David Harper’s Different Things

Several days ago Bango published statistics which confirm that the United States is at the forefront of a mobile web growth with a three fold increase in usage over the last year. The report mentions in part, “This rapid rise, taking the US to second position behind the UK, is being fueled by the increasing popularity of mobile search as a way of finding new content and services.”

Join us at Mobile Monday NY on June 25th to discuss Mobile SEO.

Mobile SEO - Optimization of SEO for the small screen. The challenges. The opportunities.

The format for this event will be a panel discussion with audience questions/discussion.

The following are some of the topics the panel and audience will explore:

• Where is the mobile industry when it comes to SEO?
• How different is mobile search from the desktop search versions?
• How does America search mobile?
• What opportunities are available to marketers and content owners? What are the challenges to the people they are trying to reach?
• Are there any efforts from a standards perspective?
• Tips & Tricks to optimize your mobile site for SEO.

Networking with refreshments and snacks (graciously provided by our host Samsung).

Agenda:

• Welcome/Intro
• The Moderator: Michael Sharon, Socialight
• The Panelists:
  • From the Search Engine Perspective -
    Sean Owen, Google
  • From the Agency & Brand Builder’s Perspective -
    Rachel Pasqua, iCrossing
  • From the Developer’s Perspective -
    David Harper, Winksite

Additional panelists pending.

Cost: FREE, please just RSVP here.

When: Monday, June 25th, 6:45-9 PM

Where:

Samsung Experience Center
Time Warner Center – Shops at Columbus Circle
10 Columbus Circle, 3rd floor
New York City, New York 10022
(map)

At the intersection of Broadway, Eighth Avenue, Central Park South and Central Park West.

Subways to Shops at Columbus Circle: A/C, 1/9, B/D to 59th Street/Columbus Circle

A few of us here in NY (Semapedia, area/code, Socialight, and Winksite) have been kicking around the idea of a Mobile Bill of Rights and planned on discussing it at MobileCampNYC on the 19th.

I’ve been trying to sort out my own thoughts as to where to begin…

…and then I saw Charlie Schick’s Mobile Lifestyle Manifesto.

I can’t speak for anyone else but I like the base Charlie has put together here.

Well done Charlie. Well done.

Mobile Lifestyle Manifesto

• We are 3 billion strong, respect us - you serve us, you help us.
• We are not consumers, but active participants in our lives.
• We want to actively connect and communicate with others, not passively receive.
• Content is not the end point, but also the start and the middle, too - a catalyst for conversation.
• Don’t let technology interfere, we want to do things that just work, not fiddle, even if we know what we need to fiddle with.
• Keep us happy, or we will look for happiness elsewhere.
• My life is hyperconnected - a lot of stuff coming in and a lot going out. I have no problem with this, so don’t mess my flow, but be a part of it.
• Keep everything I do smooth, easy, beautiful, and simple.
• Show me the seams: Don’t obscure things either by making them too complex or too simple.
• Help me when I’m mobile. Help me when I’m not. Give me the right metaphors for the right moments - don’t mix them up.

A group of mobile activists are pulling together MobileCampNYC. I’ll be running a session titled, “One World. No Borders. Few Rules. Growing & Managing Off Portal Mobile Communities.” Hope to see some of you there.

MobileCampNYC is bringing together mobile enthusiasts, explorers and professionals from the NYC metropolitan area to share the current state and their visions for the future direction of mobility. MobileCampNYC hopes to support the many voices helping to unlock the potential of a truly digital life. Topics may include - but are not limited to - mobile gaming, entrepreneurship, social mobility and presence, near field communication, physical hyperlinking, mobile storytelling, the importance of open standards, protocols, and platforms, linux based devices, and mobility on other continents.

Please note that MobileCampNYC is going to have a limit of 100 people to take part in this camp so RSVP while you can by adding your name to the Wiki page.

When
Saturday, 19th of May

Where
Downtown Conference Center
157 William Street (NW corner of William & Ann Streets)

Schedule

Friday 18th of May
• Meet and Greet

Saturday 19th of May
• Morning sessions
• Lunch
• Afternoon sessions
• Awards and Wrap up

Sessions to Date

• Building a “Poor Man’s SMS Gateway” using Symbian and Ruby, Jose Marinez, http://jmarinez.typepad.com
• One World. No Borders. Few Rules. Growing & Managing Off Portal Mobile Communities. David Harper, Winksite
• Hyperlink your world - Physical Hyperlinks and their application in the real world. Alexis Rondeau, Semapedia.org
• Racoon Mobile Webserver - Running Apache on mobile phones. Will Turnage