{"id":1213,"date":"2011-06-02T16:58:07","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T15:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/02\/carnival-of-the-mobilists-249\/"},"modified":"2012-04-25T14:31:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T13:31:59","slug":"carnival-of-the-mobilists-249","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/02\/carnival-of-the-mobilists-249\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival of the Mobilists # 249"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{EAV_BLOG_VER:7087d177951b0507}<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/carnival-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"74\" \/>Remember one of the most wonderful resources for mobile bloggers? yes, it is the <a href=\"http:\/\/mobili.st\">Carnival of the Mobilists<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/franciscokattan.com\/2011\/06\/01\/mobile-blog-digest-for-may-carnival-of-the-mobilists-249\/\">this month&#8217;s version is live now<\/a>! It is a best of digest of May&#8217;s mobile-related blogs. This month, there are some real goodies! You will find:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GoSub60&#8217;s Sean Thompson musing the question of whether to &#8220;go free&#8221;;<\/li>\n<li>James Coops from MobyAffiliates looking at the commercial opportunities of &#8211; you may have guessed &#8211; mobile affiliate marketing;<\/li>\n<li>Mobile marketing veteran Russell Buckley looks at mobile couponing as the next billion dollar market (mobile Groupon anyone?);<\/li>\n<li>Industry thinker and Futuretext founder Ajit Jaokar looking at whether the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Two-sided_market\">two-sided market<\/a>&#8221; model may not actually apply to carriers (and I tend to agree; here&#8217;s another blog post&#8230; ;-));<\/li>\n<li>Our very own Peggy Anne Salz of MobileGroove (f\/k\/a MSearchGroove) focuses on marketing to digital natives;<\/li>\n<li>The Fonecast&#8217;s James Rosewell makes a case for Microsoft to buy Nokia (the rumour of which has just been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/2011\/jun\/02\/nokia-chief-denies-microsoft-takeover\">refuted by Mr Elop<\/a> himself though);<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Bournique of the WAP Review looks at where MeeGo is at these days;<\/li>\n<li>Richard Monson-Haefel looks at &#8220;omni-mobility&#8221;; and<\/li>\n<li>finally, my own bit on the <a href=\"https:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/31\/mobile-games-publishing-in-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\">evolving role of publishers<\/a> also found a mention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Go now and read it over here on <a href=\"http:\/\/franciscokattan.com\/2011\/06\/01\/mobile-blog-digest-for-may-carnival-of-the-mobilists-249\/\">Francisco Kattan&#8217;s blog<\/a> and have a great time! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and if you want to be part of this, make sure to look up the <a href=\"http:\/\/mobili.st\" target=\"_blank\">Carnival online<\/a> and follow them on Twitter (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cotmobilists\" target=\"_blank\">@COTMobilists<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{EAV_BLOG_VER:7087d177951b0507} Remember one of the most wonderful resources for mobile bloggers? yes, it is the Carnival of the Mobilists and this month&#8217;s version is live now! 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