Comments for imran*ali http://imranali.name/blog Sun, 3 May 2009 09:54:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Crowd Control by Mobile Messaging 2.0: Crowd Control revisited « Locative Lab http://imranali.name/blog/2008/01/18/crowd-control/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Mobile Messaging 2.0: Crowd Control revisited « Locative Lab Sun, 03 May 2009 09:54:36 +0000 http://www.mobilemessaging2.com/2008/01/18/crowd-control/#comment-879 [...] Back in January 2008, I commented on the assasination of Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto and how the government’s attempt to gloss over the incident was rapidly undone by SMS, mobile video, voice calls and photomessaging - collectively, Pakistanis had unwittingly crowdsourced enough evidence to overturn the government’s position. (read the full story here) [...] [...] Back in January 2008, I commented on the assasination of Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto and how the government’s attempt to gloss over the incident was rapidly undone by SMS, mobile video, voice calls and photomessaging – collectively, Pakistanis had unwittingly crowdsourced enough evidence to overturn the government’s position. (read the full story here) [...]

]]> Comment on The Vampire Cellphone by Mobile Messaging 2.0: CelloPhone + CellScope: diagnosis by camera phone « Locative Lab http://imranali.name/blog/2009/01/01/the-vampire-cellphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 Mobile Messaging 2.0: CelloPhone + CellScope: diagnosis by camera phone « Locative Lab Sun, 03 May 2009 09:45:54 +0000 http://www.mobilemessaging2.com/?p=1041#comment-1171 [...] as lo-def medical imaging devices seems to be catching on. Hot on the heels of the bloodsucking Vampire Phone, I covered at the beginning of the year, come the CelloPhone and the [...] [...] as lo-def medical imaging devices seems to be catching on. Hot on the heels of the bloodsucking Vampire Phone, I covered at the beginning of the year, come the CelloPhone and the [...]

]]> Comment on The Vampire Cellphone by Mobile Messaging 2.0 » CelloPhone + CellScope: diagnosis by camera phone : a hosted discussion on mobile messaging, devices, and user practices and trends http://imranali.name/blog/2009/01/01/the-vampire-cellphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1170 Mobile Messaging 2.0 » CelloPhone + CellScope: diagnosis by camera phone : a hosted discussion on mobile messaging, devices, and user practices and trends Sat, 02 May 2009 01:11:32 +0000 http://www.mobilemessaging2.com/?p=1041#comment-1170 [...] as lo-def medical imaging devices seems to be catching on. Hot on the heels of the bloodsucking Vampire Phone, I covered at the beginning of the year, come the CelloPhone and the [...] [...] as lo-def medical imaging devices seems to be catching on. Hot on the heels of the bloodsucking Vampire Phone, I covered at the beginning of the year, come the CelloPhone and the [...]

]]> Comment on ETech 2009: txteagle and mobile crowdsourcing by openworld http://imranali.name/blog/2009/03/31/1324/comment-page-1/#comment-1181 openworld Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:57:30 +0000 http://www.mobilemessaging2.com/?p=1324#comment-1181 A key to having microsourcing in telework scale up in poor areas may be to target the initial offers on communities that take steps toward self-funding uplift. Bundling microscholarships, online work-study opportunities, and telework "challenge offers" can spark local awakenings of dormant land and human capital. Visuals and background on this approach are here -- <a href="http://www.openworld.com" target="_blank">www.openworld.com</a> "Seeds of Change" diagram <a href="http://www.entrepreneurialschools.com" target="_blank">www.entrepreneurialschools.com</a> Openworld has some microscholarship funds available -- would welcome exploring ways to target these for market-sensitive grassroots ventures affiliated with TxtEagle and kindred intiatives such as TheExtraordinaries. Mark Frazier Openworld, Inc. <a href="http://www.openworld.com" target="_blank">www.openworld.com</a> "Awakening assets for good" @openworld (Twitter) A key to having microsourcing in telework scale up in poor areas may be to target the initial offers on communities that take steps toward self-funding uplift. Bundling microscholarships, online work-study opportunities, and telework "challenge offers" can spark local awakenings of dormant land and human capital. Visuals and background on this approach are here –

http://www.openworld.com "Seeds of Change" diagram

http://www.entrepreneurialschools.com

Openworld has some microscholarship funds available — would welcome exploring ways to target these for market-sensitive grassroots ventures affiliated with TxtEagle and kindred intiatives such as TheExtraordinaries.

