Dutch broadcaster VARA’s digital television channel ConsumentenTV has an item (in Dutch) about future visions of the telephone. I am one of the people […] Read More
Tag: mobile phone
Just wrote a post about a story in the NY Times called “The Cellphone, Navigating Our Lives“. In this story, it is argued that the […] Read More
Yeah yeah, so much for participatory observation in research… I am finally on Twitter. Reading this article – which appeared a few months ago – […] Read More
Here is a great case of mobile phones playing a role in mass media reports, and their ‘playful’ characteristics in story-telling: Last Friday, December 19 […] Read More
Tomorrow (Tuesday November 11 from 15:30 to 17:30) I will do a talk about the mobile phone in Indonesia and popular culture for the Studium […] Read More
Just for laughs. Philip Freriks presents the news on the Dutch public television. At the end of the news, during the weather news, his phone […] Read More
An interesting question raised by Wired Magazine’s Gadget Lab (Via Textuality): “Is Text Messaging Making Subtitles Popular?” According to Actress Kristin Scott Thomas, the ubiquity […] Read More
Dutch newssite nu.nl writes about a recent research by Hi, a telecom provider targeted at young people. According to this research involving 1017 people between […] Read More
A recent ethnographic study done in France says young people have a different relation with their phone than most adults. Or rather, through their mobile […] Read More
[I wrote this blogpost earlier for The Mobile City] The BBC reports that Cubans get access to mobile phones, as Raul Castro lifts the ban […] Read More
I got this pic a little while ago from a colleague (thanks Tina!). I think it’s very funny. (source appears to be PersianHub.org).
Sad as it is, the Joran van der Sloot and Natalee Holloway case has a funny side to it. And the mobile phone plays a […] Read More
This is Ramon. I met him at my favorite soto ayam breakfast spot at Jl. Ki Mangun Sarkoro. He has a very special job. He […] Read More
One of the most interesting and dynamic discussions in Indonesia is how to combine Islam with modernity. It is a complicated debate, which would merit […] Read More
When I was in Roxy Mas the other day, I got a ringtone from this guy, an antique Indonesian song called “Si Jantung Hati” (= […] Read More
This really unclear picture is from Telset Magazine (edisi 74 July 2007, p.16), one of the many handphone magazines in Indonesia. It shows a queue […] Read More
Yesterday I visited Roxy Mas in the Cideng neighborhood just west of central Jakarta. According to most people Roxy Mas and neigboring Roxy Square is […] Read More
Lucky capture while drinking coffee in a downstairs coffee bar in Mall Ambassador. People at all tables seemed very engaged in their mobile media, yet […] Read More
It’s great to be back in Jakarta! Yesterday I looked for a room for the coming weeks. Today I went to Mall Ambassador, Jl. Satrio/Casablanca. […] Read More
(via SmartMobs) Former Nigerian minister of finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala promotes investing in Africa. On of the interesting examples she gives is the privatization and rapid […] Read More