Techie :: Techno ::: September 2007 Archives
I went along to Mobile Monday yesterday evening. I don't know what I was expecting. I was more or less prepared to politely smile at boring presentations and demos. I probably wasn't expecting to be as impressed as I was!
There were three companies presenting their products and services last night and they were all fascinating.
First up was Mobile Aware's Rotan Hanrahan who showed some demos of what some of their clients are doing.
The second presentation reminded me of the Firefly phone, but was a hell of a lot cooler.
Sentry Wireless have come up with a firewall type solution that allows users to restrict who can phone or be phoned from a particular device. The advantage it has over Firefly is that you don't need any proprietary hardware as the solution works at the SIM level. The first application of the technology is a product they call KidSafe.
Of course there's no reason why the technology could not be employed in other realms...
The last of the three presentations was from Mobile Complete. It really blew me away!
I've mentioned Litmus / SiteVista in the past when talking about browser testing.
Imagine taking this kind of testing to the next level and beyond.
That's what the guys in Mobile Complete have done.
Their system allows you to gain complete access to a huge array of mobile devices remotely using an ASP model.
During the demo last night one of my friends was actually able to send an SMS to the test phone in the docklands!
You can find out more about the testing suite of Device Anywhere on their site (and test it for 3 hours for free!)
After the demos we adjourned to the bar ...
There were three companies presenting their products and services last night and they were all fascinating.
First up was Mobile Aware's Rotan Hanrahan who showed some demos of what some of their clients are doing.
The second presentation reminded me of the Firefly phone, but was a hell of a lot cooler.
Sentry Wireless have come up with a firewall type solution that allows users to restrict who can phone or be phoned from a particular device. The advantage it has over Firefly is that you don't need any proprietary hardware as the solution works at the SIM level. The first application of the technology is a product they call KidSafe.
Of course there's no reason why the technology could not be employed in other realms...
The last of the three presentations was from Mobile Complete. It really blew me away!
I've mentioned Litmus / SiteVista in the past when talking about browser testing.
Imagine taking this kind of testing to the next level and beyond.
That's what the guys in Mobile Complete have done.
Their system allows you to gain complete access to a huge array of mobile devices remotely using an ASP model.
During the demo last night one of my friends was actually able to send an SMS to the test phone in the docklands!
You can find out more about the testing suite of Device Anywhere on their site (and test it for 3 hours for free!)
After the demos we adjourned to the bar ...
I just visited the Carlow website. It's horrific. It's embarassingly bad.
Why can't they do something like Clare or Donegal?
Does a county have to rely heavily on tourism to have a decent looking website?
I'd have thought not.
Earlier this week Carlow decided to have a carfree day before the rest of Europe.
Whether this was a good idea or not isn't important, but if you were a resident it would have been nice to actually have access to some information on it.
I'd have thought the local authority site would have been the place to find the information. Of course there was absolutely no mention of it at all!
Anyone who tells me that egovernment is improving obviously hasn't tried to actually use the local authority sites for Carlow!
Why can't they do something like Clare or Donegal?
Does a county have to rely heavily on tourism to have a decent looking website?
I'd have thought not.
Earlier this week Carlow decided to have a carfree day before the rest of Europe.
Whether this was a good idea or not isn't important, but if you were a resident it would have been nice to actually have access to some information on it.
I'd have thought the local authority site would have been the place to find the information. Of course there was absolutely no mention of it at all!
Anyone who tells me that egovernment is improving obviously hasn't tried to actually use the local authority sites for Carlow!
If you're a bit of a geek you might appreciate the photos I posted on the company blog:
Loads of boxes from Dell
More stuff from Dell
Loads of boxes from Dell
More stuff from Dell
One of the things that drives me mad is typing long commands or sequences that I need to type over and over again.
Luckily there is a way to search your previous commands in bash.
Simply type CTRL R and you will get a new command prompt. Then start typing part of the command.
To keep looking back through other instances of the command just keep hitting CTRL R.
Once you've found the line you want a simple "arrow up" or similar will get you back to your normal command prompt.
Thanks to Paul / Niall for the tip.
Luckily there is a way to search your previous commands in bash.
Simply type CTRL R and you will get a new command prompt. Then start typing part of the command.
To keep looking back through other instances of the command just keep hitting CTRL R.
Once you've found the line you want a simple "arrow up" or similar will get you back to your normal command prompt.
Thanks to Paul / Niall for the tip.
