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After much debate and the kind offer of a discounted floor pass (thanks Wireless World Forum!)—we’re going to 3GSM. Bryan is coming along for the food, art and dolce vita that is Barcelona. I will wander around the show And of course we’ll be going to the Mobile Monday Peer Awards event on [...]

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I will be in London on Friday January 12th attending the somewhat legendary BETT (the British Educational Technology Show.) I’m really looking forward to it. The list of exhibitors is impressive and I’m looking forward to dropping in on several booths including FutureLab, Tribal CTAD (I’m dying to see their new mobile authoring tools) Wildkey, [...]

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I feel like i’m finally coming up for air. After 2 lovely months in Bangkok Yiibu has moved to the UK. It’s been a bit crazy and i’m still adjusting to the lack of Asian food (we were spoilt in Vancouver and Bangkok) but overall, it’s very nice to be here. (I guess the trifle [...]

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Welcome observations from Geoff at CTAD about learning content for the PSP.
I am just back from the handheld learning conference in London, where I showcased our content authoring, and in particular the PSP materials. It seems we have tapped into a latent, and unfulfilled need. We know that there are a lot of [...]

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While most people seem to have stopped blogging due to vacations, i’ve simply been horribly busy. Summer is the time of the year when one of my old Toronto clients makes a bunch of ‘back to school’ educational content so i’ve been busy drawing collared lemmings and putting together an Iditarod-themed Chu Chu rocket lookalike [...]

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I ran into a lady from Motorola in Boston who told me her friend’s 4 year old has been playing our Mobile Bubble Pop game. Obsessively.
I first found this neat. Then somewhat disturbing (especially the obsessive part.) We never expected someone so young to play the game. Not that it’s a bad game for a [...]

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If you’re looking for a copy of the Mobile Monday Boston, OZMAD, Boston Adobe Mobile User Group or New Media BC/UBC Magic presentation “Creating ‘Casual’ Games, Content and Applications for the (Mobile) Long Tail”—look no further. We finally have a PDF version available for download (500k)!
Thanks for being patient. We’ve been absolutely swamped lately [...]

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I’m pleased to announce that I/Yiibu will be speaking in Boston next week at Mobile Monday Boston (July 10th) as well as the Boston Adobe Mobile User Group (July 11th ) .
The presentation (which i’m still writing) is (somewhat loosely) titled “Creating Casual Handset Aps for the Long Tail” and will discuss content and user [...]

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