Modding my phone

My stickers
My stickers
My colour filling
My colour filling



I had been putting stickers of all sorts on my previous phone (a Nokia 7610). It was fun, since it became a challenge to find off-beat stickers – like the time I was at a dinner party and the wine glasses still had their stickers (why?), I had to surreptitiously remove it and place it on my phone. šŸ˜‰

I recently changed to a Nokia 6630 (many reasons – Nokia Lifeblog, Flickr, a photo feedreader I’m playing with). So, starting with an Anina.net sticker, I continued the sticker fixation with my new phone. My daughter has placed other stickers on the back of my phone. Now it’s starting to feel like this phone is mine.

But one other cool thing I did was to fill in the ‘Nokia’ name on the back. If you notice, the name is engraved into the plastic. I took crayons of different colors and rubbed them into the engravings. Then I rubbed the excess crayon off and now it looks cool. You can pick out the crayon if you don’t like it. Also, if I were to do it again, I would cover the letters I don’t want colored with tape. I was just too lazy this time.

I wonder if I will get my hand slapped for messing with the logo. I wonder if they wouldn’t mind if I did it in all black or Nokia blue. šŸ˜‰

zengestrom.com: Why some social network services work and others don’t — Or: the case for object-centered sociality

I’ve been one of those hollering that content is not the end point and is not for passive consumption. Content is for starting a conversation! Michelle from Forrester infected me with the term – conversational content. Other call it ‘social currency’ or ‘object-centered sociality’.

Link: zengestrom.com: Why some social network services work and others don’t — Or: the case for object-centered sociality.

The social networking services that really work are the ones that are built around objects.

How can I use Nokia Lifeblog with LiveJournal

Here it is.

Link: FAQ Question #224.

How can I use Nokia Lifeblog to update my journal?
LiveJournal supports Nokia Lifeblog, which permits you to update your journal via your mobile phone or through a desktop client. Information on Lifeblog can be found at http://www.nokia.com/lifeblog/.

Lifeblog uses the ATOM protocol. To set up Lifeblog, you will need to provide your LiveJournal username and password, and enter http://www.livejournal.com/interface/atom as the server address. Lifeblog will automatically update the list of all journals you can post to.

Free LiveJournal users can use Lifeblog to post text only. Paid LiveJournal users can use Lifeblog to post photos as well, through the use of LiveJournal’s ScrapBook service. Currently you cannot post video clips to LiveJournal. [charlie: empahsis mine]