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“Is the Mobile Web Dead?” – enough already!

EclecticGuy April 15, 2008 blog, mobile, rant, technology 1 Comment

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I’ve noticed more and more doom & gloom blog posts and other writings about the death of the Mobile Web and/or mobile applications. Enough Already! Here is my take on what is going on and why mobile has taken so long to flourish.

1) Mobile device manufacturers are keeping tight controls on application development on their platforms

With the exception of Apple’s iPhone and the future possibility of Google’s Android, developers have to jump through hoops and pay for the privilege of developing on the platform. Talk about stifling innovation! These same mobile device manufacturers have not put … Continue Reading

Who is this EclecticGuy anyways?

EclecticGuy November 21, 2007 blog, me No Comments

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“Eclectic” because I have many interests – ranging from skiing, mountain biking, backpacking to playing guitar and harmonica to building furniture to collecting German nutcrackers, antique tools, astronaut autographs and rocks/minerals/fossils to driving and working on my classic 1970 Porsche 911S to high tech gadgets to painting and drawing to flying remote control airplanes and helicopters to photography and photographic art printing to … Well, you get the idea!

“Guy” because I am just some guy, you know?1

1with a nod to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galalxy”!

Ok, I have a blog, now what?

EclecticGuy November 21, 2007 blog, me No Comments

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Just kidding! I know exactly what to do. But first, I am working on a completely new design for this plain vanilla site. But, I will most likely start blogging here in the meantime. Prepare for the next post…