kids hate that I keep using that word!)

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The biggest number of comments I ever had on this blog were about Derren Brown and his phone-booth trick. I’m not sure what conclusion to draw, but here’s another post anyway.

I now have a follow-up trick of my own. Derren Brown, and his ilk (e.g. David Blane) have techniques for forcing, which is when the […]

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Weak argument + anger = negative message
Weak argument + love = positive message
Strong argument + anger = negative message
Strong argument + love = inspiration!

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