A Bit of A Mobile Experiment
Greetings all, I hope that you all are having a bit of a good weekend. I am currently about to run out the door, but decided to take some time on a new-to-me laptop that I just purchased ($100). In looking at the specs (2.02GHz Celron, XP Home, 384MB RAM, and no wireless), I pretty much looked at this device as something that I could put Linux onto and then have a sold, yet mostly disconnected working device when I am out and about.
However, in the mist of my getting it setup today, I had the revelation that I would be better off if I added my Bluetooth USB dongle, and then only added a browser (Opera 9.5 Beta) and just used web services on the laptop. If you will, I want to put to test a lot of what I have been reading about various Web 2.0 services being better than their disconnected counterparts for various things.
Now granted, I will not always be disconnected. My Treo will be nearby to play modem. But considering that this is an additional computer, I do not want to deal with information on yet another device. So, my experiment is for the most part simple: I want to see how much that I can do from just a browser-based environment, that will translate to my smartphone, desktop, and anywhere else.
To do this, I would like to ask for suggestions from you as to what kinds of applications and services that you would like for me to check out. I'll be doing the Google Office bit for a lot of things, but I am looking for subjects that will be relevant to you.
I'll still be posting from my Treo, but this will be an additional area for me to try out several things.
SO buckle up, becasue this is going to be a lot different than any of us use computing (well, some of us). And will hopefully give you some ideas of where to take aspects of web and mobile user to parts of your life.
However, in the mist of my getting it setup today, I had the revelation that I would be better off if I added my Bluetooth USB dongle, and then only added a browser (Opera 9.5 Beta) and just used web services on the laptop. If you will, I want to put to test a lot of what I have been reading about various Web 2.0 services being better than their disconnected counterparts for various things.
Now granted, I will not always be disconnected. My Treo will be nearby to play modem. But considering that this is an additional computer, I do not want to deal with information on yet another device. So, my experiment is for the most part simple: I want to see how much that I can do from just a browser-based environment, that will translate to my smartphone, desktop, and anywhere else.
To do this, I would like to ask for suggestions from you as to what kinds of applications and services that you would like for me to check out. I'll be doing the Google Office bit for a lot of things, but I am looking for subjects that will be relevant to you.
I'll still be posting from my Treo, but this will be an additional area for me to try out several things.
SO buckle up, becasue this is going to be a lot different than any of us use computing (well, some of us). And will hopefully give you some ideas of where to take aspects of web and mobile user to parts of your life.
posted by Antoine @ 11/03/2007 07:28:00 PM
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1 Comments:
Hey A,
You might try to integrate Blogger somehow in your experiment.
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