Review - The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web

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Book Review: The Elements of User
Experience

Book Review: The Elements of User
Experience 01/09/2003 07:22 AM

Book Review: The Elements of the User
Experience

Book Review: The Elements of the User
Experience 10/30/2002 04:53 AM

The Elements of User Experience

The Elements of User Experience 07/19/2002 10:46 AM

User-Centered Design

User-Centered Design 03/11/2003 09:43 AM
Dec 14. An Integrated Approach. 2001

User-Centered URL Design

User-Centered URL Design 09/26/2002 04:23 AM

Formal Definitions of User-Centered
Design

Formal Definitions of User-Centered
Design 07/01/2002 03:39 PM
"When rigorously applied, a UCD approach meets both user needs and the business objectives of the sponsoring organization." (Charles L. Mauro - TaskZ)

Improving Business Through User-Centered
Design

Improving Business Through User-Centered
Design 08/13/2002 02:06 PM

INUSE 6.2: Handbook of User-Centered
Design

INUSE 6.2: Handbook of User-Centered
Design 11/01/2002 07:40 AM

User-Centered Design for Large
Government Portals

User-Centered Design for Large
Government Portals 01/23/2003 05:55 AM

12-March-2003 -- Notes: The Future:
User-Centered Design Goes Mainstream

12-March-2003 -- Notes: The Future:
User-Centered Design Goes Mainstream 03/13/2003 12:21 AM
Notes: The Future: User-Centered Design Goes Mainstream -- "These are the notes I took, it’s a cross between transcription, commentary,...

An Interview with Peter Merholz and
Nathan Shedroff on User-Centered Design

An Interview with Peter Merholz and
Nathan Shedroff on User-Centered Design 10/09/2002 03:40 AM

User Experience Design

User Experience Design 06/22/2004 12:19 PM
new diagram that describes the move of user experience beyond usability .. You can see it and learn more about it over here .. ux honey comb

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Book Review of 'The Elements of User
Experience'

Book Review of 'The Elements of User
Experience' 01/09/2003 08:23 AM

User Experience Design Honeycomb

User Experience Design Honeycomb 06/25/2004 05:44 AM
User Experience Design Honeycomb
ht tp://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000029.php

An excellent resource from Peter Morville"s column Semantics about information architecture and strategy discussing the user experience design Honeycomb. The Honeycomb is broken down into seven facets of user experience: Useful, Usable, Desirable, Findable, Accessible, Credible and Valuable.

Jeffrey Veen: User Experience is More
Than Design

Jeffrey Veen: User Experience is More
Than Design 07/29/2004 11:44 PM
Veen on the user experience of the new Sony Network Walkman .. User experience is more than design

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"Lance Arthur slightly loses it over
BitTorrent - which I will confess does
not have the greatest user experience
for a naive user"

"Lance Arthur slightly loses it over
BitTorrent - which I will confess does
not have the greatest user experience
for a naive user" 08/14/2004 09:34 AM

Creating patient-centered healthcare
through ambient experience design

Creating patient-centered healthcare
through ambient experience design 12/12/2003 05:37 AM

Being User-Centered When Implementing a
UCD Process

Being User-Centered When Implementing a
UCD Process 09/09/2002 06:29 AM

Photoshop Elements User site, newsletter
launched

Photoshop Elements User site, newsletter
launched 09/15/2004 04:53 PM
To coincide with the introduction of Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0, KW Media Group today announced the launch of a new Web site and newsletter dedicated to popular image editing software...

User Experience MX

User Experience MX 03/13/2003 10:22 AM

The new Macromedia site is simple and clean and I like it, though I'm finding it takes me more steps to find things they used to have on the front page of their site. Granted, the home page used to be cluttered and offered 50 options of where to go.

The most interesting thing I found on the new site was their new commitment to user experience issues as a cornerstone of their business.

While I can picture the marketing team sipping lattes in their "war room" with a huge banner carrying their new slogan "great experiences build great businesses", it's refreshing to hear a major web firm (especially one known for reducing usability in the past *cough* skip intro *cough*) realize the importance of user experience on their bottom line.

