Roland Tanglao's Weblog

It was great fun moderating a panel discussion on mobile social networking as part of MoMoVan May 2008. Fun bantering with Jim Udall, Jeff LaPorte and David Vogt!

Some random points:

• I loved David's vigorous defense of Vancouver and his wonderful case for mobile innovation in Vancouver no need to move to Asia! Perhaps our "mobile crisis" is a temporary aberration as I blurted out at one point? Vancouver does have a lot going on: great educational institutions, great social and cultural scenes, great weather and great public spaces (at least in the city of Vancouver, not much in the suburbs but this will change).
• The crowd at MoMoVan with a few glaring exceptions isn't really into social mobile networking. Not too much mobile real time blogging, twittering or facebooking or qik video or real time flickr-ing or whatever going on at the MoMoVan events I've attended. At least that's my sense. Prove me wrong! Twitter me (rtanglao) or leave a comment!
• The crowd at MoMoVan is into the traditional one-way web and old skool two way stuff like email, IM and posting pictures in non real time. I know because I took a poll at the start of the panel
• Mobile provides context
• Mobile can be socially enlivening public spaces instead of distancing or cocooning
• The discussion was recorded by Bruce Sharpe. Hopefully he'll post the video soon

I'm helping a wee bit with the re-launch on October 1st in a more informal style like Steph and Bryan did for the original Mobile Monday Vancouver way back in January 2006. Register today, it's free; see you at Granville Island Brewing Company at Granville Island on October 1st at 6p.m!
From MOBILE MONDAY VANCOUVER, October 1, 2007 | Bryght:

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Roland Tanglao is helping organize MoMoVan October 2007! (event on upcoming)

Every first Monday of the month 100 of the smartest local minds will share their ideas in places that we all love. The new WINBC Mobile Monday Vancouver (MoMoVan) starting Monday, October 1st is going back to its grass roots origins. FROM HELSINKI’S MOMO GLOBAL SUMMIT TO VANCOUVER’S LOCAL INNOVATORS Are you an interested, opinionated developer, entrepreneur, CEO, Ph.D or student ready to share with others your thoughts, ideas, and solutions around our local wireless industry and Web 2.0 community? Are you ready to have fun? How about free pizza, free beer (1st round), and free parking? We have listened to people like you and developed an event that YOU want:

* To enable an open conversation that is relevant to the wireless and Web 2.0 community in Vancouver and BC

* To facilitate opportunities for casual networking, identifying local talent, building strategic partnerships and business development

* To promote local innovation and collaboration in the wireless and Web 2.0 industry from small start-ups to large companies to research labs

* To have FUN

** You must register, even if you are not paying a fee, by Friday, September 28, 2007. **

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Unfortunately most Windows machines don't have the software to play MP4 format files so here are the Navteq Videos on YouTube re-posted (what a waste of time, somebody please solve the 8 million video format problem quickly please!) in Flash format:

1. Val Brown
2. Kevin and James Drive and Ride
3. Robert Gourdine Part 1
4. Robert Gourdine Part 2

Ever wonder what how the data for Google Maps, Yahoo maps, etc. is gathered? Well wonder no more. Navteq, "supplier of world wide map data to the universe" :-), were in town visiting WinBC today and I had the opportunity to do a "Drive and Ride" with them in their specially equipped Pontiac and also to speak with their Vancouver based field personnel as well as their marketing team from headquarters in Chicago:

1. PODCAST of our DRIVE AND RIDE in the Navteq car (9.1 MB MP3 file, 19:45) gathering some digital map data including where restaurants are, one way streets and medians (my apologies for the poor sound quality; something was amiss with my microphone).
   
2. Navteq visits WinBC flickr pictures March 16, 2006
3. VIDEO - Robert Gourdine Part 1 - Navteq has 1800 NOT 1600 people in 55 countries. Mapping the world! Providing data to enable "location aware" services. Recorded at Win BC on March 16, 2006
4. VIDEO - Robert Gourdine Part 2 - How to get access to the data? Navteq is interested in growing the community of people using their data which I came up with the phrase "enabler for providing smart, dynamic, location based information". Recorded at Win BC on March 16, 2006
5. VIDEO - James and Kevin - Vancouver based Navteq employees - James and Kevin are based at the Navteq office in Richmond, BC, Canada and are responsible for ensuring their mapping data is up to date from Manitoba west. Recorded March 16, 2006 at the Win BC office on my Nokia N70 cameraphone.
6. VIDEO - Val Brown - Val Brown, Navteq marketing manager, explains how Navteq's dynamic location data puts them at the foreground of location aware social networking, as well as their traditional market like mapping and car navigation systems. Recorded March 16, 2006 at the offices of WinBC.

 

Watch the Video

More great discussion at the March 2006 MoMoVan tonight. Check out the video above of Steph's presentation (well 30 seconds of it anyway on Visual Radio) as well as the flickr photos and the coverage on the official MoMoVan site.

Here's the opening words 3 mobile words from each of the attendees from tonight's Mobile Monday Vancouver #1. It was a great grassroots meeting. Lots of great discussion. I didn't know there were 250 wireless companies in BC! Thanks to Bryan Rieger for organizing it! See you at the next meeting scheduled for Monday February 13th also at Take 5 Cafe at 429 Granville

3.4 MB MP3 (7 minutes and 19 seconds) - Recorded Monday January 9, 2006

Links to participants and 3 mobile words

1. Bryan Rieger, Yiibu,
2. Roland Tanglao, Bryght, 7610, flickr, shozu
3. John Goodall, Litefeeds, RSS, mobile, browser
4. Willie Patek (mis-spelled?), data collection systems
5. Sang Mah, Wireless Innovation Network BC, wearables, WiMax
6. John Asbacher , Inform Productions (shootedit.com), shoot, edit, lost
7. Boris Mann, Bryght, media, mobile content, openness
8. Robert Scales, Raincity Studios, RSS, podcast, i-matePDA2K
9. Monique Trottier, Raincoast Books, off the grid
10. Jeff LaPorte, Eqo fka Neltura, identiy, extend, disintermediation
11. Mark Sasso Sasszel, Petroglyph Computer Labs (sorry couldn't find a link, misspelled?), intelligent, devices
12. Michael Bidu, City Dazz Interactive, culture, people, interactivity
13. Colin Quon, Eqo, online, mobile, convergence
14. James (sorry I don't know your last name, leave a comment and I will update), embarassingly primitive phone
15. Stephanie Rieger, Yiibu, open, mobile, learning
16. Brian Niessen (sp?), Mobile Software Labs (sorry couldn't find a link, misspelled?), gaming, banking, continually connected
17. Kris Krug, Bryght
18. Duff Gardner, New Media BC and Mobile Muse, always on, on the go, context