Smaller Indiana

Making people and ideas findable

All Blog Posts Tagged 'mobile' (21)

Search Blog Posts

Patric Welch It was only a matter of time before spam found me again

People complain about spam all of the time. But not me. Between Gmail and Google Apps I get very little spam. And the spam that I do get is nicely tucked away in a special spam folder that I need only check about once per week. But guess what showed up on my mobile phone today? Cash in your hand! Get $1500 wired to your Bank! Faster, Cheaper - Go to: http://www.UScashDepot.com Promo Code: ***** Quit? reply STOP Grrrrrreeeeeat Now I'm not sure if the "reply STOP" directive in thi… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on October 14, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Patric Welch Goodbye punch cards, I won’t miss you

I've always hated punch cards. You know, the kind you get at a restaurant, bakery or oil change place that reward you for every X number of purchases? It's not that I don't like getting something for free as a reward for doing business with someone. It's that I can never remember to take the punch card with me when I visit the establishment. That, and I really don't like carrying them in my wallet (for more on this watch this video). Which means I have about 3 or 4 punch cards for each place b… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on October 7, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Patric Welch Has multi-tasking gone too far?

I admit it. Today, I was on a roll catching up on email when I realized I had to go to the bathroom. It actually bugged me because it was the kind of bathroom trip that takes more than a few minutes if you catch my drift. And that's when I did it. I grabbed my iPhone and took it with me to the bathroom. Mind you I work out of my house so I still had my privacy despite the fact that I probably lost my dignity. So there I was. Doing my business while "doing my business". I was so proud of my ti… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on July 20, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Patric Welch Sometimes you need to put technology away and just enjoy the show

Last night, my wife and I attended the Billy Joel, Elton John Face 2 Face concert. It's no surprise that, since our kids were born, we haven't been to a lot of concerts so I found it fascinating to people-watch throughout the concert. Even more fascinating was the tremendous use (and mis-use) of technology during the concert. I wish I could have talked to the people I observed but it was a little too crowded for that. But here's what I would have said:
  • To the teenagers and 20 somethin
… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on May 20, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Patric Welch Is cell phone tapping really possible?

My dad recently asked me to settle an argument between him and my mom. My mom said she heard on the news that "it is now possible, when your cell phone is in the on position, to listen in from anywhere. This includes 'sitting in' on board meetings and stealing company secrets if one of the participants has his or her cell phone on the table in the on position." My dad, on the other hand, doesn't buy a bit of this. When my dad first emailed this to me, I laughed at how preposterous this sounded.… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on May 5, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Patric Welch Are you smarter than a cell phone?

Techies have been throwing around the term smart phone for a while now. The term is used to describe cell phones with enhanced features such as web browsing, email and video. Think iPhone, BlackBerry or Treo. As "smart" as these phones are, I never thought they would compete with… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on March 27, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Nathan Pfahler Client Spotlight by Connective Mobile

Always nice to see your name in print- especially for a good reason. Connectivemobile client spotlight thanks to Kimberly and Adam Small with Connective Mobile for this nice write-up! Continue

Added by Nathan Pfahler on March 3, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Milo Curtis Time, Tech, Serving Well

As a pastor I am constantly reviewing my time. How I am investing it is critical to the life, health, and growth of our church. If I invest it wisely, people will be led well and I position us to experience whatever God wants to do. If I invest it poorly, we will loose focus and neglect the opportunities God has for us. As a result I'm constantly reviewing the use of my time and if I am be… Continue

Added by Milo Curtis on February 9, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Patric Welch What would you do if your cellular carrier gave you $720?

