ZEDRAY

I am in love (click).
The little critter seems to double as an internet radio??

At last a pointless consumer products that fits my lifestyle.
No iPod for me, just look at the specs on this baby.
As soon as I install a router in my new apartment, this rabbit is mine!

“Acclaimed worldwide, Nabaztag has revolutionized the world of objects by opening the door for calm and gentle technologies and to the Post PC generation.”

Unfortunately the Java API documentation is not in English yet, as I’m sure I could do something interesting with those robotic ears.

Just to clarify: “Cute and potentially useful” easily wins against “pretend sexy” (click).

Its official, I will now be presenting at the JAX08 Conference with a presentation entitled:

Where am I? Location Based Services
Location Based Services stellen einen der großen Benefits mobiler Devices dar, der weit über die Bestimmung der eigenen Position hinausgeht. Im Java-ME-Umfeld werden derartige Services u.a. mittels Location API (JSR 179) realisierbar. Die Session zeigt die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen Java-ME-basierter Location Based Services und führt sowohl in die theoretischen Grundlagen als auch in die praktische Verwendung der Location API ein. Darüber hinaus wird anhand einer auf der Androids-Plattform basierenden Beispielanwendung eine Alternative zum klassischen LBS-Ansatz aufgezeigt. (click)

I will be co-presenting with my CEO - Lars Roewekamp of OpenKnowledge GMBH.

A very exciting time to be in mobile development and location based services in general.
I will also slip in something on Snowball and demo a few Android proofs of concept applications.

A new year and a good opportunity to look at all the mobile related stuff in my portfolio since:

2004

• EdiMap (MSc Edinburgh University)
  Tourist map of Edinburgh, with downloadable POI.
• NotPacMan (Self training)
  The familiar PacMan game.

2006 (Starting at OpenKnowledge)

• 
  Barometer, Horoskop and Lovecheck (AirMotion)
  Fun and games, and a lot of device testing.
• MiniMove (BMW via BBDO)
  Rotate the BMW mini on your mobile.

2007

• 
  MobileAct (Sony Ericsson via AirMotion)
  Weekly magazine content to go with the Channel 4 series.
• 
  MiniMove China (BMW via BBDO China)
  Rotate the BMW mini on your mobile in Chinese.
• 
  
  Mitch&Co Blackbox (Tchibo via MINICK)
  Explore the latest Mitch&Co fashon range on either male of female models.
• NowHere (Burda Wireless)
  Photograph where you are and upload as a NowHere POI.

2008…

• Ads by a [big mobile network operator]*
  Important stuff
• Google Android
  Self training on the new mobile OS from Google
• Snowball - The Mobile Location Based Search API
  My world beating business idea.

* To comply with my company’s code of conduct for blogs, I have removed all references to customers and projects currently in progress.

January
Feburary
March

A great little guide to getting married in Germany click

I’m working in Düsseldorf for a few months, so we took in some of the city.

Silvia has a great eye for photos.

The world has moved on since our last visit to my parent’s holiday house in Spain. Google maps now cover the area with quite detailed mapping, although it seems it was a bit cloudy that day. The apartment is one of the white roofed buildings close to the motorway. Just about everything you see is a new development that has sprung up in the past 5 years, talk about an unsustainable housing boom.

Ryanair will be flying to Murcia airport from Bremen from May 2007. Murcia airport turns out to be Santiago de la Ribera Airport (about 44km out guys), but seems to be a bit closer for us. Just looking at the map I make it about 20-30km away from the house. I can’t use Goggles except root planning feature as this super new Spanish development doesn’t include street names, maybe this is a Spanish thing? I will be sure to pre-program the GPS device with the correct coordinates for the house before I fly.

Maybe if we brought some road signs with us, we could name the roads ourselves? Hmm… go left of Zedray Street, turn right at the Chinese’s restaurant and its number 14 Mark-is-the-greatest lane.

Definitely something I want to tryout. click

I can handle getting up when it’s dark outside, that’s why I’ve been getting up later and later each morning (my excuse anyway). Calendar of Sunrise for Oldenburg during my personal danger period:

October - Thank god for daylight saving time.
November
December - Twilight 8.22am Oh No!!
January
February

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