Mobile Service Architecture (MSA) 2
2008-05-09 15:16:36
Interesting, I just read via Olle’s blog JavaWire, about MSA version 2 (JSR 249)… I haven’t been able to keep up with JSR 249 for a while; so I decided to take a look at it today. …wow, lots of things have happened. For one, it is no longer called MSA for CDC, but now [...]

dotMobi buys Mowser
2008-05-09 08:17:00
Mowser lives; pretty awesome. Just read that dotMobi has acquired Mowser, and that Mike and Russ will join dotMobi… At long last we can announce some great news! dotMobi is acquiring the well-known Mowser service that provides content adaptation services for mobile. We’re very excited about this. Russell Beattie and Mike Rowehl are both very talented mobile gurus [...]

Lightweight UI Toolkit (LWUIT) for Java ME
2008-05-08 06:17:25
Sun has released (at J1) its Lightweight UI Toolkit (LWUIT) for Java ME, the library, demos and example code, as part of the a new project LWUIT on Java.net: LWUIT is a UI library that is bundled together with applications and helps content developers in creating compelling and consistent Java ME applications. LWUIT supports visual components [...]

Novarra executive Talks about Transcoding
2008-05-07 09:47:08
I had missed this; thanks to Alex Kerr for point this out: Talking Transcoding (Mobile Marketing Magazine) where Novarra’s President and COO, Jayanthi Rangarajan, was interviewed. Also make sure to scroll-down and go over the comments. My response to this: Prime example of lack of vision, and lack of network neutrality; only the partners get preference. Shame [...]

Spolsky on Architecture Astronauts
2008-05-07 08:16:57
A good writeup by Joel Spolsky where he covers the concept or role of Architecture Astronauts: I tried to coin a term for the kind of people who invented Hailstorm: architecture astronauts. “That’s one sure tip-off to the fact that you’re being assaulted by an Architecture Astronaut: the incredible amount of bombast; the heroic, utopian grandiloquence; [...]

Google, my name is not “Fuzzy Database Modeling”
2008-05-06 16:46:41
Like 3 weeks ago I was reading about Fuzzy Databases. I used Google Books to mark an interesting book titled Fuzzy Database Modeling that I saw online. But since then, Google believes my name is “Fuzzy Database Modeling”. …on my Google shared items: “Fuzzy Database Modeling’s shared items ” …the comments I leave on Blogger-powered sites: [...]

What comes after Mobile Marketing 2.0? Mobile Marketing 2.0g.
2008-05-06 09:16:50
We are moving towards the next phase in mobile-based marketing? Some people call this Mobile Marketing 2.0: “…combines business and customer interaction data to automate the delivery of relevant marketing information.” So what’s the next phase after MM 2.0? For some folks, the answer seems to be MM 2.0g — or get the government involved: “We’re filing a [...]

Just Say No to Fragmentation (and to JSR-324)
2008-05-05 19:46:41
One of my Pet peeves is “why create unnecessary fragmentation?”. A good example of such unnecessary efforts is JSR-324 the On Screen MIDlet API for Java ME, a JSR that basically attempted to duplicate functionality in MIDP3. Submitted by Dave Kim of SK Telecom, and initially supported by someone within the following companies: Vodafone, Orange T-Mobile, Telefonica, [...]

Taking mobile application development out of the niche
2008-05-05 11:46:43
I was interviewed by Ericsson for JavaOne: Java and mobility enthusiast and visionary C. Enrique Ortiz gives his thoughts on why mobile application development is still a niche activity for developers, and what the hot topics about mobility will be at JavaOne. See the article JavaOne: Taking mobile application development out of the niche (Ericsson). Thanks to Ericsson, [...]

JavaOne starts today, but I won’t be attending; instead Michael Yuan is…
2008-05-05 11:17:42
JavaOne 2008 begins today. But I am not attending JavaOne this year; it would have been fun. But there is a good reason why I didn’t go. Instead I re-assigned eZee’s J1 budget so that Michael Yuan could attend instead. Michael will be speaking on two sessions: BOF-4940 — JBoss Seam: A Deep-Integration Framework for Web [...]