Adap tive Path has been preaching this for the past couple years, but it's nice to see a major corporation listening.

The Politics of User Experience

The Politics of User Experience 10/22/2002 06:43 AM

Windows XP SP2 user experience

Windows XP SP2 user experience 06/08/2004 08:30 PM
Kudos to Microsoft's Channel 9 for posting a reasonable video snapshot of some of the new security-focused user experience in Windows XP Service Pack 2. Not to say I think the new experience will be a cake walk. Quoting Rebecca...

How To Quantify The User Experience

How To Quantify The User Experience 04/20/2004 10:19 PM
WebmasterBase Apr 21 2004 1:40AM GMT

Google Maps and user experience

Google Maps and user experience 04/06/2005 12:06 PM

Earlier this week, Google integrated their recently acquired Keyhole technology into Google Maps, allowing the user to toggle between the abstract map view and a satellite view. The addition was pre tty big news, and I was pretty excited when I saw this feature, as were many others. Matt Haughey even did a Maps/Flickr mashup in creating a memory map of his childhood stomping grounds; others followed suit.

The ability to view satellite images online has been around for years in the form of Microsoft's Terraserver (and also on a mapping site that I can't locate right now...I swear Mapquest let you switch back and forth between the two views, but I can't find it), so this really isn't anything new. Terraserver lets you zoom in/out, move around the map, and view other versions of the map (they have a topological version), and I know that many of the people who are so excited about Google Maps are familar with it. So why is everyone so excited about it?

Part of it is Google's involvement...they draw a crowd of attention anytime they do anything these days. But it also has a lot to do with someone I wrote about a couple of years ago: it's the user experience, stupid:

Robert Morris from IBM argued last year at Etech 2002 that -- and I'm paraphrasing from memory here -- most significant advances in software are actually advances in user experience, not in technology. Mosaic was not an advancement in technology over TBL's original browser. Blogger is a highly-specialized FTP client. IM is IRC++ (or IRC for Dummies, depending on your POV). The advantages that these applications offered people were user experience-oriented, not technology-oriented.

The satellite feature on Google is no exception. They took something that's been around for years, made it way easier to use (reposition & zoom maps without reloading, pinpoint addresses and routes onto the satellite imagery, toggle between sat and road maps, map size automatically scales to the browser window, etc.), and suddenly this old thing is much more useful and fun to play around with. Ajax is the underlying technology (which isn't new either) for many of the notable Google Maps features, but how Google used it to make a useful user experience is the real story here.

PeopleSoft talks about user experience

PeopleSoft talks about user experience 05/19/2004 04:33 PM
Improving the user experience was a key topic at PeopleSoft’s annual Leadership Summit 2004, which included keynote speeches by company executives as well as special guests Al Gore and Bob Dole.

User interface design for web
applications: It’s a different world
from web site design

User interface design for web
applications: It’s a different world
from web site design 11/13/2003 04:16 AM

User Interface Design for Web
Applications: It's a Different World
from Web Site Design

User Interface Design for Web
Applications: It's a Different World
from Web Site Design 11/15/2003 04:25 AM

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Designing the Complete User Experience
Downloads

Designing the Complete User Experience
Downloads 06/28/2004 04:58 AM
that adaptive path bunch is quite generous

Updated Longhorn User Experience:
Contacts

Updated Longhorn User Experience:
Contacts 05/24/2004 09:17 AM
This preliminary chapter from the updated Windows User Experience guidelines describes how to use features such as the contact explorer and communication history to give your users a centralized store for contacts and messages, access to contact data and communication commands, and an aggregated view of all such data across all Windows-based applications.

