now this got me thinking……
more to come later as I digest it. The idea of services living outside the device is a good one. Falls under “the cloud” becoming “aware”…
Meme-based architectures for mobiles…: “Wireless Wanders
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Wandering Wirelessly
Meme-based architectures for mobiles…
Paul Golding – Monday, October 20, 2008
The idea spreads…
Last night I watched Seth Godin giving a TED talk. He talked about the importance of spreading ideas. It got me thinking about mobiles and when was the last time that I came across an interesting idea by using my mobile. I don’t really recall.
How useful are mobiles for spreading ideas?
You’re going to tell me about texting and text marketing and swarming and all that stuff. Of course, I understand that mobiles can be put to good use as part of viral campaigns, but of themselves, they are not very good idea-spreading machines. Mobiles are incredibly inert. Most of the time they just sit there, waiting for a call or message to arrive. This has bugged me for some time. Battery-life aside, it seems obvious to exploit more fully and continually “