Thanks to Nicolas, I have now an account on Dopplr, an online service for frequent traveller currently in close beta. I am not that much a frequent traveller but it is interesting to find out what is going on in this area (and there is a lot to do). I have some invitations to give out. If anyone is interested just leave a comment…

The most painful drawback of so called social network is to have to re-enter every time the list of our contacts. Looks like the guys@Dopplr are working on some import features which is a very good idea!

Also Dopplr is “OpenID” friendly… nice!

Remember a few weeks ago when I shared my concerns about Google being “everywhere”. Well, in a recent post John Battelle asks the same question, but he talks about “Google saturation”: Just asking… and it has generated quite an interesting thread of discussion!

I am suppose to be the lucky user of the new Vodafone portal: colorful, clear, and personnal!

All I get is a black and white page with lot of space to scroll to access very few content. Pathetic!

Other good news about Vodafone:

• Vodafone UK, Doing A Lovely Job Of Supporting The Mobile Web By Breaking It
• Vodafone Live ‘improvements’ kill mCommerce

Dassault is jumping in the 2D code in the bandwagon using Tag me “technology” (ie. system using datamatrix – open – but based on shortcode – closed). I can not read it with the reader I have installed on my phone. Useless then.

Actually I wonder if people signing for such campaign (in this case Dassault marketing people) realizes that they could do something similar accessible to every reader (and probably cheaper). Probably not…

Update: Tagme reader might be downloaded at this URL: www.mobiletag.com/download

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intelligent-skin.ch

The `intelligent skin` consists of variably combinable components in order to continuously produce re-generating images on the façade.

`intelligent skin` provides your company or institution with a means enabling you to give your head or branch office a positive public appearance that attracts attention.

Using the wall of your office as a communication channel. I understand it is a one-way channel for now (eg. the company display whatever infos they want thanks to the intelligent skin). How to make it two-ways then ?

Via Bilan

I strongly believe that datas will reside on the network (I even wrote it). Ned Hooper (Head of Business dev @ Cisco – e.g. the boss of the boss… of my boss :-) put it in this interview in another nice way:

My wife just got a new car and it comes equipped with Bluetooth and an iPod docking station. And it makes you think, how many hard drives are we carrying around with us every day? Three, maybe four. Bluetooth is putting some of those devices wirelessly onto the network to deliver information to the vehicle. So why store data on a portable hard drive when the network is ubiquitous and can deliver that information to the vehicle?

The challenge is now to make all those devices seamlessy talk and exchange with the network…