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
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
