Looking for some help on using google Earth & viewing KMLs from your mobile phone? If so then this video from the development team may help – see http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2705703124679991020 – even more on GM mobile is online at http://www.google.com/gmm/tour.html. Finally, for fun see how some star trek fans used their mobile handsets to view KML data showing sci-fi locales! See http://services.google.com/marketing/links/trekfan2006/ – those of you using Sketchup to enhance your KML data might be interested in somme of the cool sci-fi 3D scences that are available for you to embed in your apps and data – how about Captainn Kirk or maybe the Enterprise within your KML?? See here
Archives for August 21, 2006
Another camera phone picture sharing resource
Are you a mobile mobile blogger aka moblogger? No doubt you’re familiar with Shozo (www.shozu.com) if not you should be – the app saves you precious data charges that you get slammed with while uploading data (photos, videos etc…). Obviously you can post your pics to the web (ie. your blog, flickr etc…) Today another social networking resource devoted to sharing photos is now available – Radar from Tiny Pictures. From the company… This easy, free and addictive service enables fast and simple sharing of camera phone pictures among only your inner circle. The service is in free public beta now and Tiny Pictures is working with a couple of different device manufacturers (who target the youth market) to port Radar in a highly integrated fashion to their devices. See www.radar.net – at first take its very basic and it seems to take a bit of time for pictures to appear, however, it is in Beta so maybe something cool will come down the road!
What’s New in ArcGIS Desktop at 9.2 seminar
Heads-up… can’t wait to see what’s coming in ArcGIS 9.2? No worries, bookmark this seminar… What’s New in ArcGIS Desktop at 9.2 – showcases upgrades included with the new ESRI software, will air live over the Internet on August 31, 2006, at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. (Pacific Daylight time). The disclaimer… Although the seminar is available to anyone, viewers of this technical seminar should be familiar with working in the ArcGIS 9.x environment including understanding how to navigate the ArcMap interface, create symbols for data, work with tables and labels, and use ArcCatalog to manage geographic information system (GIS) data. See www.esri.com/training
What’s New in ArcGIS Desktop at 9.2 seminar
Heads-up… can’t wait to see what’s coming in ArcGIS 9.2? No worries, bookmark this seminar… What’s New in ArcGIS Desktop at 9.2 – showcases upgrades included with the new ESRI software, will air live over the Internet on August 31, 2006, at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. (Pacific Daylight time). The disclaimer… Although the seminar is available to anyone, viewers of this technical seminar should be familiar with working in the ArcGIS 9.x environment including understanding how to navigate the ArcMap interface, create symbols for data, work with tables and labels, and use ArcCatalog to manage geographic information system (GIS) data. See www.esri.com/training
Flip a coin.. heads San Diego, tails San Jose! ESRI UC 2007 and Where 2.0 conflict
oh no… 10 months away and we have a nice conflict already! Thanks to fantomplanet http://fantom-planet.blogspot.com/ for pointing out that next year’s ESRI user conference (San Diego) and the very popular and cool O’reilly Where 2.0 are GET THIS… scheduled during the same week! Both of these events were scheduled by yours truly as MUST ATTEND so figuring out the logistics of this one should be fun! ESRI UC runs June 18-21, 2007, Where 2.0 is set for June 19, 20 in San Jose… which one are you going to?
3 things to remember on your next cover letter and resume
Guy Kawasaki recently devoted a whole week of blog posts to career & professional development. He had a couple of “experts” critique a cover letter and resume for a job posting. A couple of very good tips came out of this and hopefully these items may help one of you score that dream job. 3 good things to remember when you send out your next cover letter and resume:
– try to highlight what you did most recently not at the beginning of your career
– The point of the cover email is to catch the attention of the “recruiter” and entice them to read further. It should call out items of interest that would otherwise not be covered in the resume.
– What often lacks is the “so what.” If you focus on something very important that you did, why was it so important and how did it impact the company?
All good things to remember.. thanks Guy! See http://blog.guykawasaki.com/
2006 Forum Nokia PRO Awards kick off
Developers looking for recognition, validation, and some cash should take not of the latest opportunity from Forum Nokia – 2006 Forum Nokia PRO Awards – this is a great way to get your LBS or other cutting-edge mobile application noticed and fast-tracked to market. I’m pleased to have once again been asked to participate as a judge, having just come off of judging the Handango Champion Awards. FYI, the awards are open to all members of Nokia’s advanced developer program, Forum Nokia PRO. More on this year’s awards program can be found at http://www.lbszone.com/content/view/1199/2/ or see forum.nokia.com. Developers looking for more mobile application competitions should also look into the Navteq LBS Challenge, WINBC developer awards, Handango Champion Awards, and awards offered by Orange at competitions held at the Code Camp events.