Mobile memories 80 and counting devices I ve owned: related news

Poll: Should companies provide automatic websites for mobile devices?

I got a new iPod touch a week or so ago, and have been browsing to many of my favorite sites with it. One thing that a lot of sites do is detect that I'm on a mobile device (and sometimes specifically an iPhone or iPod Touch) and send me to the mobile version of the page. At first, I really liked this, as it made the pages easier to read without zooming. But what I quickly realized is that many sites provide a crippled version of their pages to mobile users. For instance, Twitter doesn't seem to provide a way to follow someone when you view their page in mobile mode (if they do, I couldn't find it) (update: when I viewed the mobile page in my full-screen monitor, I found the follow link, I wonder why I can't find it in the mobile browser) and Gizmodo only shows the top three articles and summaries rather than the full content.

What do you look for in an XML editor?

I've been thinking about XML editors lately, because it seems whenever I write XML these days there's an unencoded ampersand (& that isn't written &) or something else that breaks the document when I load. This is really frustrating. I had been using XMLSpy when I worked at a corporation, and that program is great. But it's extremely expensive for a self-employed freelancer like myself, so I don't have it any longer. I wish I still had it so I could write a review of it, as I did like it then... Anyway, since then, I've been writing my XML either in standard text editors (thus the well-formed problem above) or in Komodo Edit (which is great, and I'm working on a review of it...). But I'm curious what other people look for in an XML editor.

Mobile memories: 80 (and counting) devices I've owned

Categories: BlackBerry, RIM, Windows Mobile, T-Mobile, AT&T, iPhone, S60, Nokia, Palm, HTC, Apple, Microsoft

A Life in the Day: Nikole Lowe, tattoo artist

I can’t wake up to an alarm — I don’t like it. I tell myself what time to wake up before I go to sleep. I don’t know how it works, but it always seems to. Around 8 I go for a pee, have a shower, get dressed, put my make-up on and feed the cats, Lola and Bell. I acquired them from my ex-boyfriend; I love them. I’ve grown rocket and tomatoes this year, so I make a salad for lunch and chuck a banana in to eat at work. I ride my bike to the studio, Into You, in Clerkenwell. I try to be there by 10, giving me two hours to draw.

Bloggery

So I know my updateage lately has been pretty crappy, and I wanted to explain a little. I have another blog, one I just recently started, and which deals with everything, not just makeup. Since I haven't been wearing a lot of makeup lately, and a bunch of other things have been going on, I've been posting some things over there but not had a lot of material to post here. So I just thought I'd direct you over to http://hwaet-hwaet.blogspot.com/, and if there hasn't been any activity over here for a while, perhaps more is happening in other, non-makeup-related areas of my life which are being blogged about over there. It's a shame I don't have any makeup posts right now, but I can't get the videos I have to upload properly, and I did do some minor hauling but it's all been shipped to the US : ( International shipping is hella expensive, so

How To Help Our Public Schools With Technology?

armorer writes "I'm a programmer engaged to an inner-city public school teacher. I've been thinking for a long time now about what I can do to help close the technology gap, and I finally did something (very small) about it. I convinced my company to give me a few old computers they were replacing, refurbished them, installed Edubuntu on them, and donated them to her classroom. I also took some vacation time to go in, install everything, and give a lesson on computers to the kids. It was a great experience, but now I know first-hand how little technology these schools have. I only helped one classroom. The school needs more. (Really the whole district needs more!) And while I want to help them, I don't really know how. With Thanksgiving a week away and more holidays approaching, I suspect I'm not the only one thinking about this sort of t

Tips For Taking Your Laptop Into and Out of the US?

casualsax3 writes "I'm going to be taking a week long round trip from NYC to Puerto Vallarta Mexico sometime next month, and I was planning on taking my laptop with me. I'll probably want to rip a few movies and albums to the drive in order to keep busy on the flight. More important though, is that I'm also going to be taking pictures while I'm there, and storing them on the laptop. With everything in the news, I'm concerned that I'll have to show someone around the internals of my laptop coming back into the US. The pictures are potentially what upsets me the most, as I feel it's an incredible violation of my privacy. Do I actually need to worry about this? If so, should I go about hiding everything? I've heard good things about Truecrypt. Is it worth looking into or am I being overly paranoid?"

The Stigma of a Tech Support Background

An anonymous reader writes "Since the last semester of college I've been working as a first line tech support agent. At first it was just a way to earn some extra money; then it became a way to scrape by until I could find myself a real job. By now (almost two years in), it's beginning to feel like a curse. The problem I'm having is that no matter how many jobs I apply for, and no matter how well-written my applications are, I can't seem to get further than the first interview. For some reason it seems a lot of employers will completely overlook my degree in computer engineering, the fact that I can show them several personal projects that I've worked on, and that I can show them that I clearly possess the skills they are looking for. I've had several employers tell me to my face, and in rejection letters, that my 'professional background

I?m A Celebrity stars arrive in Oz?

