June 2007
“UK teenagers would rather give up sex for a month than their mobile phones”
– Teenagers prefer mobiles to sex
“We are artists that are really good at math and logic”
– Rejecting Software Engineering
“Constaints are liberating”
– Rails is written in the wrong language
Mobile internet is ten years behind the wired web →
Audio and the User Experience →
Just say no to Ruby on Rails →
When developers design →
“The New York Times’s home page takes 55 seconds to appear; Amazon.com, 100...”
– The iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype
Only 5% of Americans play music on phones →
7 Secrets of the Super Organized →
WatchShifd.com - Hack Day London 2007 Winner
WatchMicroblogging: Tiny social objects.
On the future of participatory media
“Ultimately, formal education - by placing the control of learning in the hands...”
– What Does It Mean to be Educated?
Five Things That Could Kill Facebook →
Viewing American class divisions through Facebook... →
NASA pay approximately £61.50 per MB for receiving data from the Hubble Space Telescope, whereas UK consumers pay approximately £750 per MB for sending a text (Or so Vyke say)
EPROM - Entrepreneurial Programming and Research... →
An interesting program helping mobile startups in Africa
Shifd.com →
Hack Day London 2007 Winner, Shifd between your computer and MOBILE seamlessly (and back again)
“Though the archetypes often overlap, a mad scientist need not be an evil genius”
– Mad scientist, Wikipedia
“Look smart, don’t risk making mistakes”
– The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids
Shifd.com, London Hack Day 2007 Winner →
This was just an incredible project, such amazing syncing between mobile and web thoughfully implemented
“Apple served their purpose already. They validated the space. Thank you very...”
– Martin Stiksel, Last.fm (via New York Magazine)
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something,...”
– Buckminster Fuller
10 Things We Can Learn From Apple →
WatchMark Coleran Visual Designer
“People are aware that they give away their data in exchange for free phone calls”
– easyMobile comes back with free mobile calls, says Stelios
Ten Things I Hate About You, Facebook →
4. You don’t own the URL for your profile
“iLike lost 70% of the traffic to their website since launching on facebook”
– Facebook & Ilike
“Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain”
– Lily Tomlin (1939 - ) [via 6 Practical Tips for Recovering from a Bad Interview]
Top 10 Reasons Why College Graduates Can’t Get a... →
Mobile Phones, the great MP3 device killer →
I do love reading old predictions of the mobile future. Some of them are bloody good, just a bit optimistic
Guidemap to the Goldrush: A Mobile Welcome to... →
“Mobile is a communications channel, not a content channel. The next generation...”
– Big guns ‘wrong about mobile future’, says Blyk
“28%”
– month-on-month growth at 82 Ask
WatchDoing Local Right
WatchForm Development Best Practices
Who Needs Headlines? →
Tips for writing headlines
WatchI love the look of dopplr. Hopefully someone will have an invite for me at hackday
“[The iPhone] Does not support MMS messaging for photos or videos”
– iPhone Details from AT&T’s Sales Training Workbook
“The removal of the optical disc drive [from the Apple TV] represents the essence...”
– Closing the book on Apple’s Mac mini
WatchA little something for a Friday. I do so love the chaps and chapettes at vimeo
How to Run a Small Conference →