Introducing the first Android prototype – USATODAY.com A post on Mashable brought this to my attention. It should be no surprise that a CA Linux startup, A La Mobile, is the first to offer a suite of apps based on Android, Google’s mobile platform. Let’s hope open source can play an increasingly important role in [...]
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FaceOff: My Mind’s Data is My Data
January 3rd, 2008 
Tim Reading some of the comments on the Robert Scoble v. FaceBook issue this morning, which centers on an issue of great importance for all of us. It seems FB suspended Scoble’s account because he was using a script to gather data from his account. FB’s IDS probably caught the activity and took automated action. But [...]
Posted in Blogging, IP, Privacy, Social Media, Technology 
Tags: FaceBook, Privacy, Scoble 
Comments OffIs the World Catching on to Open Source?
January 2nd, 2008 Tim I followed a link on Twitter this afternoon from Dave Sifry, founder of Linuxcare and Technorati, to this post by Glyn Moody. Sifry has started a new service, hoosgot, that allows you to post a request to the web at large for anything: information, stuff, a job, whatever. You can also see the stream of [...]
Posted in Blogging, LAMP, Linux, Open-Source, Technology, Twitter Tags: 2008, hoosgot, Moody, Open-Source, Sifry, Twitter Comments OffT-Mobile Twitter Access Resolved?
December 16th, 2007 Tim According to Jack, who posted these updates on twitter Saturday morning, the failure of T-Mobile/Twitter SMS gateway is resolved. Furthermore, it was not a T-Mobile policy issue. I am not convinced. Why is T-Mobile not even listed as a carrier on Facebook’s mobile settings page? I’ll add to this later. It’s 5:30 am and I [...]
Time, well…, spent.
December 11th, 2007 Tim Now that I’ve become a blogger (still waiting for my certificate to arrive in the mail), I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time reading other people’s blogs (OPBs). I’m not sure if I’m researching or procrastinating, but I’ve found a number of things I’ll post here. Now, if I can figure out how pings and [...]
GenMo? The Mobile Generation
December 6th, 2007 Tim I’ve been hacking on personal computers since 1982 and on electronic toys since I built my first AM radio as a boy (196?). That means two things: I’m old, and I know a thing or two about technology. But I must admit, I’m somewhat overwhelmed by the crop of youngsters who are growing up with [...]
Posted in Communication, Internet, Mobile, Privacy Tags: blog, cell phone, Communication, conspiracy theory, GenMo, IM, Mobile, paranoia, Privacy, SMS, t-mobile, Technology, Twitter, Utterz, Web Comments OffA LAMP Unto My Feet!
November 26th, 2007 Tim The title of this post is a reference to the way Free and Open Source software in general, and Linux specifically, have shown the way to escape the prison of proprietary software and the concept, perhaps, of intellectual property.