Quick, tell me how many minutes you used on your cell phone last month? If you don't know the answer maybe it's time to look a little closer at your next statement. Better yet, go back a few statements and figure out your average monthly usage. You might be overpaying for your minutes. I just did this little exercise and found out that I used an average of 500 minutes per month over the past three months. My plan entitles me to 1,400 minute per month so I found this a bit troubling. After logg… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on January 19, 2009 at 4:42pm — No Comments

Patric Welch Domino’s, Netflix and TiVO - two out of three ain’t bad

TiVo has released a lot of new features over the past few weeks. First it was the ability to order Domino's pizza. Then it was Netflix video on demand. And now it's TiVo mobile for your cell phone. While I haven't had the chance to fully test drive TiVo Mobile, I have put the Domino's pizza ordering and Netflix video on demand through the ringer. While I'd love to tell you that I breezed through the pizza ordering and video streaming, that isn't the case. One was a royal pain in the neck and th… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on December 23, 2008 at 6:11am — No Comments

Patric Welch Blogging at 70 miles per hour

I've been blogging for a long time now but there is still something in the blogosphere I have never attempted. Blogging at 70 miles per hour. No, I wasn't driving. I'm not that crazy! But I was a passenger in a car traveling down the Interstate on my way home from Thanksgiving vacation. My original plan was to write yesterday's blog post about buying new release DVDs at Blockbuster when I got home last night. Lucky for me I had the technology on-hand to do it earlier because my trip home ended… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on December 5, 2008 at 6:56pm — No Comments

Patric Welch How much longer until spam penetrates text messaging?

I have whole-heartedly adopted text messaging. I clearly see the benefits of using text messaging and many times find myself choosing to send a text message over an email. I even love picking and choosing what types of alerts I want to receive on my mobile phone via text message. For example, I have my mobile phone integrated with my Google calendar such that I get a text message reminder before each of my appointments. This is especially helpful when I am out and about, away from my computer.… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on November 11, 2008 at 6:56pm — No Comments

Patric Welch Technology I'd like to see: Improving the presidential voting process

This morning I woke up at 6:15 am, anxious to cast my vote for the next President of the United States. Unlucky for me however, I had to wait another two and a half hours before I could actually vote. No, the voting line wasn't two and a half hours long. It was more that I had to get my kids out of bed and ready for school and couldn't vote until my kids were safely on the bus. Then I had a short drive to my voting site and about a 30 minute wait until it was my turn to vote. Obviously, being… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on November 6, 2008 at 5:43am — 4 Comments

Nicki Laycoax Qik Your Videos!

Coolest thing ever... Streaming video from your phone! Try it out! (make sure you have an unlimited data plan though...) Here's my profile: http://qik.com/nickilaycoax Continue

Added by Nicki Laycoax on September 26, 2008 at 6:15pm — No Comments

David Monroe My Little Hoosier Home Town and My Love of Reading

I was 9 years old the Summer of 1975 and my home town was serviced by the Shelby County Library Book Mobile. It faithfully arrived every two weeks. As I readied for it's arrival that afternoon, the morning began simply enough. I rode my bike over to my friend Michelle's house, she lived just behind the State Bank of Waldron, where the Book-Mobile parked. I'd just been hooked by "Space Shows" on TV. In prime time, Kolchak, the Night Stalker began, though I watched it through interlocked fingers.… Continue

Added by David Monroe on September 8, 2008 at 9:23am — 2 Comments

Patric Welch Amazon Text Alert makes wait for Wii Fit less painful

Three traits define my shopping habits:

  1. I almost always try to find what I am looking for online before I head out to a brick and mortar store.
  2. I hate waiting.
  3. I hate waiting even more when at the end of the wait I find out what I want isn't in stock.

These three traits basically sum up why I don't have a Wii Fit yet. It's not available online, except for perhaps, eBay. It is available

… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on July 21, 2008 at 2:31pm — No Comments

Patric Welch Can a cell phone really replace your watch?

Four weeks ago my watch battery died at about the same time the watch band broke in half. I figured it was time to get a new watch. But not being able to turn down a techie challenge I decided instead to try a little experiment. I wanted to see how long I could go without a watch.

