I had heard of this game of course but it is the first time I can have a
look at it (thanks to my cousins). Amazing…

(#) (fr) Orange France will install Flashcode reader on its mobile (currenty only N70 is supported) from Mobiletag.

What I actually do not understand is that they (Orange) claim then they want to “normalize” the use of 2d codes over all three operators in France.
Well then at first why do call it “Flashcode” while the technology seems already to be known as “Mobiletag”, then why do you encode shortcode ? why not URL directly when using QR Codes or datamatrix* ?

* well I could anticipate some questions and say that we will change that on our blogs

+1. Count me in Jeremy. I can not stand email any more.
Email as we know it is doomed.

Let’s say you need to develop a service for both the web and the mobile web. This website will have for every web page a mobile version with the same content than on the normal web but formated to be readable on mobile device.

In my opinion you need to satisfy the following:

1. The lambda user should get automatically the version that serves the content adapted to the device (and network ?) he is using (ie. 1 URL for all devices with content negociation based on user-agent and any other information the server can get). Ex: www.mobapi.com
2. The user who needs the mobile version should be able to force the mobile rendering through a dedicated URL. For instance add “/mobile” at the end. This will allow browsers which does not identify themselves correctly to access the mobile content. This will also let normal browser access light content, I often do that in the train while surfing with my laptop connected to a GPRS/UMTS connection. Ex: www.mobapi.com/mobile
3. Even though it is less obvious the other way around might be useful as well. One user who is using a mobile device might want to force the web rendering. Browser on mobile are getting really powerful and capable of rendering big web page. Add “/www” at the end of the URL. Ex: www.mobapi.com/www
Same behavior can be true for language issue:
www.mobapi.com serves the language as set up in the HTTP header.
www.mobapi.com/fr forces the use of a language.

You end up with this kind of URL:
www.mobapi.com[/device_type][/language]
where:
device_type in [www|mobile|…]
language in [fr|en|de|it|…]

Suggestions:
1) On the web page you might want to advertise the existence of a mobile adapted version with some mobile discovery mechanism in the meta tags in the header.
1) In the footer of your pages, it might be a good idea to provide a link that will let you switch to the other versions (web->mobile, mobile->web).

m.youtube.com (qrcode) (datamatrix)

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Meeting point (e.g. “treffpunkt”) in trains

First meeting in Lausanne yesterday evening (well first meeting in Switzerland) that ends up with an interview of Sandrine by Thierry (check the interview and list of participants).

Let’s say you get a white paper, a few months, a pretty good budget. You have to fill up this white paper with something you believe in. What would you do ? where would you go ?

I have a pretty good idea on how I would fill up this white paper and for me it should definitely make use of the mobile and have some social aspects…

Just found out this very nice ToDo application: RememberTheMilk.com, a web 2.0 application with lots of Ajax, RSS feed, tags and so on… but also a very nice mobile application since you can update your liste by email (ie. MMS works also ;-) and you can access your account on your mobile (as shown above).
Nice… this kind of application is another proof (if needed) that the mobile web is taking off.

Then there is a “Remember the milk” module you can add to your Netvibes which in turn also has a mobile version (Om Malik likes it…)

Well…. is not that an incentive to shoot 2D code ? Barcodes on those Denim pants lead to multimedia content (that changes over time). Denim Code
Next step is to tatoo the code on your skin (or make a business card)

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