Roland Tanglao's Weblog - Blogs, RSS, wikis, social software, flickr, mobile phones,... Roland's pontifications from Vancouver, CanadaFun with mobile, blogs, podcasting, videoblogging, RSS, wikis, social software, etc. from Roland Tanglao who's been blogging since 1999 and has over 30,000 photos on flickr, is one of the founders of Bryght, a Web 2.0 startup, and is based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Contact me: +1 604 729 7924 roland AT rolandtanglao.com Skype/iChat/AIM: rtanglaoCar Free Vancouver Day 2008 Mobile Streaming Video Post Mortem Part 1- June 16, 2008 Had a blast bicycling and checking out Car Free Vancouver 2008 from Commercial Drive to the West End to Kitsilano and back to Commercial Drive (we skipped Main Street since it didn&39;t start until 4p.m.) Here&39;s some of the media we created: My Vancouver Car Free Vancouver 2008 Videos (Part 1, 2, 3, 4) Jean&39;s Videos - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 , 11, 12 JMV&39;s Videos - 1, 2 JMV&39;s Pictures My Pictures Nokia Sports Tracker data is missing! (mine didn&39;t turn out i.e. most...http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/06/15/car-free-vancouver-day-2008-mobile-stream... BareBonesCafe - Fun Business Ideas Part 1- June 15, 2008 My brain has many, many "fun" ideas some of which could potentially be a money making business, some of which could not. I think BareBonesCafe ("BBC") is one of the latter :-) Feel free to steal the BBC Concept (all I ask for is attribution i.e. "idea inspired by Roland Tanglao") BBC is a cafe with a bar with six seats. No tables. You either stand or sit at the bar. Open 7a.m. to 5p.m. Monday to Friday. No WiFi, no internet no power outlets (I love WiFi Cafes but...http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/06/15/barebonescafe-fun-business-ideas-part-1 Bicycling With Amy Walker to all Car Free Vancouver 2008 Venues on June 15, 2008 and streaming video from my bike- June 14, 2008 Wearing my Mobile Muse 3 technical evangelist and Fearless volunteer hats, I'll be riding my bicycle with Amy Walker, publisher of the fabulous Momentum magazine about all things bicycling, as part of Car Free Vancouver 2008 starting from the Fearless Mobile Booth on Commercial Drive at 12 noon Sunday June 15, 2008. We'll ride to all the other Car Free Vancouver venues (Main Street, the West End and Kitsilano) and stream video live from my bike to the internet. Check us out at: Fearless's...http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/06/13/bicyling-with-amy-walker-to-all-car-free-... Fido (and Rogers) raise SMS rates to the USA by 66% from 15 cents to 25 cents- June 14, 2008 The ongoing Fido (and Rogers) rpoff continues. The math: 0.100.15 = 66.67%. In a world where every other form of electronic messaging is decreasing in price, Rogers and Fido continue to raise their messaging prices. Needless to say the knock on effect for businesses and innovation and Canada is a net negative. I hte SMS but it's essential for today's real time business and this is a tax by a member of the Canadian bandwidth oligopoly on businesses and consumers.From Options you can...http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/06/13/fido-and-rogers-raise-sms-rates-to-the-us... Car Free Vancouver Live Streaming Video from my N95 on my bicycle- June 8, 2008 In preparation for a "car versus bicycle" streaming video showdown on Car Free Vancouver next Sunday June 15, 2008, Jean (Jean's blog post has the background and lots of useful info, read it!) and I did a dry run early this morning. Our config was: helmet mounted N95-1 for me and N82 for Jean N95-1 ran the following software Qik - streamed video live over EDGE Nokia Sports Tracker Our videos and GPS Tracks: My video - also below My GPS Track and map .http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/06/08/car-free-vancouver-live-streaming-video-f... iPhone in Canada Rogers Data Plan Bingo- June 8, 2008 My guess for the iPhone in Canada plan from Rogers: $75 a month plus taxes and bgus system access fee will include 1 GB of data (2GB would be much better but it&39;s Rogers we are talking about and we can&39;t expect them to be innovative :-( ), unlimited incoming and outgoing text and 300 minutes of voice calls to anywhere in Canada and USA. This plan will not include voice, SMS and data roaming to the USA. Roaming will still be billed at the current Rogers rpoff rates. What&39;s your guess (I.http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/06/08/iphone-in-canada-rogers-data-plan-bingo Maura Rodgers on her Rogers N95 8GB NAM and S60 - S60 Ambassadors Video- June 8, 2008 Marketing maven and startup veteran and co-founder of Strutta, Maura Rodgers, on her Rogers N95 8GB NAM and S60 S60 Positives 1st reaction - "wow" "multimedia machine" Love being able to upload photos directly to flickr (presumably from Camera App) - allows her to upload photos directlyt Loves to connect to internet via laptop via her Rogers N95 8GB NAM Overall 1st impression - great Great for taking videos at Launch Party Vancouver and other events and...http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/06/08/maura-rodgers-on-her-rogers-n95-8gb-nam-a... "These are my Kid"s Kinzin's world wide shipped 10 photos month for 2.50 is fantastic- June 8, 2008 Disclaimer: I am a friend of Kinzin honcho Michael Fergusson and Kinzin social media marketer Megan Cole I love Kinzin&39;s aka "These are my Kids"&39;s new (well not so new my blog post is late!) "Print Pack" feature. This feature allows you to ship 10 prints for $US 2.50 plus shipping anywhere in the world! I use it to send 10 photos per month to my family in Belgium and Ontario and also to us. Great idea (which I and probably others suggested to them!) Digital photos are..http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/06/08/these-are-my-kid-s-kinzins-world-wide-shi... Nokia N78 and S60 3rd Edition FP2 Blink Reactions plus bonus N78 Unboxing Video- June 7, 2008 Got my N78 yesterday from Nokia Blogger Relations yesterday (thanks!)."Blink" reactions to the phone:I like candybar phonesWhy does the phone pre-flash even when I turn the flash off (I know it&39;s to focus but why The N95-1 didn&39;t do this!!) Can I turn off the pre-flash offI don&39;t like the small buttons on the numeric keypad. I keep hiting "7" instead of ""Not a fan of brown. Can I have pink, green, orange, purple or some fun colour :-) Nice and light....http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/06/06/nokiai-n78-and-s60-3rd-edition-fp2-blink-... Rogers 1 GB Data Plan is now $100month instead of $65, price raised 54%- June 4, 2008 Sorry, Rogers raising prices by 54% from $65 to $100month for 1GB of mobile data is unacceptable. This unfortunately confirms Danny's experience.From Rogers Vision sucks Alec Saunders SquawkBox: QUOTE the $65month data plan which Ive written about previously has gone away. Rogers will still give you 1 G of mobile data, but now they want $100month. Hello When the rest of the world has data rates that are plunging like a stone, Jolly Rogers is cranking their rates up. Sure smells like a...http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/06/04/rogers-1-gb-data-plan-is-now-100-month-in... |