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Tuesday, 15 July 2008

It may be necessary for you very soon to get out that cell phone and figure out, "How do I shrink my blog down?" in the very near future. The iphone is in its secong gen, and there are other companies coming out with 1st and 2nd gen PDA/Phone models capable of all sorts of whizbang on the net. The next five years could entail 1/2 of your readers from the US and other populated countries reading your blog at lunch time in a cafe with a turkey club outside at the picinic table in a park. Combine that with a new push for simplicity in peoples lives in all this madness we call careers and you need to look at this lovely place called motime and think, "How am I going to Rickroll someone on their cellphone?".

There are several ideas out there.

- A blogging platform that has mobile support built in. Which I believe Motime will be getting soon... I leave that up to howard and the Tipic folks.
- Use a plugin.
- Use a service that creates a mobile site from your RSS feed (which is your best option now).
- Transcoding...deep six it.

Welcome to the immediate future. Take a clue from major news sites. They hire people to figure out how to reach people with the newest ideas. CNN is a great example. Podcasts, RSS feeds, Mobile, Emial, Breaking news, Video. Tools and Widgits!

Get your Mobile on folks!

posted by: psmartin at 04:22 | link | comments (4) |
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#1 15 July 2008 - 16:36

Look for better mobile support come September. The cell phone is turning into a "mobile device" and the will put the web in your pocket, bringing further change into how we relate to the network. Thanks for the post, teach.