Maximizing user experience of the Mobile
Internet

Maximizing user experience of the Mobile
Internet 11/19/2003 02:06 PM
AME Info Nov 19 2003 12:37PM ET

Adaptive Path: User Experience
Consulting

Adaptive Path: User Experience
Consulting 05/11/2004 05:51 PM
Adaptive Path: User Experience Consulting .. redesign of the Adaptive Path .. adaptive_path! .. AdaptivePath .. Guru's .. good .. lien .. our .. AP

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How Image Links Can Help Build a Better
User and Search Experience

How Image Links Can Help Build a Better
User and Search Experience 03/28/2005 11:58 PM

13-March-2003 -- Expanding the
Approaches to User Experience

13-March-2003 -- Expanding the
Approaches to User Experience 03/12/2003 09:11 PM
Expanding the Approaches to User Experience (Boxes and Arrows) -- "Jesse James Garrett’s “The Elements of User Experience” diagram (17kb...

Google's switch to answers.com was
driven by user experience

Google's switch to answers.com was
driven by user experience 03/14/2005 04:25 PM

Last week, I wondered aloud whether Google's switch from dictionary.com to answers.com for their "definition" links was driven by concern for their users or was just a business deal:

The cynic in me feels like money had to have changed hands in order for this to have happened (maybe Google is an investor in GuruNet, maybe GuruNet paid for that placement), but the optimist in me says that Google is still a weird little company where the members of project teams can stumble across a better resource that will make their users happier and more productive and implement it on the live site quickly, even if the company that provides that resource could be considered a competitor.

Marissa Meyer, Product Manager for Google, was kind enough to respond to my query about it:

This decision was driven off of concern for our user experience. We are not paying answers.com for this service nor are they paying us. They were willing to work with us and design a website that we felt represented an improvement for our users over what was offered on dictionary.com (no pop-ups, dense information presentation).

That a $50 billion American company is so focused on the experience presented to its users, well, it's pretty impressive.

Improving the User Experience Online for
Library Users

Improving the User Experience Online for
Library Users 06/28/2004 10:08 AM

I would love to get a grant to have 37signals design an online library catalog. I've been reading their book Defensive Design for the Web: How To Improve Error Messages, Help, Forms, and Other Crisis Points because I'm redesigning our merged web site/extranet/intranet, and while most of the suggestions in the book are fairly intuitive, most of us don't take the time to add in all the little niceties and user-supportive framework. It's a very quick read and an easy ILL for library webmasters.

It looks like I'll be using ColdFusion on a Windows server for the new MLS site, so if anyone has suggestions for CF-based aggregators, RSS-generators, bulletin boards, blogging software, and kitchen-sink functionality, I'd love to hear them.

User Experience and Search Engines: If
Your Home Page Could Only Talk

User Experience and Search Engines: If
Your Home Page Could Only Talk 03/19/2005 02:41 AM

User experience accountability:
Assessing your impact on business
results

User experience accountability:
Assessing your impact on business
results 11/16/2003 05:56 AM

'Not Found' Is Not An Option: Error
Handling and User Experience

'Not Found' Is Not An Option: Error
Handling and User Experience 07/14/2004 01:49 AM
WebmasterBase Jul 14 2004 4:32AM GMT

adaptive path » organization in
the way: how decentralization hobbles
the user experience

adaptive path » organization in
the way: how decentralization hobbles
the user experience 09/06/2004 08:12 PM
adaptive path organization in the way: how decentralization hobbles the user experience .. organisational barriers to good user experiences

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how to download ringtones in benq m555c

how to download ringtones in benq m555c 08/15/2004 05:12 PM
TechTree Aug 15 2004 8:49PM GMT

how to convert benq M555C model

how to convert benq M555C model 09/18/2004 07:20 AM
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T-Mobile Sidekick II Review: Best Phone
I'll Never Buy

T-Mobile Sidekick II Review: Best Phone
I'll Never Buy 08/19/2004 03:13 PM

So I'm heartbroken. I've just spent a week using the T-Mobile Sidekick II, and I think it's probably one of the best mobile devices I've ever used. And I can say, with total conviction, that I will never, ever purchase one and neither should you. In fact, after the experiences I've had today with T-Mobile, I'm not sure I can ever recommend one of their products again.