Now that you’ve learned the names of the weirdos who’ll be subjecting themselves to the Aussie jungle for I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, are you excited? Several of the contestants have now arrived in Australia for the series, which starts this Sunday on ITV1. And, as she posed in Brisbane Airport, glamour model and WAG Nicola McLean admitted that she’s not especially famous. “I don’t think people are going to know who I am to be honest,� she says. “Which, actually, is going to be embarrassing when I walk in the room. I’m sure they’re going to think, ‘Who is she?' But do I really care? No because there have been loads of years when I didn’t know who people were and I read every celebrity magazine going, I buy the tabloids and there’s quite a few people where I haven’t known who they are.

Globalive partners with MyScreen for mobile advertising

Canadian operator Globalive has partnered with MyScreen Mobile to launch mobile advertising services. Globalive, which already offers services under the brand Yak, recently acquired mobile spectrum in Canada and is preparing to launch its own mobile services. Orascom Telecom is also an investor in the mobile venture, which has been asking for consumer input on the new service on the website wirelesssoapbox.com. Globalive said the MyScreen partnership will allow the company to make mobile services more affordable. The MyScreen advertising application will be embedded on all of Globalive's mobile devices. That platform allows operators to compensate mobile subscribers for allowing targeted screen advertisements to be displayed on their mobile devices, at the end of a call or SMS.

Collateral Damage

I am not a very sophisticated mobile phone user. I don't use most of the bells and whistles on my phone, probably because I don't know what they even are. But just because I'm an idiot about USING mobile phones doesn't mean I don't understand the emerging mobile market, to which I have been paying a lot of attention of late. And why not? As personal computers fade from what Al Mandel called "ubiquity to invisibility," something has to take over. And everyone I respect thinks the new dominant platform will be mobile. So it's my job to tell you, then, that Windows Mobile is probably doomed.

Fight Night 2008: Diamonds vs. Androids

Remember a few weeks ago when I reported that my Samsung Blackjack had an unfortunate run-in with a clumsy waiter and a glass of water? If so you will probably remember that I was taking suggestions for new phones to purchase. Being the undecided gadget enthusiast that I am, even after I decided to pick up the HTC Touch Diamond from Sprint, a company which I loathe, I decided to pick up a T-Mobile G1 as well. I figure if I am going to be stuck with one of these devices for the foreseeable future, I better put them to the test and see which one comes out on top and in the process expand my mobile gadget horizon.

On Call: iPhone or T-Mobile G1?

I'm a month-to-month T-Mobile customer with a Nokia 6133 that is on its lest leg. I want to get a phone with a full Internet browser and I'm deciding between the iPhone and the T-Mobile G1. I'd also like access for my Yahoo mail, but I don't need my work e-mail. Which do you recommend? Also, I don't own an iPod or use iTunes (I usually use Amazon to purchase music), so I'm concerned about moving to an all-iTunes environment.

How To Find a Mobile Games Publisher?

n01 writes "The last few months of my spare time I've been implementing an abstract strategy board game (that I invented) along with a decent AI. The game resembles TwixT in that it is also a connection game, and could be played without the need for a cellphone or computer. The implementation on the Java 2 Mobile Edition platform will soon be finished, with only some minor usability and sound issues to fix. While I enjoyed working on the game (actually more than on my day job as a programmer) I would still like to earn some money from selling the game, so I can work more on such projects in the future. What experiences have Slashdot readers made with selling their applications/games for mobile phones? With which publisher will I have the broadest audience and achieve the highest earnings? Would you try to publish the game both as a mobile

Firemail for IPhone

I've never really cared for the touch screen keyboard on the iPhone. Sure, I've grown accustomed to it. Beats a stylus any day. But I've never become comfortable with it. Truth is, I sometimes miss my Blackberry, with the QWERTY keyboard. Even if the keys were small, I could at least feel the correct ones. I constantly find myself mashing the wrong key when typing e-mail. Try as I might to mind my p's and q's, as often as not I delete and retype o's and w's.

Firemail for iPhone

I've never really cared for the touch screen keyboard on the iPhone. Sure, I've grown accustomed to it. Beats a stylus any day. But I've never become comfortable with it. Truth is, I sometimes miss my Blackberry, with the QWERTY keyboard. Even if the keys were small, I could at least feel the correct ones. I constantly find myself mashing the wrong key when typing e-mail. Try as I might to mind my p's and q's, as often as not I delete and retype o's and w's.

