Submission I Glenn Stocks

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Submission IGlenn Stocks
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Weblogs get upwardly mobile

• By
• Jane Perrone

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intro

• It's the latest trend in weblogging
• mobile phone log (moblog?)
• moblogging - posting thoughts to weblogs via
  mobile phone or handheld device.

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Moblog

• Weblogs have entered the mainstream
• Moblogs beginning to grab the attention of the
  weblog community

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Moblog

• weblog genre that uses takes advantage of the new
  generation of mobile devices that can be used for
  instant publishing on the web

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Evolving technology

• mobile phone and wireless internet technology
  continue to advance
• Weblogs are evolving
• From stationary computer to
• mobile phones,
• laptops,
• handheld computers,
• portable communication device

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Moblog

• limited to pictures
• text messages

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Challenge

• User Interface
• if I post it will they come?"
• filter 'daily activities' into reader-friendly
  and interesting moblog."

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Potential Use

• Moblogs could also turn you into a roving
  reporter.
• millions own mobiles phones with integral
  cameras,
• "journalists will almost never be the first on
  the scene anymore"
• the power of the mobile many".

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Blog Community

• Moblogging receiveing a warm in the weblogging
  community.
• Adam Greenfield urges mobile phone service
  providers to provide moblog services
• E.g shared message board

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Current Moblogs

• moblogs in the domain of those with the grasp of
  technology and the disposable income to make them
  work
• one might call them upwardly mobile geeks.

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Moblog future

• Will moblogs be a temporary fad or a lasting
  mutation in the weblog gene pool?
• Gideon Strauss
• "I don't know that moblogging is going to turn
  out significant, but for now it's fun to
  watch."

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Moblog services

• http//www.textamerica.com/

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Questions