A Few Sides of Mobile
There are a few sides to those things mobile that comes thru MMM. Some of those things are PDAs and their applications. While other items are usability quirks and other meanderings about living a mobile life.
However there is another side (specifically of myself) that diggs into what makes things mobile (aka the developer/designer side of me). In my time online, besides looking at those things PDA/smartphone related, I am also looking at the developers and designers who are breaking the old rules and making new ones of conventions of mobility that only a few years ago were unthinkable to most.
It's when I look at that side of mobile technology that I probably get more excited because beyond what just a device can do, mobile technology has the potential to change the way that we interact with one another to being past a surface level (radio = voice; TV = show; etc.) and dig into those things that just make us tick.
For example, take a look at the series called the Carnival of Mobilists. Every week there is a different website that is featured and has content relating to living the mobile lifestyle (whether that is programming, applications, devices, or something else). There is more to mobility than just devices, but getting them in the hands of those folks who can and will change the culture/community around them is just so exciting.
Then there is that not so distant side of me that is a website designer. And lately (aka, since I have not been working the last month plus), I have turned my attention to making the web work better for those things mobile. I think about simple things like mobile tracs that would either be able to lead someone to Christ via something sent to their mobile phone or be a small tutorial to the pastor who has no time to read a manual on how to use some aspect of their mobile device. I think about websites that are not restricted to having technology that only allows it to be viewed in English, on a desktop, or just as a webpage. My time not working is spent reading and learning this craft even more, so that what MMM brings to you is a lot different, and even more so, empowering to you or those whom you serve.
So now that I have taken a trip around the mountain of those things mobile, I want to know from you. What sparks you about mobile technology? Let's discuss.
However there is another side (specifically of myself) that diggs into what makes things mobile (aka the developer/designer side of me). In my time online, besides looking at those things PDA/smartphone related, I am also looking at the developers and designers who are breaking the old rules and making new ones of conventions of mobility that only a few years ago were unthinkable to most.
It's when I look at that side of mobile technology that I probably get more excited because beyond what just a device can do, mobile technology has the potential to change the way that we interact with one another to being past a surface level (radio = voice; TV = show; etc.) and dig into those things that just make us tick.
For example, take a look at the series called the Carnival of Mobilists. Every week there is a different website that is featured and has content relating to living the mobile lifestyle (whether that is programming, applications, devices, or something else). There is more to mobility than just devices, but getting them in the hands of those folks who can and will change the culture/community around them is just so exciting.
Then there is that not so distant side of me that is a website designer. And lately (aka, since I have not been working the last month plus), I have turned my attention to making the web work better for those things mobile. I think about simple things like mobile tracs that would either be able to lead someone to Christ via something sent to their mobile phone or be a small tutorial to the pastor who has no time to read a manual on how to use some aspect of their mobile device. I think about websites that are not restricted to having technology that only allows it to be viewed in English, on a desktop, or just as a webpage. My time not working is spent reading and learning this craft even more, so that what MMM brings to you is a lot different, and even more so, empowering to you or those whom you serve.
So now that I have taken a trip around the mountain of those things mobile, I want to know from you. What sparks you about mobile technology? Let's discuss.
posted by Antoine @ 8/01/2006 11:37:00 AM
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