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Kingsley asked me some time ago why I consider the screen resolution of iPhone / iPod Touch too small for normal web browsing. For context see: Tech Today: SemWeb SDForum event and Apple iPod Touch.

While iPhone has got a lot of attention its screen is not that brilliant. It could be enough for many - when making a phone call or looking at a map (zoom in/out works nice in this case) but it pales when compared to screens in, e.g., Nokia N-Series handhelds:

• iPhone: 320×480 pix, 3.5 in, color LCD
• Nokia N770: 800×480 pix, 4.1 in, 65k color LCD

In the image above you can see a snapshot of a NASA TV video of one of this year’s Space Shuttle landings. Now, you can see the crisp details of the Nokia’s user interface, but why does this picture shows a noisy, low resolution video of a Shuttle landing?

The reason: Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-122 is now in the process of landing at the Kennedy Space Center, scheduled for 9:07 a.m EST. Space Shuttle landings are always a fascinating event (it’s also one of the most complex machines ever built by a man) and you can follow it on NASA TV (link above).

Live coverage: NASA’s STS-122 Landing Blog

The Social Network Portability WebCamp “unconference” / workshop will take place in Cork, Ireland in less than a month - on March 2, 2008. It lists an interesting range of presentations on various aspects of social network portability (FOAF, microformats, …), data portability and beyond. See the list of speakers for more information.

Looking forward to see you there. If you have a related presentation topic in mind, feel free to add your name to the list of speakers (or to the list participants if you will be there to listen).

The workshop will be followed by the BlogTalk 2008 Conference on Social Software on March 3-4, 2008. This promises to be an exciting event on its own (see the program for full details) with some cool invited talks:

• “Entrepreneurship and social media” by Salim Ismail, Yahoo!
• “Lessons learned from designing social software” by Rashmi Sinha, Uzanto (SlideShare, MindCanvas)
• “Semantic social software: the Semantic Web for consumers” by Nova Spivack, Radar Networks (Twine)

Related:

• Programme announced for BlogTalk 2008 [2008-01-23]
• WebCamp: Social Networks = success [2007-03-13] - report about the 1st WebCamp “unconference” + slides

Tags: data portability | social network portability | webcamp |