May 2008 – Page 2 – Richard's blog

Jâ€™ai donc cherchÃ© qui sont les plus â€œactifs utilisateursâ€ de GenÃ¨ve aujourdâ€™hui !

May 13, 2008

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOf course I’m the most active twitter user in Geneva, as if that was going to be a surprise to anyone. Before that I was London’s most active twitter user with over 5000 posts in a month back in December.

Twitter and Breaking news

May 12, 2008

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richard

in social media, twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce more twitter has shown it’s value. An earthquake occured earlier this morning and people started to twitter about it within half an hour. people like Robert Scoble started linking to the story. It took at least an hour for most of the major networks to start speaking about this news.…

Mountain streams

May 11, 2008

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richard

in mobile streaming, N95, Swiss walks

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhilst some people are perfectly happy sitting at a desk chatting to others via webcams I prefer to be out and about streaming daily life. Today was one example of what I like to do. I went up to La Dole for a walk with the n95 and streamed a few…

Mobile phones and video streaming to the web

May 10, 2008

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in mobile streaming

Reading Time: < 1 minuteComputing is mobile and as I sit in the garden to type this post someone else is currently streaming some lions live from his mobile phone. It’s not about you sitting at a desk and typing, now it’s about going out, having a nice day and sharing it with others as…

Dominoes, the type of thing you want to see in high definition

May 10, 2008

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in fun

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe type of thing you want in HD

10 megabits per second on I-HSPA

May 9, 2008

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in observation, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMobile data transfer is speeding up 10.1 Megabits per second over I-HSPA. Nokia Siemens Networks, a provider of mobile broadband solutions, completed tests with Mobilkom Austria recently testing its new I-HSPA solution. The call, conducted with an unspecified mobile device, reached downlink data speeds of up to 10.1 Mbps during the…

The Iphone is coming to Switzerland

May 9, 2008

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in tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to a Le Matin article the Iphone will come to switzerland. It’s the 3g version of course so for those that have been patient this should be a fun time. I see no mention of cheaper dataplans as of yet but it’s an interesting time for those creating mobile video…

Say something in 140 characters or less

May 9, 2008

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richard

in twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor those of you who know me as Warzabidul you’re probably used to my incessant tweeting, when not at work.. Two days ago twitterfone came out, a service that allows me to call a number and tweet by voice. The system is still in very early stages but works great. The…

Nokia and the Sportstracker

May 3, 2008

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in mobile streaming, N95, social media, travel

Reading Time: 2 minutesA few weeks ago I was in Paris and when someone pulled out the iphone I commented that it’s a bureaucratic tool but wasn’t sure why. The n95 is a flexible fun phone to play with especially when looking at Sportstracker. It’s an application I use every time I walk around. I’m…

From Mobile to train station display live.

May 3, 2008

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in mobile streaming, social media, strange, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf this isn’t a hoax then this is pretty fun. A guy claims to have hacked into the video display at a train station and is streaming live.

Month: May 2008