July 2008 Archives

So I've got a new shiny iPhone, and have been testing out Apple's .Mac replacement, MobileMe, and unfortunately I have to agree with the illustrious Walt Mossberg in that it's broke.

I love the notion of OTA (over the air) syncing of my iPhone with my desktop and laptop and even my work Windows box, if only for the fact that not having to plug things in is (as far as I'm concerned) the way forward. Its very unfortunate that on at least 2 occasions the Windows client has reported inconsistent data and asked that the data on MobileMe be refreshed, and even worse that upon doing so MobileMe was updated to, well, nothing...no calendars, odd calendars and definately no entries :-(

So back to the drawing board in terms of the Windows/Outlook syncing...On the upside it has worked a lot better for me on all my Macs, which is good given they're Apple's toys.

My problem however is the whole MobileMe set up. I just want syncing: I've got Google for Domains running pretty much every other aspect of my online services, and my own personal webspace.

So please (pretty please) even can someone allow me to do all my own syncing via my own servers and services without having to pay some one else for the priveledge!?

Well it already was, but I'm loving the direction it's been going..

[Article from Boing Boing Gadgets]

Just read this article by Joel Johnson off BB Gadgets, and I have to say that I agree with him on every point that he makes, and with his overall wish for MobileMe.

I'd be perfectly happy to pay $100 a year for over-the-air syncing if MobileMe allowed me to use other services than those from Me.com.

Of course I’ve not actually manage to get MobileMe working on my iMac, as clicking the “Synchronise with Mobile Me” check box makes it go blue for a while, it claims its registering the computer, then stops, randomly reverts back to its original state and still no syncing…funnily enough though it works on my 4yr old G4 iBook.

I don't believe that mashup's themselves will ever be "mass market" in themselves. This is not the same as saying that a mash-up can't be a great idea and potentially lead to addressing a niche market (even one that becomes ubiquitous), but at the point it is no longer really (IMHO) a "mashup" and has graduated in to the big-wide world of reliablity, scalablity and robustness.

I believe that mashups themselve can't be mass market because they are principally there to solve a single person's problem. I do think that that the infrastructre and tools to build mashups can, however, become mass market and creating enough pieces to be mashed is already getting there.

So Hawk at Apple Geeks

picked up Batman Gotham Knight this morning on my way to work.

The website of which is http://www.warnervideo.com/batmangothamknight/

Now just re-jig the spacing of "Batman Gotham Knight", and you get "bat mango (t)ham knight"... which just confused me.

It occurs to me that there maybe a fair number of people posting about O2's efficient and wholely applaudable management of the iPhone launch, who haven't read O2's Terms and Conditions for the use of their website:

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I draw particular attention to parts of section 2 of Content, namely:

Is defamatory of any person, entity or organisation

Is otherwise offensive in the opinion of O2 (UK) Limited

Relates to the conduct of a business

is not looking good, partly due to this:

Also the o2 upgrade site is pretty much knackered!

In response the conversation on one of Scoble's shared items:

1. Google must not be evil, or, through inaction, allow evil to come to Google.
2. Google must obey orders given to it, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. Google must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.