Friday, March 07, 2003

Live audblogging from "Unwired" meeting in LA, part two Boing Boing Blog -> Live audblogging from "Unwired" meeting in LA, part two. I cornered Brad Zutaut for the lowdown on his company's customized ringtone and display service. Xingtones accommodates audio you create yourself or clips of popular music, and plays them along with related images on your phone's screen. audblog audio post, pics, Discuss [Boing Boing Blog] 6:06:33 AM  comment []     Make no mistake   Boing Boing Blog -> Dr. Weinberger and I decided to sum up a whole bunch of stuff in one big site: World of Ends: What the Internet Is and How to stop Mistaking It for Something Else.   If you know anybody who's into being all dumb about the Net, this is the place to send them.   Of course, it's good for people being smart too. They just don't need it as much.   Dr. W. explains more here. [Doc Searls Weblog] 5:51:48 AM  comment []       Live audblogging from "Unwired" meeting in LA, part one Boing Boing Blog -> Live audblogging from "Unwired" meeting in LA, part one -> Tonight in Los Angeles, I co-hosted a get-together for [unwired], a listserv and community of people who work in (or cover news about) wireless technology. A couple dozen entrepreneurs, technologists, journalists, and others gathered for drinks, hot geeky gossip, and live demos of new wireless technologies at a little bar at the Omni Hotel downtown -- the only hotel in the entire L.A. metropolitan area that offers 100% free WiFi to guests, patrons, and anybody who just happens to be stopping through. The hotel's Director of Operations claims that occupancy rates have soared since the free wireless service was introduced, and told us, "Our guests who use WiFi would rather wait for an hour to have an overflowing toilet fixed than wait an hour for an out-of-service WiFi connection to be fixed." Four wireless points, installed in the maids' closets and in the elevator shafts, power the 802.11b network that permeates the building and surrounding grounds at killer speeds. After a few rounds of mojitos and manhattans, everyone huddles around Brad Zutaut, founder of Xingtones, for a live demo of his company's technology. Read about it, and about the [unwired] gathering tonight, in this Reuters story published just a couple of hours ago. Join us at the event by listening to the audblog post phoned in from my mobile. Here, Brad is demoing Xingtones live and answering questions from the crowd. audblog audio post, pics, Reuters news article, Discuss [Boing Boing Blog] 5:34:31 AM  comment []       Live audblogging from "Unwired" meeting in LA, part three Boing Boing Blog -> Live audblogging from "Unwired" meeting in LA, part three. Q&A with Brad, continued. The recording industry will probably want to do one of two things: buy this company or nuke them. How is Xingtones different from other existing customizable ringtone services? Brad explains here: audblog audio post, pics, Discuss [Boing Boing Blog] 5:32:03 AM  comment []

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