I got the privilege of sitting in on NTEN’s talk concerning municipal wireless networks. If you sat in that session as well, I was the obnoxious nonconformist in the front row. I love hearing about wireless networks, and Holly Ross didn’t disappoint, though I’ll save my list of grievances with the many city-wide wireless internet providers for another time *grumble grumble knows more than he would like to grumble grumble*. Here is the phrase you must remember now, “O’Reilly gives geek cred.” Writing this blog a couple days after that fact, I can’t remember exactly what it meant, but find someone who was there and ask. Oreillynet.com is a great site for learning more about mobile phone applications and the latest technology.

The presentation’s highlight was Holly’s text messaging demo. I now know why I’m graced with 150 text message a month. I can translate Latin, or get help info with a simple message. Text newsletters are the future, but now legal aid organizations must fine tune that 150 character limit to present their message. For nonprofits, check out http://mobileactive.org to see some of the possibilities for utilizing cell phone technology.

Now, I need to email Holly about doing a presentation on alarm clocks, so I can finally do something useful with mine. Over and out.