Thoughts on a ridiculously connected world
Paul Kedrosky on the under-appreciation of mobile web platforms: People just don’t get how good web apps on mobile can be. I get stuck in many conversations about native apps on mobile, which always strikes me as vestigial. The same way that I live in mostly browser-based apps on my desktop and laptop, I am [...]
Mon, January 14 2008 » Imported, Uncategorized » 1 Comment
This past weekend Vancouver had its very own MobileCampVancouver event organized by the Handi Mobility team. I was on the mobile industry panel with Dennis Knothe of Nokia, Harmander Gill of Wavefront, Dr. Richard Smith of SFU, and Jim Udall of QuickMobile. Jim and I ended up debating very different views on the future of [...]
Mon, November 26 2007 » Imported, Uncategorized » 2 Comments
The big takeaways from today’s announcement of iPhone native SDK availability in February: 1. Partly this is a preemptive strike for the holiday season – remove a reason for some people not to buy, and take away the only real “down” side to the iPhone story in consumers minds post-launch. Instead turn it into another [...]
Wed, October 17 2007 » Imported, Uncategorized » No Comments
Adobe’s AIR platform has shown that the web development model is fundamentally capable of delivering applications every bit as rich as native platform apps. Hence the outcry over the idea of web applications as the primary development model for the iPhone is overblown. Yes, the current iPhone development environment sucks but it’s important to keep [...]
Wed, October 3 2007 » Imported, Uncategorized » No Comments
Last week I was at the EmTech conference at MIT to be recognized among this year’s TR35 recipients. I had the pleasure of meeting a number of recipients doing truly amazing work in a variety of fields – biofuels was a particular hotspot this year. Overall: Fantastic sessions, good connection value, very poor exhibitors. Conference [...]
Fri, September 28 2007 » Imported, Uncategorized » No Comments
The mobile operators have made a huge mistake on the identity front. The one long-term point of value they have aside from being a bit pipe is the possession of validated identities tied to a mobile billing platform. But with their continuing efforts to maintain their walled gardens, they have passed on the opportunity to [...]
Fri, September 21 2007 » Imported, Uncategorized » No Comments
A class-action suit against the long-running practice of Canadian mobile operators to charge unadvertised additional fees has just been certified by a judge in Saskatchewan. Any Canadians that would like to join the class action can do so here. (Roland, that means you!) Here is Michael Geist (Canada’s answer to Lawrence Lessig) on System Access [...]
Thu, September 20 2007 » Imported, Uncategorized » No Comments
Jobs is known for being cheeky – but check this out, then imagine the cursing going on in the boardrooms of Apple’s operator partners after today’s launch of the iPod Touch: Jobs: “Wi-Fi, as you know, is not only faster than 2.5G, but it’s faster than any 3G network”. Song playing on the iPod Touch: [...]
Wed, September 5 2007 » Imported, Uncategorized » No Comments
From the Toronto Star via Engadget Mobile: [RIM Co-CEO Balsillie] is also intensely critical of what appears to be an effort by Apple to wrest control of the customer experience in the consumer market. For example, the iPhone is being sold through Apple’s own stores, instead of strictly through AT&T Inc., which signed an exclusive [...]
Fri, July 13 2007 » Imported, Uncategorized » No Comments
“Deliver the Bits, Stupid.” – David Isenberg – Rise of the Stupid Network Stupidity is a virtue – for networks. But not all networks should be stupid – only the underlying IP network our applications are built on. Case in point: the overlay networks implemented by today’s new breed of distributed applications are getting smarter [...]
Tue, March 20 2007 » Imported, Uncategorized » No Comments