Review: Firemail for iPhone

I’ve never really cared for the touch screen keyboard on the iPhone. Sure, I’ve grown accustomed to it. Beats a stylus any day. But I’ve never become comfortable with it. Truth is, I sometimes miss my Blackberry, with the QWERTY keyboard. Even if the keys were small, I could at least feel the correct ones. I constantly find myself mashing the wrong key when typing e-mail. Try as I might to mind my p’s and q’s, as often as not I delete and retype o’s and w’s.

why links are important

I have been browsing with an iPod touch lately (basically an iPhone without the phone) and I've noticed an issue - no cut and paste. This means that if I need to type in a URL I need to type in the URL. I found a site I wanted to point out to you, but the writer had not included any links to any social bookmarking services. The URL is too long for me to remember, and I don't want to write it down and then type it in. It's not that good. While other devices allow copy/paste, it's still true that hitting a link is easier than typing, so I would recomend including them, if you can. (And before you point out that this blog doesn't have social bookmarking links, I know. That's not up to me.)

In the Great Global Macro Experiment, The Next Bubble to Burst is...

I am going to introduce a paradigm shift in the content that I introduce to the blog. As reporters and institutional investors who have contacted me can attest, I have been very secretive and stand-offish in terms of what I do for a living. The reason is that I was in the process of launching a hedge fund, and my lawyers were quite explicit in telling me that I am in no way to promote the fund through the blog. You see, I think I'm pretty good at this investment stuff, and I needed access to more capital to fully exploit the next step in my investment thesis. So, what better route than to open a fund up to investors who can appreciate my investment style, and take advantage of that 20:1 leverage offered so freely. Well, one of the reasons I have had such a strong investment record is that I am able to smell bubbles.

Where do you find design inspiration?

I was in the bookstore the other day and found a book that purported to be a book for Web design inspiration. I ended up not buying it because it was shrink-wrapped so I couldn't even look at the pages to see if it really would inspire me. And it cost a lot. :-) When I'm working on general projects (like templates or layouts) I find a lot of inspiration from other Web designers. In fact, that's why I created the Web Design Design Gallery - to give myself and others a source of inspiration for Web designs. But I don't think that looking at other websites should be my only, or even my best, source of inspiration. When I'm working on a specific project, I try to find inspiration from the topic of the site. For example, if I were building a site about horses, I would go look at horses, take photos of horses, and make a site that reminded me o

Sesca Launches iDial Mobile Community for Mobile Phone Users

of customized software for the mobile telecommunications industry, has launched iDial Mobile Community for mobile phone users. Users can download and install a free, mobile-operator independent iDial Mobile application to their compatible mobile handsets from http://www.my.idial.fi website. Users who are registered to the website can create mobile communities and communicate within the community by using iDial Mobile application's rich communications tools.

How clean is your CSS file?

When I write a review of a website, I always check to see if the CSS validates. But I almost never look at the size of the CSS file or if it's well written. I mean, if it works and makes the page look right, who cares? But then I had to work on a site with a CSS file the size of New York. Okay, maybe not literally, but wading through it felt like I was expected to walk blind-folded through New York City without a map. In desperation, and to finish the job on time, I did like every other developer had done before me. I created a bunch of id'd selectors and made my styles as specific as I could. Yes, I added to the problem. But today I learned about a Firefox add-on you can get from SitePoint that will evaluate the current page to see what selectors it has versus which are used in the CSS.

But you just got here...

When I was first dating my husband, one of the jokes I had with him was after he'd been with me for several hours and was going to leave I'd say "but you just got here!" Even after 11 years of marriage I still find saying that funny (I'm not sure he does, however...). At any rate, when I'm working with websites, I find that I'm saying that all the time. Only this time, instead of the person being on my site for hours, they've been there for seconds. I find myself grasping after them plaintively crying "why are you leaving?" In order to solve this problem I'm currently evaluating a product called Morae by TechSmith that helps you run user testing on your website (review coming soon). But then the conversion rate squirrel did it again. They have posted an article 14 free tools that reveal why people abandon your website.

Enterprise Mobility: Motorola adds Windows Mobile 6.1 to their rugged devices

Motorola is making 2 kinds of devices powered by Windows Mobile: for consumer market (smartphones from Motorola Q series) and enterprise market (rugged devices). Interestingly apart from Windows Mobile update Motorola is announcing also availability of "multiple OS option" for some of their rugged devices so users can run both Windows Mobile and Windows CE - maybe it is a sign that Motorola could deliver also this "multiple OS" option for consumer devices and offer dual-OS with both Windows Mobile and Google Android?

Music Robot ODO is Miuro's Low-End Sibling

Hi, how've you been doing? I heard you're still up to your old tricks, rolling around to the tune of the music you're playing, and displaying emoticons on your screen-face. Anyway, the reason I wrote is that I wanted to ask if you're still mad that our dad, ZMP,got with my mum, Sega Toys, and had me? I promise I'm not so bad, Miuro, I have an emoticon-displaying screen-face too, and people tell me I look just like you! I mean, I don't have your camera or your wireless LAN, but at a tenth of your £500 price, we have totally different markets! We're not rivals, my dear sibling, so please come back home soon. We can roll around together to the music our docked iPods play. It'll be fun, I promise.

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