You may have noticed I'm a little slow on posting today. The reason is, besides being really, really high, is that I've spent about two hours on the phone with various customer service reps trying to resolve an issue that's been plaguing my primary account for the last three months. I've stayed away from mentioning it on Gizmodo, because I didn't want to turn my personal experiences into an overall anti-T-Mobile bias, but after my experiences today, with the yelling, the lies, and the misdirections, I am finally leaving them for good, and I have received such consistent horrible, deceitful service that I've come to realize it's indicative of a larger overall problem with the company - and that's worth telling you about.

But first, let me explain why the Sidekick II is so awesome.

Sony Ericsson Z1010 3G/GSM Mobile Phone
Review

Sony Ericsson Z1010 3G/GSM Mobile Phone
Review 05/24/2004 04:48 AM
I4U May 24 2004 9:16AM GMT

SGH-D410: Samsung and T-Mobile Slider
Phone Review

SGH-D410: Samsung and T-Mobile Slider
Phone Review 08/11/2004 07:19 PM

I'll be honest with you, first impressions may be all you get of this Samsung SGH-D410, the first US slider phone from Samsung - currently available from T-Mobile. It's not that it isn't cool, it's just that first impressions may be all you really need with this one, because all-in-all it's not that deep.

Review: Nokia 7280 Fashion Mobile Phone

Review: Nokia 7280 Fashion Mobile Phone 03/26/2005 04:13 PM
Mobile Tech Review Mar 26 2005 6:39PM GMT

BenQ E40 Lady Phone

BenQ E40 Lady Phone 07/20/2004 12:36 PM

Women scrawl; Lord knows how they scrawl! (Especially on pictures, you know.) Thank goodness, then, that BenQ's new E40 digital camera, targeted at "fun, fearless females" has the ability to scrawl all over pictures. All over the place! Scrawls! On the pictures! What's a scrawl! No idea!

Even better (read: not better), you can add "photo frames" to your images. Presumably you can scrawl on those, too.
Read - One for the ladies... [PhotographyBlog]

BenQ Pocket PC Phone Available Next
Month

BenQ Pocket PC Phone Available Next
Month 01/06/2005 07:58 PM
SmartPhones Blast Jan 6 2005 11:07PM GMT

New Mobile Phone Forum Featuring
Discussion Forums, Brand Reviews, FAQs,
Service Providers Reviews

New Mobile Phone Forum Featuring
Discussion Forums, Brand Reviews, FAQs,
Service Providers Reviews 12/22/2004 01:50 AM
Mobile Phone Discussion Forum. Share your views and experience at forums. Discuss all about Mobile phone manufacturers and service providers. Checkout cell phone reviews, FAQs. [PRWEB Dec 20, 2004]

BenQ unveils WLAN smart phone with
camera

BenQ unveils WLAN smart phone with
camera 01/05/2005 04:38 PM
LAS VEGAS - Consumer electronics maker BenQ is showing off a new mobile phone with 802.11b wireless networking capabilities and an integrated 1.3-megapixel digital camera with zoom and flash.

BenQ Unveils WLAN Smart Phone With
Camera (PC World)

BenQ Unveils WLAN Smart Phone With
Camera (PC World) 01/05/2005 06:50 PM
PC World - Mobile phone has 802.11b wireless networking capabilities and an integrated 1.3-megapixel digital camera.

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
BB-Shopping helps you buying best quality and long life Mobile Phone Chargers for dufferent Models and Variants of Mobiles. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high

The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high 06/11/2004 03:15 AM
Research and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of The Chinese Mobile Phone Industry, 1Q 2004 and Beyond to their offering [PRWEB Jun 11, 2004]

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"?

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"? 04/28/2004 11:39 AM

On the SIGIA-L mailing list, Stephanie Berger recently asked: "My cohorts are not sure whether to use "cell phone" or "mobile phone". Any evidence that one is better than the other, or one is used more often than the other?"

This is a good example of the kind of labeling questions information architects face all the time. The answer to these labeling questions will depend on the target audience (a better label for whom?), on business requirements (maybe the business want to promote one term over the other) and on the context in which the label will be used.

