From the pages of the Boston Globe – Governor, mayor livid as Boston ad stunt spurs chaos
Seems like an outdoor advertising campaign went terribly awry in Boston. Sheesh. Lighten up, Menino. For something similar (which is why I really posted ...
Category: The Narrative
From the Press Room – Record quarter caps a record year for Sony Ericsson
From the brink of death to threatening number three. I remember when I thought Sony Ericsson, just after the merger, had only a few months to live. And in...
Infoworld reports: India nearly doubles mobile phone use in 2006
Sure makes me drool. And whose devices do you think they are picking up the most, and with what functionalities? Nokia. Nokia Nseries, too. Quite interesting. L...
Tommi’s 2D Barcode Manifesto and ensuing intense discussion
I read this manifesto (link below) around the time it came out, but I totally missed the amazing discussion that came after. Indeed, at least two people pointed...
Playing with Twitter – some observations and comments
I had heard of Twitter long ago, but it really didn’t capture me until I heard it again from Matt Jones. So, I decided to give it a try and I can say that...
Heard on the ‘Net: Comments on DRM, Music, iTunes, and iPhone
I get the feeling that DRM is at the moment closest to death, but it will not die. Yes, Apple is making folks wish they had never invented DRM, but removing it ...
T9onym – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kristian (a really bright and interesting guy) from IDEO and a bunch of us had a laugh when he told us about T9nonyms. He then went ahead and made a page on Wik...
The Next Net: 2007: The Web Widget
Sippey, thanks so much for finding this snippet of insight (see link and quote below). This whole idea of widgets, bookmarklets, badges and such has been near a...
About stolen phones and a sort of happy ending
It stinks to lose a phone. Here’s Suw Charman’s story of the loss of her trusty E61. Suw is well known in the tech world. Link [from Ewan]: Chocolat...
In the news again: Still ringing in the new year? Try texting – The Boston Globe
Out of the blue, a reporter contacted me because she had read that I regularly send a bunch of text messages on New Year (and Mid-summer). So, now I have anothe...