{"id":1360,"date":"2012-02-06T10:43:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T09:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2012-04-25T14:31:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T13:31:59","slug":"carnival-of-the-mobilists-260","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/06\/carnival-of-the-mobilists-260\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival of the Mobilists # 260"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As per usual, another week, another carnival (if things were only like this in real life, too&#8230;). This week&#8217;s edition of the <a href=\"http:\/\/mobili.st\">Carnival of the Mobilists<\/a> is being hosted by the formidable <a href=\"http:\/\/arjw.wordpress.com\/\">Antoine RJ Wright<\/a>, and it is full of goodies. He is featuring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not one but two posts on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackberry.com\">BlackBerry<\/a> (and I have no involvement in either; cf. my <a href=\"https:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/about\/\">About Me page<\/a> for disclaimers), one looking at its (apparently) impending death and offering advice on how to fix it and one looking at its (apparently) robust health despite recent dips.<\/li>\n<li>A very interesting post on how handset UX affects testing.<\/li>\n<li>A book review on HTML5 and the mobile web.<\/li>\n<li>A report on mobile in the MENA (Middle-East and North Africa) region.<\/li>\n<li>My own little piece on <a href=\"https:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/02\/facebooks-ipo-with-no-mobile-revenues\/\">the mobile component of Facebook&#8217;s IPO<\/a> (hint: there is none).<\/li>\n<li>An interview with one of GigaOm&#8217;s mavens.<\/li>\n<li>Plus about 10 or so more incredibly worthwhile reads including by singularity rockstar Ray Kurzweil, mobile influencer #1 Tomi Ahonen (not my but Forbes&#8217; words) and, and, and&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Go, get a coffee (or green tea, or whatever you feel inclined towards) and allow yourself <a href=\"http:\/\/arjw.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/05\/carnival-of-the-mobilists-no-260-themobilists\/\">half an hour of good reading on all things mobile over here<\/a>. And, if you would like to participate in the carnival yourself, you can: to submit a post, just e-mail <a href=\"mailto:mobilists@gmail.com\">mobilists@gmail.com<\/a>. If you want to host, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/mobili.st\">Mobilists website<\/a> for processes etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As per usual, another week, another carnival (if things were only like this in real life, too&#8230;). This week&#8217;s edition of the Carnival of the Mobilists is being hosted by the formidable Antoine RJ Wright, and it is full of goodies. 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