David Harper’s Different Things

MobileBarCodeCamp is bringing together mobile enthusiasts, explorers, authors, designers, architects, producers and professionals in North America to share the current state and their visions for the future direction of mobile bar codes and other cellphone-readable physical hyperlinks. MobileBarCodeCamp hopes to support the many voices helping to unlock the potential of a “hyperlinked first life”. Topics may include - but are not limited to - mobile code formats, mobile code readers, mobile gaming, bar code art, entrepreneurship, social mobility and presence, near field communication, physical hyperlinking, the importance of open standards, protocols, and platforms, and mobile bar code usage on other continents.

We are extremely interested in having the various Bar Code Platform & Reader companies represented at this event.

MobileBarCodeCamp grows by word of mouth (and word of blog). Tell your friends and people that you think will enjoy sharing a day with likeminded.

Go to the BarCamp page for details and sign up.

For those who asked to be involved from a volunteer and sponsorship perspective - yes - we need your help.

Cheers,
David Harper
Founder, Winksite
Co-Founder, Mobile Monday NY

Is there a sale on versions that I should know about?

Hey TechCoire, I’ll be away next week on vacation; please don’t push past, say, Mobile 5.0 while I’m away. OK? Thanks.

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TechCoire presents:

Mobile 3.0 - The next generation of mobile services

DATE/TIME: Thu, Aug 23, 6:00pm-8:30pm

LOCATION: Sacramento Marriott, 11211 Point East Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA

COST: $40.

Mobile technology has come a long way from the days of being simple voice, SMS and even as an email device. The question is while most of the current services are maturing, what new services are likely to emerge and what business models will emerge to support that ecosystem of value added services. Join a panel of experts who will discuss:

What are today’s consumers demanding and tomorrow’s users going to demand?
What are the emerging applications that are already finding a niche?
Will Mobile TV/Video continue to be a niche-play or will it find mainstream?
What are the critical success factors for mobile applications?
Where is the money today? Where’s the spending tomorrow?

MORE INFO:
Website: http://www.techcoire.com

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.