I'll discuss the conversation that followed here and afterwards point to some useful tools for if you have a labeling question yourself.

Andres Sulleiro: "Without any empirical data I will go with my own opinion. [...] A quick survey of the phone carriers seems to suggest that "wireless" (as in "wireless phone", "wireless customer") is most common among US carriers, though you see some references to "mobile" as well. T-mobile, a European company, uses "mobile" which is more common in Europe as well as being the name of the carrier."

Method: check what other websites call it.

Jason Cho: "I think "cell" is more widespread in the US as Andrés noted. "Call my mobile" can sound pretentious to Yankee ears. But I would think everyone understands the term "mobile" on a business card."

Method: personal experience.

Peter Van Dijck (and others): "Google for "cell phone" (including quotes): 6,230,000, Google for "mobile phone": 6,360,000. Looks like a tie, assuming your audience is similar. Just pick one and make sure your search engine knows both terms."
Christina Wodtke: "Y ahoo for cell phone : 16,800,000, yahoo for mobile phone: 21,200,000. What does this really tell you? you'd have to know who each engine indexes, how much of the web, etc.. better to use a magic 8 ball. ;-)"

Method: check popularity of the terms on the web.

Peter Van Dijck: "My next step would be to find out what people search for on your site,
or if not available, on the web (assuming that's more or less your audience). Google adwords can help."

Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for.

Dave: "I like "mobile" for the reason that Christina stated (forward compatibility); USers and non-USers will equally understand it. Also, it is more interoperable w/ most of the vCard based addressbook programs out there. I don't know any that are using "cell" or "cellphone" ... I also like the clear and easy two word approach of "mobile phone" ... I'm always wanting to say "cellphone" where "cell phone" is really the more correct version. "cell" though just doesn't feel like a real word b/c the "cell" doesn't fit a meaning to me. I know what it means if I am forced to think about it, but it really doesn't mean anything to me at all."

Method: personal experience, check what software programs use.

Christina Wodtke: "> As can Ove rture's keyword tool (couldn't find URL straight away).

You also might consider some adaptation of the freelisting technique on a subset of your target. E.G., a write in survey: what portable electronics do you own, then analyze for use of "cell phone" and mobile phone".

Method: freelisting technique.

Eric Reiss: "Having worked closely with several telecommunications companies, including Tellabs (US), Nortel (Canada), ADVA (Germany), and NetTest (Denmark), this discussion is one I've heard before. Europeans generally don't recognize the term "cell phone." North Americans seem to accept both "cell" and "mobile." ATT insists on promoting the term "wireless." In most instances, we've agreed on the word "mobile" since it is understood by the widest audience. Nortel, for instance, used "cell" almost exclusively until the late 90s, but now leans toward "mobile." I think there is a trend here."

Method: ask the subject matter experts.

Pabini Gabriel-Petit: "There's also Wordtracker.
[...]
In this vein, you might try just walking up to people, holding up your cell/mobile phone, and asking them what they call it."

Method: Analyze what people search for.

Method: Find out what labels your users use.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine which competing label is better.

So, as a review, here are some of the methods used to determine which label is better.

1. What do you think?
Method: personal experience/insights.

2. What do your users think?
Method: freelisting technique.
Method: Find out what labels your users use: show them the item you're trying to label and ask them what it is. (You could build an online tool for this).
Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for / check popularity of the terms on the web. Ove rture's keyword tool. Google adwords. Wordtracker. Google and Yahoo both list how often a term is used on the web (use quotes around your terms!).

3. What do the experts think?
Method: ask the subject matter experts.
Method: check what other websites/software call it.

Gotcha's: be careful when using these techniques. You are looking for a label that works for your audience and your business requirements. Most of these techniques use audiences that may be very different from yours, and most are indicative only (ie: they're not hard science). Use your judgement.

Killer Mobile Releases Controversial
Mobile Phone Program - "Save Jimmy!"

