Digital Swarms tag
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Digital Swarms for Good - Jonathan's Card
In the past I have talked about the "Gift Economy" concept (a term most recently coined by author Howard Rheingold) being critical to successfully unlocking the potential of mobility in the future. (Gift Economies are defined by users investing effort/taking action for the benefit of the greater good versus expecting something in return as is the case in a transaction economy) There are plenty of recent examples around us like Wikipedia, Participatory sensing networks like CitySense, or even the recent Arab Spring with regime changes coordinated via SMS/social messaging. I now have an example right in front of me thanks to one of my colleagues at Mobiquity, Jonathan Stark, our VP of Mobile Architecture (and author of several leading books on iOS and Android Development). Full Story
Posted on August 11, 2011 3:52 PM
Cheap flying sensors
At the 2010 CES show in January, one of the more interesting products unveiled was the AR Drone by Parrot Systems http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/en Full Story
Posted on March 12, 2010 5:07 PM
Mobile Communities and Emerging Swarms
Everyday we read about mobile social networking becoming more prevalent. With the iPhones breakthrough in the mobile web browsing experience and overall UI (and others have followed suit), the limitations of using new types of content (maps, pictures, clips, songs) into social networking posts and communications via mobiles has been dramatically reduced. As a result, we are seeing an explosion in mobile communities. Full Story
Posted on March 3, 2010 4:04 PM
Smart Dust and Digital Swarms
The recent article in the New York Times, (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/business/31unboxed.html) , "Smart Dust are We There yet?" talks about the progress in distributed wireless sensors which I have talked about in previous blogs. While we continue along the Moore's Law track towards smaller more capable nano-sensors, the more interesting part of the story is the surge in Participitory sensing where humans and their phones are the sensors. Full Story
Posted on February 2, 2010 8:27 PM
Feedback on 4G Future Scenarios
I got to spend yesterday speaking and moderating a panel at the 4GWE conference in Miami http://4g-wirelessevolution.tmcnet.com/conference/east-10/ where a number of industry players and thought leaders exchanged ideas on the future of wireless and the path to 4G Full Story
Posted on January 21, 2010 8:19 AM
The Power of the Mobile Community
As you can see from my other entries, one of my passions is finding new examples of Digital Swarms in action. Two user-driven services that have become very popular are Trapster (www.trapster,com) and Urban Spoon (www.urbanspoon.com). Full Story
Posted on December 30, 2009 7:38 AM
