Mobile: the 7th Mass Media and Some Other Musings
Think of this post as a rash of thoughts, mobile friendly but mashed.
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This being Mobile Ministry Magazine, the content and focus of this magazine tends to be those things that can help you get from one place to another, connect with one another, or even get away and have personal time with God. The hardest aspect of covering this though is giving a concise enough recipie of mobile this and that so that you (the reader) can not just be informed, but encouraged to step out and try something different, whether or not it sticks or not. Whether we all like to admit it or not, mobile technology is probably the most pervasive mass media that is here now, and unlike others, has both a communal and a personal form to it that right now folks just don't understand. In some ways, this is a new frontier, we are doing and trying, finding limits and pushing them, all in the hopes of enhancing some aspect of our lives that previously we didn't have, or had in a much less organized space. Though there are a lot of new services and opportunities all the time online, those that can help us keep things personal and communal, like a mobile device or working with one, seem that they would have a better chance of succeeding for more people.
I am looking at the new mobile search announced today called Taptu (via R/WW). It brings to the table a new aspect of searching called social assisted search. In simple terms, humans and machines work together to make what you are looking for better. And to kick it off, its mobile friendly. The thing that gets me about this is that its a nice platform that can be used for making a suitable "church and those things spiritual" directory that would actually work. I haven't had time to play given my weekend, but this is another something that's getting bookmarked on my Treo's homepage.
The Mobile 2.0 Conference is underway and there is plenty of news to go around. What I expect to hear out of this one is a concerted effort to take mobile past us who are early adopters, and to those who (for lack of better words) haven't a better window into making it in this world.
I've got one more announcement coming, but I need to get settled from my weekend before I do. It will involve you readers, and will hopefully extend some of our relationships to being more than just a read/search/browsing one. Stay tuned.
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This being Mobile Ministry Magazine, the content and focus of this magazine tends to be those things that can help you get from one place to another, connect with one another, or even get away and have personal time with God. The hardest aspect of covering this though is giving a concise enough recipie of mobile this and that so that you (the reader) can not just be informed, but encouraged to step out and try something different, whether or not it sticks or not. Whether we all like to admit it or not, mobile technology is probably the most pervasive mass media that is here now, and unlike others, has both a communal and a personal form to it that right now folks just don't understand. In some ways, this is a new frontier, we are doing and trying, finding limits and pushing them, all in the hopes of enhancing some aspect of our lives that previously we didn't have, or had in a much less organized space. Though there are a lot of new services and opportunities all the time online, those that can help us keep things personal and communal, like a mobile device or working with one, seem that they would have a better chance of succeeding for more people.
I am looking at the new mobile search announced today called Taptu (via R/WW). It brings to the table a new aspect of searching called social assisted search. In simple terms, humans and machines work together to make what you are looking for better. And to kick it off, its mobile friendly. The thing that gets me about this is that its a nice platform that can be used for making a suitable "church and those things spiritual" directory that would actually work. I haven't had time to play given my weekend, but this is another something that's getting bookmarked on my Treo's homepage.
The Mobile 2.0 Conference is underway and there is plenty of news to go around. What I expect to hear out of this one is a concerted effort to take mobile past us who are early adopters, and to those who (for lack of better words) haven't a better window into making it in this world.
I've got one more announcement coming, but I need to get settled from my weekend before I do. It will involve you readers, and will hopefully extend some of our relationships to being more than just a read/search/browsing one. Stay tuned.
posted by Antoine @ 10/15/2007 03:52:00 PM
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