Now that Google’s Nexus One phone is out of the box, I thought I would share a few of my thoughts on the Android platform. It has been three months since I got my HTC Hero – my first exposure to an Android-powered phone.
The HTC Hero is running on a 1.5 Firmware version and I’m hoping that HTC soon provide us with the latest update. (Will it have the capacity to run Android 2.1?) Continue reading
Just like the desktop ‘browser wars’ back in the early 90′s, the mobile browser war is hotting up.
Mozilla has just announced the Beta of its mobile browser Fennec. Judging from the demo video, I can see they have migrated some of the familiar features of the Firefox desktop browser… but I’m yet to be totally convinced that this will become the mobile browser of choice. Continue reading
Designing for the mobile web is not just a matter of trimming down the content on your website. Much better to think about the user first, and create a usable experience. Let’s think outside the box.
An internet watered down. by John Pettengill reinforces the point.
The Mobile Web (in upper case, like we used “Internet” for years) had been in the back of my mind for a while. Then in the early summer I heard about the W3C Mobile Web Initiative Training and decided it was about time I got my head round it properly. Continue reading
I’ve just viewed this 90-minute video demo of Google Wave, Google’s new collaboration and communication tool. Lars Rasmussen, one of the key developers, does the ‘Google wave dance’ during his presentation, while he hopes the demo won’t crash! Continue reading
Seth Godin talks a lot of sense about Tribes. People who disagree with the status quo and decide they want to change things. Godin persuades us to tell a story, connect to a tribe, lead a movement and make a change. Continue reading
Five days ago I returned from a wonderful family holiday to Mexico, only to be given a wide berth by people here who are scared about catching swine flu. Fortunately, none of us are remotely showing any signs of it.
I have just listened to the co-founder of Twitter on TED and I was fascinated to hear about how twitter has evolved from the original idea and how people have invented new ways of organising and getting their messages across.
The @ and # symbols are just two of the key devices integrated into Twitter at a later stage. Continue reading
I often hear business owners talk about the frustration of dealing with their web agency. More often than not, it’ll be about a small edit they want to make to their existing website, and how it can often be both costly and inflexible.
Now WordPress is a blogging platform which offers powerful CMS capabilities. You no longer need to ask your web agency to correct the spelling mistake you made! Nor do you need to ask them to upload the photo you emailed to them yesterday.
I have been using WordPress as both a blogging platform for small businesses, and for owners of small websites who need the CMS capabilities and the social elements that a blogging platform offers. Combining both can create a powerful web solution that in the past would have been an expensive business.
Bristol is gearing up for its contribution to Twestival on Thursday (12 February) in aid of charity:water.
The global Twitter community has mobilised in double-quick time to host 24-hours of FUNdraising in a staggering 175+ cities around the world.
The idea was conceived by Amanda Rose. You can read about her motivation for Twestival in her interview with the Blog Herald.
I co-founded the Social Media Cider Café. Free drop-in one to one sessions for SME's and non profit organisations.