Nice serie on Mobile Web Design from Cameron Moll who just published part 3 (out of 4): Tips & Techniques

Part 1 was State of the Mobile Web
Part 2 was Methods to the Madness

Wired: Futurists Pick Top Tech Trends
Taking a long-term view isn’t easy nowadays…

Pick no 2:
Mobile socialization: Already our cell phones and PDAs work well at both contributing to our social lives (i.e., getting in touch with friends) and spoiling them (i.e., meeting friends but ignoring them to answer cell-phone calls).
But according to futurists, we’ve only scratched the surface of figuring out how our portable communications devices can be of service.
What’s in store? How about mapping programs that show us whether anyone we’d like to see is nearby. Or a mobile reference modeled on Wikipedia that can tell us if the restaurant on the corner is any good. Perhaps a few voice-recognition applications that actually work.
While we’re at it, why not throw in programs to protect our privacy by limiting who has access to information about where we are?

+1 for Charlie. This is just a wish of course….

I would add Russell Beattie (Yahoo!) and Charlie himself ;-)

I’ll go anyway at Les blogs 2.0 but a mobile panel would have been nice. On the other hand this mobile panel could be gathered somewhere else… at another time… beginning next year ?

I am thinking…

www.series60.com
And they even have a nice mobile version now…
www.series60.com/mobile

Pong from Blinkenlights: You could use a mobile phone to play the arcade classic Pong right on the house. One started by dialing a number. A bit later one heard a voice explaning what to do. The house stopped its current program and switched over to the Pong playground: two paddles and a ball.
One used the 5 on your phone to move your paddle up, and number 8 to move it down. One were usually controlling the left paddle and playing against the computer on the right. If a second person called the system as well, it got into control of the other paddle so both could play against each other. Once everyone hung up, Blinkenlights switched back to its current playlist.

What do you think about that one Yaz ?

Via We make money not art

Being a nomad is one thing. Being a geek and a nomad it is something else… you are always looking for power to feed your little toys.
Definitely needed, well still need sun then… :-)

Discovery Channel: Solar Hat, Purse Charge Cell Phones

Via w3sh

Newbie’s Top Ten Commands
UNIX TOP 10
Top Ten Unix Commands

From Wikipedia:
Mobisode is a media industry term for a broadcast television episode specially made for viewing on a mobile telephone screen and usually of short duration.

IHT.com: Pocket-size screen’s new rules
USAToday: Fox to provide TV series for wireless phones

NanoTV is a daily news video format specially dedicated to mobile phone. This concept has been developped by Anyscreen and has just been awarded at MIPCOM in the “News” category with a “Special Mention” (mention spéciale du jury)

NanoTV is expected to be available on Swisscom UMTS network at the end of the year.

Via ViaDigitalis

Olivier pointe grâce à la newsletter de Rezonance sur trois blogs orientés technologies en Suisse (mais écrit en anglais):

Swiss High-Tech & Innovation
Swiss – US sci&tech
European Biotech Network

Trois blogs auxquels participent Pascal Marmier qui travaille à la Swiss House Boston (consulat technologique) et c’est là que je deviens un peu nostalgique puisque j’ai habité pendant quelques années à quelques mètres de la Swiss House alors à ses débuts. A cette époque Xavier Comtesse en était le maître des lieux (mais aussi l’initiateur du projet) déjà accompagné par Pascal. La blogosphère s’aggrandit chaque jour, j’avais découvert récemment que Xavier Comtesse, maintenant directeur de l’antenne genevoise du Think Tank Avenir Suisse participait à un blog sur Genève: Genève Place Neuve (malheureusement trop peu souvent mis à jour).

Le monde est petit dit-on.