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Saturday, October 11, 2003 |
This or something like this was an issue I raised with my friends at , Winksite. If I have a site or a team of people I want to communicate with, how do I know their mobile and available? It's a shot in the dark to sms or otherwise call them and see if they are available via their phone. I still don't like having to type letters three times on my current phone, a Sanyo 4900. A QWERTY keyboard would be nice or a Palm OS where I can write. Yes, progress continues to march forward. O' yeah, I still want a camera phone.
In-Stat/MDR reports on the declining use of SMS in favor of newer formats such as MMS, whose emergence has been driven by the high adoption of camera phones. There, usage of Short Messaging Service (SMS) is already decreasing, primarily due to increased saturation and competition from other messaging formats. The market researchers expect that SMS will lose ground to both Multi-Message Services (MMS), e-mail, and, eventually, to Instant Messaging (IM). As users increasingly value the ability to know whether another person is present and available for correspondence, IM volumes will exceed SMS by 2005. [ Smart Mobs]
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More Synchronicity. I was wondering what happened to the guy, John someone, the name escapes me presently, who got thrown off a flight for wearing a "Suspected Terrorist button? I'll have to do some Google Searching .
Bill Scannell (the cypherpunk who has devoted his energies to outing Delta, Jet Blue, Cendant and the CAPPS II/TIA unpatriotism emanating from the Feds) needs help if he is to continue doing his good work. He's broke, basically -- spending all your time blowing whistles puts a big dent in your earning power. So he's soliciting donations.
Running the anti-CAPPS II campaign costs a lot of time and money. The Boycott Delta and Don't Spy On US websites require a team of graphic artists and web designers. As you can imagine, the bandwidth usage is enormous.
The over 40 million dollars in publicity generated for the ongoing anti-CAPPS II awareness campaign came at a cost of hundreds of media interviews, astronomical telephone bills, and all of my time and energy.
Up to now, I have funded this project out of my own personal savings. America has been good to me and spending money to keep our country free seemed only fair. Unfortunately, I can't do this alone anymore, which is why I am turning to you for help.
Link [Boing Boing]
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This looks like a fun project.
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) -- the annual challenge to write a book in 30 days -- is fast approaching.
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.
Link
(Thanks, Randy!) [Boing Boing]
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Ok, I've done my part, now it's your turn.
The FCC is ruling on the dread and dreadful Broadcast Flag, a technology mandate that would give Hollywood a veto over general-purpose PC and home electronics technology, in order to prevent the potential infringement of copyrighted movies on a potential national digital television broadcast network.
Breaking PCs and VCRs and PVRs and such today, before there's any evidence of any problem (indeed, Hollywood makes more money every single year, and just closed the books on its best year since 1959) -- it's stupid. Passing a technology mandate before anyone can point to a problem is about as stupid as eating your seatmate before the plane crashes.
Nevertheless, there's every indication that the FCC will make the Broadcast Flag happen -- unless we slashdot them with letters telling them not to. EFF has an action center item on this, a letter you can tweak and send in to the commissioners with one click of a mouse. A Broadcast Flag mandate today will make tomorrow's technology dependent on the sufferance of the movie studios -- the companies that Business Week called "The most change-resistant companies in America." If you don't want these companies speccing your PC in a couple years, send a letter now -- this is easily the most important thing you can do this year to safeguard your technology freedom. Tell your friends. Re-blog this. This is big, important stuff.
Hollywood is at it again, trying to control the design of new digital technologies. If the motion picture studios have their way, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will force all future televisions to include Hollywood-approved "content protection" technologies. Fair use, innovation and competition will suffer. What's more, the "broadcast flag" technology that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has proposed is so weak that it will do nothing to stem Internet redistribution of television programs. In fact, the only people hurt by this are legitimate consumers, innovators and researchers.
The FCC has promised a ruling before the end of October. We need you to tell the FCC that we don't need "broadcast flag" regulations that hurt competition, consumers and innovators.
Link [Boing Boing]
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Who needs Tibetan prayer-wheels when Buddhist theorists are out there reforming their theology to admit hard-drives as instruments of devotion?
Right now, your hard drive is serving as a Mani wheel, because there are several copies of the mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" on this page, and they are all stored on your hard drive in the cache for your browser.
Link [Boing Boing]
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Looks like something to add to the reading list.
More than almost anyone I can name, Bruce Schneier has demystified the area of computer security. He's able to explain... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]
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Now that the release of Panther is officially announced, it's time to take a close look at its key features. O'Reilly author James Duncan Davidson shows you the aspects of Panther that he really digs. [ O'Reilly MacDevCenter.com]
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Wednesday -
1642: A guy shows up at work and I immediately know he's got way to much time on his hands. He goes over to his rental car and then comes back a few minutes later and asks if I have an air hose. He proceeds to tell me he travels with an air gauge and that the left rear in his car is three pounds low. It got me to thinking, what else does this guy check as he travels?
1655: It's very strange to be without cell service and no internet connection and only a landline to get hold of anyone. Out in the middle of 54 square miles with only the cars and airplanes.
1832: Nearly a full moon has already risen, glowing from the setting sun over the front range.
Thursday -
1230: The lovely and talented lady of the house and I actually got to spend some time together and went and had lunch, at Heidi's Brooklyn Deli. A great lunch and prepared by a great staff. Certainly a place we'll return and eat again.
1912: A big full moon in a night black sky.
1930: People today have been very pissy. Of course when you arrive at your Car Rental Agency and they don't have a car for you, that just aggravates things. I've learned that they were this way, before they arrived. Travel hasn't gotten any better.
Friday -
1235: A seasoned citizen is walking on the 16th street mall and passes me and I notice his hat. "Life begins at Retirement." What the hell has he been doing up till now???
1311: How does an company improve it's business communication internally and externally to it's clients?
1340: It's amazing how many business people with cell phones don't make use of the sms or e-mail capabilities of their phones. While on the bus to DIA we get to listen to all sorts of business conversations.
1404: Apparently current cell phone users haven't discovered the vibrate mode on their phones. This is similar to the pager craze of the 80's. People had their pager set to chirp, beep or warble, to let all those in the surrounding counties know that they were cool and important as they had a pager. Never mind that they still had to find a pay phone to respond to the page. Current cell phone users are still having their phones chirp, beep, warble or accost us with the 1812 Overture while in public. Take a note here people, Use the damn vibrate mode on your phone! Stick the phone somewhere you'll get double the pleasure, vibrate and the self satisfying knowledge that someone is trying to reach you.
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I had one of these last night before the case that the kids brought home was gone. Of course had to have it in one of the appropriate balloon or brandy snifter type glasses. Over all very good.
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Funny how synchronicity works. I was just thinking about this alternative fuel thing yesterday on the way to work. The Denver Airport Shuttles, really busses are all powered by Natural Gas and state so on the sides of all the vehicles. I got wondering what it would be like if RTD took the step and converted a portion of their fleet to Natural Gas or Hydrogen.
DENVER – If you want to find out more about the ultimate clean fuel, head to the Colorado Convention Center this weekend for the Hydrogen Education Tour.
Carmakers including Ford, GM and Daimler Chrysler are already working on prototype vehicles that will run on hydrogen fuel instead of gasoline. Instead of emitting carbon pollutants like our current cars, trucks and SUVs, the only waste from hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is distilled water.
The car manufacturers are hoping to have the first of these green machines on the market by 2010.
The Hydrogen Education Tour will be at the Colorado Convention Center Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day. Admission is $8.
The Colorado Convention Center is located at:
700 14th Street, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 228-8000.
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