The reason I wanted to try this is because in Noobie's cell phone class, I tell the participants that cell phones have actually obsoleted certain consumer products for some people. One such product is

… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on July 7, 2008 at 9:06pm — 3 Comments

Chad Richards Social Networking on Cell Phones Continues To Climb

ChadMobile life is blooming. It's the cell phone, not the personal computer, that is the constant companion for today's hip and socially networked – and nearly 50 mobile social networking companies have emerged globally to help cater t… Continue

Added by Chad Richards on June 19, 2008 at 10:41am — No Comments

Chad Richards AMERICANS ARE MOBILE MORE THAN EVER

Chad1According to most accounts, we're still a bunch of overweight couch potatoes, but at least more and more of us are reaching for our mobile phones to surf the web. A new report by mobile media research firm… Continue

Added by Chad Richards on May 29, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Scott Abel Mobile Advertising To Reach $1.3 Billion in 2008

Mobile streamed and broadcast TV services will become the most lucrative delivery channels for mobile advertising by 2010, according to Juniper Research, a provider of research and analytical services to the global hi-tech communications sector. The company released a report entitled Mobile Advertising: Delivery Channels, Strategies and Forecasts that estimates total annual adspend on the mobile ma… Continue

Added by Scott Abel on April 21, 2008 at 7:52am — No Comments

Latest Blog Posts

Most Popular Blog Posts

Monthly Archives

2009

2008

2007

1999

Groups

Forum

Pat Coyle

Dave Forsell on Finding Beauty Everywhere 4 Replies

Started by Pat Coyle in Events for the creative class. Last reply by Amol Dalvi 2 hours ago.

Evan Burke

Indiana's Best - Designers 11 Replies

Started by Evan Burke in Design. Last reply by Kevin Pace 4 hours ago.

Cameron Cox

SEEKING AN INTERNSHIP IN ADVERTISING/MEDIA 5 Replies

Started by Cameron Cox in Classifieds - Intern Exchange. Last reply by Lorraine Ball 19 hours ago.

Shirley Caron

Child Abuse and Neglect

Started by Shirley Caron in Health & Healthcare 1 day ago.

Annie Sever-Dimitri

Boobs-N-Business 86 Replies

Started by Annie Sever-Dimitri in Questions and Answers. Last reply by Janet Falkenberg 1 day ago.

Pat Coyle

What are your favorite Thanksgiving memories? 10 Replies

Started by Pat Coyle in Questions and Answers. Last reply by Ben McCann 1 day ago.

asa blevins

Would you kindly have a great Thanksgiving ..and share what you are thankful for 1 Reply

Started by asa blevins in Arts & Culture. Last reply by Mrs. Cara Dafforn Nov 27.

Steve Stuck

"The Housing Boom and Bust"

Started by Steve Stuck in Economics Nov 27.

Pat Coyle

Can Rupert Murdoch Really Hurt Google? 11 Replies

Started by Pat Coyle in Media: mass and social. Last reply by Pat Coyle Nov 27.

Stephanie Daily

Classifieds - Mental Health Industry 5 Replies

Started by Stephanie Daily in Classifieds - Position Wanted. Last reply by Stephanie Daily Nov 27.

About

Pat Coyle Pat Coyle created this Ning Network.

Help

A few things to consider before joining Smaller Indiana:
1. Please use your real name (first and last) when you sign up, or we cannot open your account

2. Please do not use logos or commercial images for your profile photo

3. Events should be posted in the events calendar

4. You can post pretty much anything you want on your own personal page (self promotion, etc), and you can change the style of your personal profile page to reflect your corporate identification if you so choose.

5. Please keep all comments civil and polite. It's OK to feel strongly about a subject, and it's OK to be critical of ideas, but please refrain from personal attacks of any kind.

If you witness or experience any issues, please contact admin@smallerindiana.com and we will look into the matter.

6. Smaller Indiana is supported by its members, and by corporate sponsors. If you're interested in learning more about sponsorship, please call Pat Coyle at 317 332 7878.

© 2009   Created by Pat Coyle

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Privacy  |  Terms of Service