Archive for May, 2006

on being a hobbit

taking some time out during our journey to middle-earth trying to explain to doug how hard it is being a hobbit! doug (adorned in google attire) has always had a certain ‘wizardry’ about him…

Posted on May 27th, 2006 in Life
Tagged as doug bowman , hobbits , kelly goto , middle earth , webstock
Written by Kelly Goto | 3 Comments |

the first new zealand webstock conference was a huge success. what an outstanding effort from team members, sponsors and volunteers. ‘code for freedom’ was the theme, the love was felt all around. speakers included doug bowman, joel spolsky, kathy sierra and more. well done kiwis!

Posted on May 26th, 2006 in Life
Tagged as doug bowman , joel spolsky , kathy sierra , webstock , wellington
Written by Kelly Goto | 1 Comment |

carnival of the mobilists 29

Hard to believe the Carnival is nearing 30 already. This week’s Carnival is hosted by Ajit Joakar at Open Gardens with a highlight on his post about the mobile content market slowing down. Below is a quote from the original Forbes article Ajit commented on:

Posted on May 26th, 2006 in Thoughts
Tagged as carnival of the mobilists , cotm , khosla ventures , open gardens
Written by Kelly Goto | Comments Off |

dog greeting

between travels i enter the ‘box factory’ complex where i live and work. it is an incredible community of designers, photographers and more. driving in, you are usually greeted by the dog crowd – lucia on the left and koa on the right. skeeter is hiding.

Posted on May 20th, 2006 in Life
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Written by Kelly Goto | Comments Off |

chicken test

the famous chalkboard chicken in my kitchen once again stands clean, awaiting brainstorming action.

Posted on May 11th, 2006 in Life
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Written by Kelly Goto | 6 Comments |

nokia podcasting application for S60

One of my favorite mobile applications I use while I’m on the move is mobile podcasting (also named mobcasting), I wrote about this before at the Wireless World Forum and at my personal blog here.

There are a lot of interesting podcasting discussions and interviews available on mobile and wireless, for example at thepodcastnetwork.com. Most files are 15-30 minutes discussions and if well encoded not bigger than 10-20 Mb files, so you can easily store the most interesting weekly podcasts on a 500 Mb stick.

Posted on May 10th, 2006 in Thoughts
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Written by Rudy De Waele | 5 Comments |

true-touch dialing

at the estaci de frança, the site of our new office in barcelona, the receptionist uses a braille interface to route calls with this intriguing device. a reminder of why accessibility is important.

Posted on May 7th, 2006 in Life
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Written by Kelly Goto | 1 Comment |

barcelona metro

using the metro interface was fairly intuitive even when presented in catalan. i did however have to purchase two tickets when the first failed to let me through the turnstile.

Posted on May 7th, 2006 in Life
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Written by Kelly Goto | Comments Off |

journalling

taking a moment for pen and paper midst gadgetry and tech. sipping a ‘cafe con leche’ and preparing for another timezone change. such a rich culture here in spain – i am now an official ‘barca’ fan.

Posted on May 7th, 2006 in Life
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Written by Kelly Goto | 2 Comments |

qr codes in america?

Last December, I read an article that suggested that mobile bar codes were the future of advertising here in America. I posted QR code revisted explaining how behind the US was and that these ‘mobile bar codes’ have been popular in other parts of the world (namely Japan) for several years now. But today – something of note. Rudy De Waele of M-Trends brought this lifeblog post to my attention:

WINKsite: fusing the mobile and Web worlds through barcodes

Posted on May 4th, 2006 in Thoughts
Tagged as colorcodes , dave harper , mcode , nextcode , qr code , semacode , shotcode , upcodes , winksite
Written by Kelly Goto | 18 Comments |

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