Uncool Mobility

Social networking transforming to mobile social address book?

This article about the lack of true solutions for how business users actually use their mobile address books and manage contacts has attracted a lot of attention. I think he gets it right in his "key features" list.

I love this quote from the article: "Facebook is working on something in this area, but won't say what. Yesterday at the GigaOM Mobilize conference in San Francisco, an audience member pointed out to a panel that a phone's address book in fact is that person's social network. Facebook VP Chamath Palihapitiya responded with: "That's a great observation. Stay tuned." That sounds to me like Facebook will be announcing something in this area soon."

Movable Type, Wordpress becoming social platforms | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET

Link: Movable Type, Wordpress becoming social platforms | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET.

This is very cool--blogging and social networking continue to merge with some excellent tools being provided by Movable Type and Wordpress. The extension of tools and feature sets back and forth from social networking sites to blogging sites will render the distinctions meaningless, with the important differentiator being the type of content shared (written word, short text posts, video, images, links, etc.)

Beyond the iPhone: NYT review of mobileme

The NYT has an in-depth review of MobileMe which is worth reading.

One of the key points for me was this line:

"MobileMe is the usual Apple value proposition: you might be able to find less expensive versions of its features online — various sync, backup and file-transfer sites — but none have the integration, polish and automation of Apple’s offering."