Cell phones and something about Scandinavian Literature (Computers in Libraries conference 2009:3)

Published on 2009-04-23
 

The cell phones are taking over but the concept of the book is still kicking. By one estimate the cell phone activity on the internet will trump the pc:s by 2020. The apps for the I-phone and for the Google Android platform are exploding. There are at least 25 000! And 2400 apps which have something to do with books!! And these platforms have not been out there for long. Megan Fox’s (Simmons College Library) presentation about cell phones demonstrates a new world out there evolving the last year, the last months, especially with these new technologies. She talked wind sensitivity apps (blow a kiss!), accelerometer apps, image identifiers like http://snaptell.com/ (possibility: send the book image to the store/library and get automatically price or loans status), compass mode (Android) and maybe the “worst” app: The Librarian app (voice level checker). Having Bio. (biography.com) and Britannica available via the phone is now a natural thing. There are still some work to be done to have a library system app in full bloom available but e g III and Axiell have versions in different varieties (please try this one http://m.bookdesire.se/lsb).

The mobile site builder – On the site MobiSiteGalore you can build mobile web pages and apps for free. “Most Innovative Enterprise Mobile Internet Application” in 2008.

And a last tip: Try searchcloud.net where you decide on the relative importance of every search word (from Mary Ellen Bates presentation).

And a last notice: Picking up a bookmark at Kramerbooks&afterwords I read the recommendation for the two books from Scandinavia:
Stieg Larssons The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
“Swedish financial thriller (what?) with serial killing, cyberpunks, bumping sex, snow and a zillion plotlines. Masterful”
Morten Ramslands Doghead
“Three generations of a Norwegian-Danish clan. Full of angst, booze, retardation, and tattooed phalluses. Very funny.”
 
We do write some interesting novels in Scandinavia …

 
Written by: Boris Ukotic Zetterlund
Categories: cil 2009 cell phone
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