I did a fair amount of Google-ing on this looking for a simple answer – without much luck. So, in case this comes in handy here is a simple-ish way to use Google Spreadsheet forms on an iPhone for data entry in the field. My current project is an ethnographic survey of news habits among […]
Arguing Apple vs Android and apps vs web is fun, but so 2011. So, thinking about 2012, a handful of mobile trends are worth tracking: Transactions/Authentication (NFC , Square etc.) External sensors and connected devices (Bluetooth 4.0/Internet of Things) Voice (Siri vs Google) Presence (Moving beyond check-ins) Home Hub (Airplay, HDMI outputs, home controls) Connected […]
What is it about new toys? My flight back from Las Vegas this afternoon (Southwest 1159) was on one of the airline’s few planes that have WiFi hotspots. Apparently they are still testing out the system and it was free. So – having a new iPhone, 5.5 hours of flight time and free Wifi – […]
An interesting quote from Jonathan Miller (once-upon-a-time my boss’ boss’ boss’ boss at AOL) talking about Kindle, the WSJ.com and the distribution problem in digital media: I went from paying $14 to The Wall Street Journal to paying $10 to Amazon (for WSJ.com on the Kindle). Now the splits there, and I think this is […]
I sent a note out over Twitter earlier today trying to gather some additional responses to a Web Tools Survey I am working on: Doing a survey of news Web sites – what open-source and free tools and services do you use: http://bit.ly/oju #journ Typical enough – but what was interesting was watching the traffic […]