Archive for November, 2006

$100 laptop ready for testing

$100 laptop

It’s been a worthwhile wait. The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) initiative led by Nicholas Negroponte is finally hitting the prototype and B-1 test build. Yesterday, it was announced under the OLPC Community News:

Posted on November 12th, 2006 in Thoughts
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Written by Kelly Goto | 3 Comments |

future design days

future design days

sweden’s premiere international design festival and conference. translation = very styllish, scandanavian design conversation merging fashion, industrial, mobile and media in one fell swoop.

Posted on November 12th, 2006 in Life
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Written by Kelly Goto | 4 Comments |

mobile 2.0 monday

mobile 2.0 monday

The mobile 2.0 conference held at san fraancisco’s downtown hyatt was a sold out event. Many connections and discussions were had – mobile enthusiasts flew in from countries all around including the .mobi guys from Ireland and the Finland reps

Posted on November 9th, 2006 in Life
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vodafone leads the standards play

Vodafone announced today they would only be supporting three platforms moving forward. This is the first major player to officially support a standards-route to mobile software and services development. Vodafone may be the first to announce such a (smart!) move – but operators worldwide are soon to follow. This is a huge step towards consolidation of an industry that is currently completely out of control, and a welcome step towards development sanity. The lack of such standards today means duplication of efforts, time-consuming testing and development on an array of handsets, and a lack of best practices overall.

Posted on November 6th, 2006 in Thoughts
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Written by Kelly Goto | 9 Comments |