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As you *may* have noticed, I took a hiatus from blogging over the summer. Now, it’s time to get back to work! “But Douglas”, you say, “It’s November. Summer was over long ago.” To that, I will remind you that I live in Phoenix. The high temperature is 94 degrees today. So in that sense, summer isn’t *entirely* over for me, but I’ll start back with blogging anyway…
Yesterday, I wrote a post for Computerworld titled: “It’s Not About ‘Full Bars’, Stupid”. It actually combines two of my passions: NFL football and wireless. The wireless portion discusses wireless’ hidden weakness: network congestion.
I don’t want to put any “spolier” information here, so you’ll just have to head over to Computerworld Blogs and check it out for yourself.
As many of you know, I have started an account on Twitter under the user name “wifijedi”.
No, I wasn’t influenced to join by Oprah, or the Ashton Kutcher vs. CNN competition.
I see it mostly as a micro-blogging tool and enjoy sending out shorter, yet more frequent updates.
Recently, my Twitter profile page got a makeover. Thanks to friend and co-worker John Merrill, I now have a customized background.
My background serves as a central repository for WiFi Jedi branded content including my blog, my Computerworld blog, my LinkedIn profile, and my lens on Squidoo.
You can check out my new background at http://www.twitter.com/wifijedi
I have started blogging for Computerworld. I am serving up content for their Mobile & Wireless space.
I wrote a post over the weekend detailing two variants of a Twitter worm – one advertising StalkDaily.com (don’t visit the site) and another highlighting the 17 year old behind the website who goes by the name of “mikeyy”.
My post details how the worm spreads, as well as provides specific security recommendations. You can read the post in its entirety at:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/twitter_worm_still_on_the_loose
I am also excited because I have my first Computerworld comment. I really enjoy the community aspect of blogging, so feel free to leave comments here at WiFiJedi.com or at Computerworld anytime !
I just purchased my first e-book for the Kindle application on the iPhone. I purchased The New Rules of Marketing and PR by David Meerman Scott.
I actually purchased it a couple days ago, but wanted to wait until I had some “hands on” time with the application before blogging about it. I wondered how it would compare to a traditonal printed book.
The price tag of each e-book is definitely attractive – most available titles are $9.99, which is much less than I usually pay for a printed copy. However, I still prefer a paper book – something that I can underline, highlight, dog ear the pages, and write notes in the margin. It is through this process that I feel I truely own the content.
As far as new technical features of such e-books, there is some interactivity between the actual Kindle device and the iPhone. They apparently sync including last page read, bookmarks, etc.
To me, the fact that it functions on the Kindle device as well as the iPhone is a real value-add. It also places the Kindle squarely in the lead of e-book readers, should I ever buy one.
There are some features in the application that seem to be missing (or I haven’t played with it enough). Namely, the multitouch features the iPhone is famous for, vertically scrolling text at a configurable pace, etc. However, I believe that like most iPhone apps, this one will receive multiple updates adding new functionality and making the application even more stable and user-friendly.
Lastly, if you are looking for more information on the subject, here is some good analysis on Kindle for the iPhone provided by Van Baker of Gartner.
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