IPnions Beyond Just Coverage

Question, Google - Is WAP a simplified version of the web??
by Gil Rosen
Thursday March 09th 2006, 7:54 am
Filed under: web 2.0, Convergence, boat on wheels

boatonwheels.gifFrom a purely technological perspective I guess the answer is simple and short – YES. Then again that’s not our point. We are here to represent users and discuss fundamental issues of the web’s evolution beyond the PC.

The recent post in Techcrunch regarding Google’s new calendar (A.K.A CL2) got me thinking (I Techrunch - therefore I think) about how the folks at Google plan to mobilize their ever increasing plethora of services.

Now a confession, I am three connections away (based on my linkedin network) from being close to any Google insider (boo-hoo) so my review is based on what I know as a regular user. Out of all existing services the one that interests me the most is Gmail Wireless. This is a perfect example of what “can be done” vs. “should be done” when a communication service goes mobile

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Boat-on-Wheels, Googlewhacks, and Creationism
by Spock
Thursday March 09th 2006, 12:07 am
Filed under: Convergence, fusion, boat on wheels

I’m sure some of you readers are looking at the title of this post and thinking “Huh? What’s with this? What do these things have to do with one another? It only makes sense that this comes from a guy called Spock”. But there’s a point here, and a story, so bear with me.

Something bothered me while reading Gil’s post about the boat-on-wheels. It took me a few minutes to understand what’s wrong, but finally it hit me:

A boat-on-wheels isn’t that bad of an idea.. (more…)


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