MWC: When the world looks into their mobile future.

For those of you that are interested in the bleeding edge of gizmo's, gadgetry, and various forms of cellulophonics, you must know that last Thursday saw the finale of this years Mobile World Conference (MWC), where we were able to feast our eyes on the all the cellular goodies we could imagine. This year had a number of highlights including Windows Mobile 6.5, planet saving phones, and the inevitable momentous shift to touch based interfacing.

I for one was most excited to see the HTC Magic (G2) announcement with carrier, Vodafone. "But Vodafone is a European-only carrier, Joe!" Not so fast young reader! Feast your eyes on this little tidbit. During Google's demo of their newly released mobile software enhancements, the device being used was in fact the HTC Magic (quote Google's Vic Gondotra), but had the oh-so-familiar American T-Mobile logo beutifully encrusted below the phone's mic. Evidence enough for me to have hope that the G2 is right around the corner.

While there was not an over abundance of technological knock-outs, there were some notable innovations by third party developers. One of which being Stantums "true" multitouch screen. Anytime you find a development that enhances your interfacing experience with your cellular companion, there is a chance that metaphoric game is changed. While I don't think Stantum is tearing down any Berlin walls, they demonstrate how there can be leaps and bounds made with the current finger-to-screen interfacing standard. 

All in all, the next phase of the cellphone industry has begun on a decent note. We can't wait to see what types of waves might be made post MWC, which there are bound to be...given the economy doesn't suffocate the movement first. I'll at least try to stay positive.

Ice...Who Needs It?

Yesterday started like any other weekday. Aches. Groans. Phlegm. It was snowing out. Which was more of the exception over the last couple weeks, but was generally common enough not to cause any alarms. I headed out to work and was glad to see that roads seemed "code yellow"...except for one anomaly. 

The road that links Geneva to Pleasant Grove Blvd. seemed to be "The Street That Time Forgot". Sure the roads were basically flash froze the night before, but that's what salt is for. Come on! And this street needed it bad. Bad enough that only a few seconds down the road I saw a truck that had just flipped into the ditch. I and a few other cars quickly (but gingerly [remember...really bad road]) pulled off the street and foot raced down to the wreck.

I saw a body laying on the roof, and based on how the cab was positioned (wrapped around the ditch) I couldn't help but think, This is going to be a mess. We yanked the door open and to our surprise she was conscious. We pulled her out and found that she was not only conscious, but unscathed. No visible damage whatsoever. Definite miracle. You'd agree if you saw the truck.

We started discussing the details with the lady. What had happened? Are you okay? etc. Then I noticed that one of the guys that was there was a good friend of mine. Val. He was a designer at my company who had recently left for another job. Quick visual. The guy is a 6'4" and 300 lb Polynesian. Big dude. Then I thought no wonder getting the door opened and the lady out seemed so easy. We had the human jaws of life.

All in all. It was as good of an end to that type of a circumstance that you can have. Sure the car was undoubtedly beyond totaled, but the lady was unharmed, and I wasn't even late to work.

Moral: drive slow, drive safe, and have big friends.

Intro of Duction

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