Thursday, January 10, 2002  

Related reference material regarding Smart Webservices :
Emerging Wireless Web Applications

At last am able to retrieve and set the archives in order ( thanks to blogger coming back up ) , at least for the time being the tech log will remain here , before moving onto its own domain .

Archived the missing log from Wednesday, November 28, 2001

I have been wanting to write about my affair with the wireless technology for over a year and also about multi channel delivery frameworks.
Nice place to start would be on a wednesday , coz its WAPWEDNESDAY , i just realized after attending the year ending wap wednesday event , marking the second anniversary of wap wednesday in London.
In case you are not aware of what Wapwednesday is all about , i suggest you check out the website : http://www.wapwednesday.com/ This is one great concept and i love attending the wap wednesday meetings.
Today's presentation was really interesting , especially the "Intrasonics - Data over audio - the new link between broadcast and mobile"
The demo and technology was impressive - the high point of the evening .

The idea and concept that digital information can be passed onto a mobile device via standard acoustic broadcast mechanism , lets say for example via PA system or via Radio and the mobile device can detect the URL that is passed via radio playing a song ... that was difficult for me gulp at the first go
The concept just seemed so trivial but yet revolutionary , and some of the people i spoke to and even during the QandA session people confirmed and double checked that what they have seen is not something that was played on a mobile device for instance using media player !!
The intrasonics presentation will be made available on the wapwednesday site soon , look in the archives for more info.
People have always told me that TV and Pink Floyd music for instance or any psychedillic music carried sublimal messages ..whatever .. now what do i see ...
The way this works - you are listening to music over the radio , and you want to purchase the CD or want more info on the track , the software running on the mobile device is also listening to it at the same time . The radio apart from music also carries signals that is deciphered by the mobile device and can then connect to the internet or dial a number automatically . The killer app wireless app or a potential 3G killer app? what ever it is , i am sold by this great idea .
For more info on Intrasonics : http://www.thecommslab.com/tech_casestudy_intrasonics.asp
I have to repeat this from my presentation notes : " data is hidden in regular audio using psycho acoustic masking " - This is not star trek ..engines on warp5 -------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>



While on the topic of Wireless applications and networks , Lee Garber’s feature article on Computer.org , Will 3G Really Be the Next Big Wireless Technology? looks at the current state of 3G networks and the future of wireless applications .
To quote from the article : “Most industry observers agree that next-level wireless technology will offer more bandwidth, security, and reliability, making it more suitable for multimedia, e-commerce, videoconferencing, and other advanced applications.”

The key feature going back to the comment on Nov 28 , is again “technology push and a market pull” - Victor O.K. Li, professor of information engineering at Hong Kong University as quoted in the computer.org article .

Starting the new year with NO resolutions this time . Hope everyone had a great time over christmas holidays and blast of a time over new years eve , piss drunk on 31st ...and back to work as of yesterday or today.
Getting back to work and trying to look around for a design document for System "X" which no one seems to know how it works i realized the reason why even AOL didn't know why or how their spam filtering system worked ( and is still working - as they say if it aint broke don't fix it , let alone try to figure out how it works )! - http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSTechNews0201/01_harvard-ap.html
AOL now seem to have another problem with their AIM , this time a fatal vulnerability http://www.w00w00.org/