Remember Denim that has jeans with a 2D code on it ? It is now Zadig & Voltaire turn to print 2D code, QR Code in fact, on a limited edition of the “tunisian” t-shirt Zadig Rocks.
Shoot the code with your mobile and a QR Code reader and it will automatically download the latest Zadig playlist (a few megas). 75 euros for a t-shirt… looks like QR Code has entered the “have-to-have-it-to-be-cool” space…
You might know it (you might have get a notification from one of those fabulous social network I am using time to time) but since end of May I am not working for Kaywa anymore. I am now a “Ciscolian“. I have decided to move from a startup to a “big” company and that implies quite a lot of changes I might write about here in the futur.
What about my work ? well my interests has not changed in one night so I will still work on mobile applications (and QR Code and so on) and social network but within Cisco here in the TechCenter in Rolle. I might talk also about my research and futur development here on this blog but I need first to check the blogging policy of Cisco (well you know, big companies have policies,…).
Also talking about which you might have noticed that I moved my blog out of Kaywa and set it up on WordPress. Not that I do not like Kaywa anymore as a blogging plateform, of course not, but just that it does not fit my needs as a geek. I do not have access to the templates any more and I need to be able to put my hands in the code to change whatever I want to try/test.
Une nouvelle journée autour du web 2.0 organisée par Dynamia:
Web nouvelle génération: Identité. Réputation. Applications.
Journée pour adopter les usages du web d’aujourd’hui
19 juin 2007, Genève
Au programme: User-Centric Identity, Reputation management, Services 2.0 et un débat autour du “User-Generated Content”.
Si tout se passe bien je devrais être dans l’assistance… à confirmer!
Mise à jour: On m’apprend que cette journée a été reportée en septembre… plus de détails suivront!
Two weeks ago while on “vacation” I visited the RFID Center at TechnoArk in Sierre. Very interesting meetings and not only about RFID as the name could be misleading but they are actually investigating any kind of physical world connection. I am not sure how much all their projects are public so I better say nothing but will write down something as soon as I get a green light.
Hehe I thought so, it is there. (#)
One more Mobile Event I wish I could attend…
When
Saturday, 19th of May
Where
Downtown Conference Center NYC
One can not miss the QR Code in the banner of the event…. that leads to the mobile version of the event website
MocoNews: MocoInterview: Bob Hitching On Lonely Planet’s Mobile Plans
Lonely Planet are planning a smorgasbord of mobile content for its readers, ranging across SMS, WAP, downloadable Java apps and rich content. A couple of years ago mobile versions of the guidebooks were released, but the new efforts will take a slightly different tack. “It was (a success) but we now know a lot more about how travellers are going to consume these services,” said Hitching. “It’s more obvious now how to provide services that work across both mobile and web.”
Death by data roaming: Pretty much by definition, the people who use Lonely Planet’s mobile services will be doing so in countries other than the ones they live in. “Probably the most significant piece that we believe is coming soon but isn’t quite there yet is data roaming costs,” said Hitching. “That’s probably the biggest barrier to these applications that exists right now.”
Should be quite interesting to brainstorm about mobile application with those guys with very pertinent content for the mobile users.
New York Times: Social Networking Leaves Confines of the Computer
When social networking moves from the desktop to the mobile
Sur My mobiBlog: Perspectives mobiles : Acte 10 – Votez RFID, NFC ou Codes 2D ?
avec une petite intervention de votre serviteur!
Where’s the phone ?, this essay explored where people carry their mobile phones and why.