Killer Mobile Releases Controversial
Mobile Phone Program - "Save Jimmy!" 01/05/2005 04:34 AM
Killer Mobile (killermobile.com), a mobile phone software development company released what is quickly becoming a controversial program targeted at young, tech savvy men - a program aptly titled "Save Jimmy". Save Jimmy is a program that can run on any MIDP 2.0 compliant mobile phone that allows the user to input specific information on their significant other's menstrual cycle and in turn receive daily alerts as well as view a calendar with information regarding which days are "Safe" to not use a condom. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]

Siemens mobile kicks off summer with the
launch of its next-generation MMS CX65
mobile phone

Siemens mobile kicks off summer with the
launch of its next-generation MMS CX65
mobile phone 06/30/2004 07:55 AM
AME Info Jun 30 2004 11:19AM GMT

Free mobile phone advertising for Irish
pubs now available on Ireland Pub Guide
- Mobile Edition.

Free mobile phone advertising for Irish
pubs now available on Ireland Pub Guide
- Mobile Edition. 06/23/2004 02:36 AM
A new free advertising service is now available for pubs throughout Ireland. Publicans can freely advertise their premises to one of the largest audience of people looking for things to do in Ireland, both on the web and now on their mobile phone at http://mobile.irelandpubguide.com. [PRWEB Jun 23, 2004]

Mobile Phone Tracking Success Story for
Locate Mobiles.com and Trace A
Mobile.com (featureXpress)

Mobile Phone Tracking Success Story for
Locate Mobiles.com and Trace A
Mobile.com (featureXpress) 04/12/2004 08:57 AM
featureXpress - Mobile Phone Tracking sites Locate Mobiles.com and Trace A Mobile.com report huge increase in subscriptions

Motorola E398 Music Mobile Phone
Exclusive on T-Mobile

Motorola E398 Music Mobile Phone
Exclusive on T-Mobile 08/27/2004 01:23 PM
I4U Aug 26 2004 11:05AM GMT

Tavros Mobile Begins European Soccer
Coverage for Mobile Phone Network
Distribution to End User Handsets

Tavros Mobile Begins European Soccer
Coverage for Mobile Phone Network
Distribution to End User Handsets 12/24/2004 12:26 PM
Tavros Mobile Announces the availability of European Soccer News, direct to your Mobile Phone Handset! The latest soccer scores, goal updates as they occur, and news, on an ongoing basis. All of this for one low monthly fee. This new service is in addition to the latest java games, ringtones, and other original mobile content for users to download to their mobile phones. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004]

AirG Liberates Mobile Phone Users in
Iraq: AirG Launches Interactive Mobile
Community ‘MonAmi’ on Iraq’s First GSM
Mobile Network

AirG Liberates Mobile Phone Users in
Iraq: AirG Launches Interactive Mobile
Community ‘MonAmi’ on Iraq’s First GSM
Mobile Network 04/09/2005 03:48 AM
AirG, the global leader in powering mobile communities announced today that its mobile friend finder service MonAmi is now available to customers in Iraq. [PRWEB Apr 9, 2005]

3D Features at 3G Mobile Forum

3D Features at 3G Mobile Forum 01/05/2004 05:32 PM
Wireless Watch Japan Jan 5 2004 4:29PM ET

Mobile Research Forum (MRF)

Mobile Research Forum (MRF) 04/16/2004 06:20 AM
Mobile Research Forum (MRF)
http://mrf.ecdc.info/index.php

The Mobile Research Forum (MRF) is a knowledge repository for people involved in mobile communications research. The MRF is a site that links to high quality research papers and other reports, facilitating dissemination of research and in the process bringing together people interested in similar research questions. Areas of investigation include questions about mobile business models and economic changes, usage and development of mobile devices, roll out of networks and standardization, and social impact questions. Bringing together people in the mobile research community, the MRF acts as a knowledge repository containing articles, opinion pieces, numbers and diagrams, links and other resources.

Bay Area Mobile Forum

Bay Area Mobile Forum 06/09/2004 12:34 PM

Russell Beattie is on a tear!  I say "Ice Tea" (some of us don't drink!)  And no carbs, just meat and cheese.

