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: rtanglaoTransport Hero Camp Redux 2008- August 25, 2008 Karen and Paul organized Transport Hero Camp today; a BarCamp for public and the youth delegates from the Youth Summit on Sustainabile Urban Transportation CUTA ACTU . u Random observations (some of which you can see in image format above): As a national event, it would have been great to have simultaneous EnglishFrench translation. Paul and Karen did a great thing (they made the difficult look impossible); this was an excellent gathering with savvy youth! I am still energized...http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/08/25/transport-hero-camp-redux-2008 Going to Nokia WOMWorld Workshop in Helsinki September 10-14- August 20, 2008 Details have yet to be finalized, but it looks like I'll be going to a Nokia Mobile workshop (paid for by Nokia, including carbon offsets!) September 10-14,2008 being organzied by Nokia's WOMWorld folks. Sounds like fun. Maybe I can lead a session on Mobile Muse and SIFTTool. Here's a portion of their invite: QUOTE It's taking place in September between the 11th and 14th, and will be the first of its kind hosted by Nokia. We're contacting everyone from creative's, designers, video...http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/08/20/going-nokia-womworld-workshop-helsinki-se... AirMe no longer works with GPS after 2.01 firmware upgrade- August 16, 2008 After the 2.01 firmware upgrade, AirMe never locks on with the GPS and finds my location even if I am outside in locations where it used to work with the old firmware. Yay for bugs (Yes my GPS is enabled). Do I have to do some sort of funky GPS reset dance to make it work againhttp://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/08/16/airme-no-longer-works-with-gps-after-201-... Bug Labs Bug Bundle Shipment delayed until September, switch to Poky, more Funding- August 16, 2008 My Bug Bundle has been delayed until September. Bug is switching to Poky Linux and they closed a 3rd round of funding. I am still very enthusiastic about The Bug but it's hard to be an enthusiast when you are itching to experiment and shipment is delayed by 3 months. And as I have said before I don't really like simulators. Oh well, perhaps I'll activate one of my dormant iPhone application ideas!http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/08/16/bug-labs-bug-bundle-shipment-delayed-unti... FutureShop redux - how about an "All Genius" Staff- August 16, 2008 Well I went to FutureShop expecting more of the same old same old and I wasn't disappointed :-). Cleaner lines and better organized stuff but really not much different. Oh well. Here's what I want: a store staffed by people who are all like the "Apple Geniuses" i.e. if I am looking for an iPhone lanyard strap, I could talk to an iPhone expert, if I am looking for a washing machine, I could talk to an washing machine expert. And there would be WiFi and computers so I could do my...http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/08/16/futureshop-redux-how-about-all-genius-sta... Trying Out MarsEdit 2.2 - still doesn't have categorytag searchauto-complete- August 15, 2008 Not so great when you have over 300 tags! Oh well time to go back to Ecto which is not very pretty but does tag search and auto-completehttp://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/08/15/trying-out-marsedit-22-still-doesnt-have-... FutureShop and other Canadian Retailers - Why don't you sell the fabulous Eye-Fi SD card- August 6, 2008 UPDATE: Vincent Janelle says that it could be that the Eye-Fi card is not approved by the CRTC. Thanks Vince! I am going on Darren's client Future Shop's blogger opening tonight and I know it's off topic but I have a question for Future Shop buyers: Why don't you sell the cool gadgets Like the Eye-Fi card which IMHO is mass market (and to my knowledge has been available in the USA for over 6 months but is still unavailable from Canadian mass market retailers) but still cool I have always...http://www.rolandtanglao.com/archives/2008/08/06/futureshop-and-other-canadian-retailers-w... |