Fwd: [bafuture] Crowd and Open Sourced Mobile Devices Future Salon
adrian cockcroft
I intend to go to this meeting with my goliath prototype...
Adrian
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From: markfinnern <mark.f...@sap.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 3:27 AM
Subject: [bafuture] Crowd and Open Sourced Mobile Devices Future Salon
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Hi Futurists,
Blog post with links:
http://www.futuresalon.org/2008/06/mobile-devices.html
O.K. everyone let's all stop the drooling over the iPhone. There are
in my opinion more interesting developments happening in the mobile
handheld space.
Two of them we will look at on Monday the 23rd of June at our usual
hang out SAP Labs.
First there is Ismael Ghalimi who gave away at his Office 2.0
conference one year an iPod nano, last year an iPhone and had the
crazy idea, that the participants of the conference could develop with
him the device for this year's Office 2.0. He calls it the Redux Model
1. In his own words:
The more interesting option would be to build our own device. By
that I mean designing, certifying, and manufacturing our very own
piece of hardware, all in the one year that separates us for the next
Office 2.0 Conference. Today's engineering processes make such a
challenge technically feasible, but for someone who has never done it
before, and has no engineering budget for it, this is virtually
impossible, so by all means, please assume that we will fail and have
to revert to option 1. But if you dare to dream with us for a moment,
feel free to read what follows.[more]
Last time I talked with him he was looking for a CEO for the venture,
but not certain whether it will be available for Office 2.0. Still the
approach of getting input from his network and publically develop a
new device is such a novel approach, that I invited him to speak about
his experiences.
Another interesting development I found at Buglabs.
Doc Searls is convinced, that the IT industry is going to develop
similar to the construction industry. Check out this article:
This change in perception is tied to the relative (im)maturity of
the computer indus-
try; when it finishes growing up, it will look much like the
construction industry.
Now the folks at Buglabs have created a mobile base station that they
call the bug and they have many modules that you can connect to it
like Lego blocks. The cool thing is, that software as well as
hardware is Open Source, that means there is only a limit in
imagination and funds to possible extensions of the bug.
Jeremy Toeman from Buglabs will present their approach and current
status. He also promised to bring some bugs and extensions. It is
going to be very interesting.
Future Salons have the following structure: 6-7pm is networking with
light refreshments proudly sponsored by SAP; 7-9+pm is the
presentation followed by questions and discussion. SAP Labs North
America, Building D, Room Southern Cross or Cafeteria depending on
number of RSVPs. SAP is located at 3410 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
94304[map]. Free and open to the public. Please spread the word and
invite others, but be sure to RSVP so we know how many people to
expect. RSVP at the Future Salon post.
See you all there, Mark.
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adrian cockcroft
I'm on a plane to Boston that evening so I can't go.... Someone should
turn up waving a goliath...
Adrian