Mark Frazier
Openworld, Inc.
http://www.openworld.com
"Awakening assets for good"
@openworld (Twitter)

]]> Comment on ETech 2009: Measuring Offline Reality Like The Online World by Mobile Messaging 2.0 » ETech 2009: Mobile Phones Reveal the Behavior of Places and People: a hosted discussion on mobile messaging, devices, and user practices and trends http://imranali.name/blog/2009/03/31/etech-2009-measuring-offline-reality-like-the-online-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 Mobile Messaging 2.0 » ETech 2009: Mobile Phones Reveal the Behavior of Places and People: a hosted discussion on mobile messaging, devices, and user practices and trends Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:51:30 +0000 http://www.mobilemessaging2.com/?p=1276#comment-1180 [...] on mobile and locative analytics - I’ve already covered Path Intelligence’s work on Measuring Offline Reality and there was an intriguing session from Molly Steenson on the ethnographics of shared phones in [...] [...] on mobile and locative analytics – I’ve already covered Path Intelligence’s work on Measuring Offline Reality and there was an intriguing session from Molly Steenson on the ethnographics of shared phones in [...]

]]> Comment on Contxts: Business Cards by SMS by Printclick http://imranali.name/blog/2009/03/26/contxts-business-cards-by-sms/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 Printclick Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:24:25 +0000 http://www.mobilemessaging2.com/?p=1281#comment-1179 Good point Matt. If someone can just plug in some information about you and they can retrieve your personal details (cell #, address, etc.). Other than that though, the service is awesome. Good point Matt. If someone can just plug in some information about you and they can retrieve your personal details (cell #, address, etc.). Other than that though, the service is awesome.

]]> Comment on Contxts: Business Cards by SMS by Print Matt http://imranali.name/blog/2009/03/26/contxts-business-cards-by-sms/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 Print Matt Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:41:46 +0000 http://www.mobilemessaging2.com/?p=1281#comment-1178 There is also a downside on this type of service, you actually do not know who can "pull" your information. There is also a downside on this type of service, you actually do not know who can "pull" your information.

]]> Comment on Gup Shup by faizan http://imranali.name/blog/2008/07/04/gup-shup/comment-page-1/#comment-1141 faizan Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:25:48 +0000 http://www.mobilemessaging2.com/2008/07/04/gup-shup/#comment-1141 Here Some Cool & Funny Sms <a href="http://www.smsfloor.blogspot.com" target="_blank">www.smsfloor.blogspot.com</a> Here Some Cool & Funny Sms

http://www.smsfloor.blogspot.com

]]> Comment on Gaiku/Joogle? A platform for social signalling? by Mobile Messaging 2.0 » Gratitude for Latitude - Google’s real social graph: a hosted discussion on mobile messaging, devices, and user practices and trends http://imranali.name/blog/2007/10/09/gaikujoogle-a-platform-for-social-signalling/comment-page-1/#comment-858 Mobile Messaging 2.0 » Gratitude for Latitude - Google’s real social graph: a hosted discussion on mobile messaging, devices, and user practices and trends Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:04:47 +0000 http://www.mobilemessaging2.com/2007/10/09/gaikujoogle-a-platform-for-social-signalling/#comment-858 [...] acquisition of Jaiku provided Google with what could have been a powerful social-signalling infrastructure that may have but horizontally across all Google services. Sadly, even with the Gmail address book [...] [...] acquisition of Jaiku provided Google with what could have been a powerful social-signalling infrastructure that may have but horizontally across all Google services. Sadly, even with the Gmail address book [...]

]]> Comment on Mood Ring(tones?) by Mobile Messaging 2.0 » The Mood Phone: a hosted discussion on mobile messaging, devices, and user practices and trends http://imranali.name/blog/2007/11/28/mood-ringtones/comment-page-1/#comment-868 Mobile Messaging 2.0 » The Mood Phone: a hosted discussion on mobile messaging, devices, and user practices and trends Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:57:02 +0000 http://www.mobilemessaging2.com/2007/11/28/mood-ringtones/#comment-868 [...] late 2007, here at Mobile Messaging 2.0, I wrote about the concept of ‘haptic messaging‘ and the notion of a ‘biological Twitter‘ that could sense and convey human [...] [...] late 2007, here at Mobile Messaging 2.0, I wrote about the concept of ‘haptic messaging‘ and the notion of a ‘biological Twitter‘ that could sense and convey human [...]

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