Bay Area Mobility Forum. Things are, as always, insanely busy at the moment.

So continuing the thought from Saturday, I think I've gotten some great reception to the idea of having an "un-conference"/get together about mobility. Since I'm up in Emeryville and not technically in Silicon Valley, I decided to call it the Bay Area Mobility Forum. I just registered mobilityforum.org as well.

Now, what's the best way to organize online? There's three ways I can think of - I can:

1) Start a Yahoo Group. But I think that's aging platform. Yes, once upon a time it was cool, but now mailing lists are so passé.

2) Start a wiki. I could grab JSP Wiki and have it up and running in a matter of minutes. And I think Wikis are wonderful and cool and all that, but I may be too type-A to deal with the hassle of a zillion people editing pages without control.

3) Start a blog. I think this is probably the best option. And I'm not even thinking about using *my* weblog, but the new Blogger. It supports multiple authors, comments, etc. It doesn't supprt RSS which sorta sucks, but the rest is pretty great.

I'm partial to the blog because it's easier to diseminate timely information, comments are great ways of getting feedback without getting things lost in discussion groups, and by inviting multiple authors, I can - like Mobitopia - take the load off me when I flake out and move on to other shiny things that catch my interest.

In terms of the what the goal is of the get together, I think it's a great idea to copy wholesale from the OWC.

Thus:

The Bay Area Mobility Forum mission is to cultivate and accelerate Silicon Valley's mobile and telecom sectors through leadership, technology, government relations, research, education, mentoring, investment, recruitment, networking and promotion.

And free beer. Let's not forget the free beer. And pizza too.

So in the coming days, I'll throw up a blog, invite people who are interested in helping me organize this thing to become editors, we'll figure out a good date for the inaugural meeting (we can use my current offices at WaveMarket - where there's a conference room for about 50 people and a couple board rooms for sessions), guage interest among potential attendees, figure out some topics to chat about and maybe get a few mobile-sector leaders to give a presentation, send some emails to everyone I can think of getting them to show up with their gadgets and other mobile toys...

Actually, most people will show up for the beer. I just want to see the gadgets. No one gets in the door without a cool toy. (Just kidding).

Comments welcome.

-Russ

By weblog@russellbeattie.com. [Russell Beattie Notebook]

The Mobile Music Forum 2005

The Mobile Music Forum 2005 01/07/2005 04:21 AM
The Mobile Music Forum 2005, taking place in London on the 8th & 9th March 2005, will bring together all the members of the value chain to provide strategic insight and case studies in order to better understand the direction this growing market will take. [PRWEB Jan 7, 2005]

Mobile-Ticketing - Delivery On Mobile
Phone

Mobile-Ticketing - Delivery On Mobile
Phone 09/17/2004 02:33 PM

T-Mobile: UK will get Windows Mobile
smart phone

T-Mobile: UK will get Windows Mobile
smart phone 09/09/2004 09:12 AM
Smart Digital Assistant on its way

Mobile-Ticketing - Delivery On Mobile
Phone

Mobile-Ticketing - Delivery On Mobile
Phone 09/17/2004 08:17 PM
Slashdot Sep 17 2004 10:11PM GMT

Kameleon Mobile Technologies Launches
Innovative "Blue Spot" Technology
Connecting On-the-Go Mobile Phone Users
To Rich Multimedia Advertising Content
With Just-One-Click.

Kameleon Mobile Technologies Launches
Innovative "Blue Spot" Technology
Connecting On-the-Go Mobile Phone Users
To Rich Multimedia Advertising Content
With Just-One-Click. 03/14/2005 05:24 PM
Kameleon Mobile Technologies "Blue Spots" can be placed in theaters, retail stores, point of sale displays, and outdoor billboard locations. With just one click the mobile consumer can get enhanced product information when and where he's near the point of sale, offering advertisers and brands a unique, patented new way to reach customers, and add incentive to purchase. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2005]

Mobile Sales, Marketing and Distribution
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Mobile Sales, Marketing and Distribution
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