C'est what?

This sticker spotted in Paris satirizes the popularity of communication in SMS shorthand. In French: "Is that you? / It's me! / Do you love me? / Shut up!"

Tweets: for fun or for business?

Despite what some people think, tweeting isn't just for fun and lofty status updates. A recent survey of Twitter users revealed that some 56% of people tweeting do so for business-related purposes. 

Twitter has become a forum for social-media gurus and marketers where they can freely interact and exchange ideas, and provides a place where businesses can directly communicate with their consumers.

Thousands of people are using twitter for things like gathering and sharing information, getting inspiration, or finding out the insider scoop on their favorite brand. 

The statistics were revealed at Gravity Summit on Social Media at UCLA Wednesday by social-media expert Rodney Rumford, who called Twitter "a goldmine." For more information, read the article here.

On creativity.

Evolution.

Mobile Giving Foundation: Taking Mobile Beyond Marketing

For those of you who don't know, mobile isn't just for marketers or money makers anymore.  Well, I guess the second part still stands, but at least the money is being used for a good cause, or causes.  The Mobile Giving Foundation, started by a group of veterans in the wireless space in 2006, has made enormous headway in the US to allow charities to take advantage of donating dollars via their mobile phones.  Suddenly, it is now feasible, and very easy, for people to give, on the spot, even if there is no cash in their pocket.  In this economy, when charities are being hit hard and finding it difficult to get as many large donations, it becomes a numbers game.  They need to significantly increase the number of small donations to make up for the fewer larger ones.  What better way to make that happen than being able to use the mobile phone as a channel for donations.  So text away people, just make sure you throw one or two SMS messages in there for the little guy.

For more information on the Mobile Giving Foundation, go to: http://www.mobilegiving.org

Should I charge for an iPhone app, or use ads?

It turns out that if you want to make money then yes. The CPM (cost per thousand ad impressions) on an iPhone app is so low that you're better of charging.  Do the ads networks really value mobile app inventory at the same rate as websites?  Or is this a bit of cream for the networks advertisers at this early stage of the app environment?  Of course if you're a brand wanting to connect with your customers there's no doubt that you shouldn't charge.  However this presentation above should help to show that you'll get most of the use of the app in the first day,so make it compelling.

Throwback Technology.

Polanoid building the largest Polaroid-picture-collection to celebrate instant photography. Its amazing how "throwback" technologies like this garner cult followings as we move to more and more advanced technology. Nowadays, camera phones give you instant photographs (at least digitally). 

luv 2 txt ppl.

Patrick's post got me thinking about the LOL language in general...Wikipedia has an entire page dedicated to SMS language and all of the abbreviations we have come to know and use on a daily basis. Its pretty crazy that these have meaning to millions and millions of people around the world....

Address becomes addy
At the moment becomes atm
Be right back becomes brb
Because becomes cuz, bcuz, bcz, bcos, bc, cos, coz or bcoz
Best friend or Boy friend becomes bf or b/f
Best friend(s) for life becomes bffl
Best friend(s) forever becomes bff
By the way becomes btw
Can't be assed becomes cba
Comment me back becomes cmb (usually used for social networking sites)
Definitely becomes def
Don't worry becomes dw
Forever becomes 4eva or 4evr
For your information becomes fyi
Friend becomes frend
Got to go becomes g2g or gtg
Have a nice day becomes H.A.N.D.
Hold on becomes hld on or h/o
Homework becomes hw, hwk or hmwk
How are you becomes hru
I don't care becomes idc
I don't know becomes idk
I do what I want becomes idwiw
I love you becomes ily, luv u, ilu, or luv ya
If I recall correctly or If I remember correctly becomes iirc
In my opinion becomes imo
In my humble opinion becomes imho
Jokes becomes jks
Just for laughs becomes jfl
Just joking becomes jj
Just kidding becomes jk
Just to let you know becomes jtlyk or j2luk
Know becomes kno or noe
Kiss my teeth becomes kmt
Kiss my ass becomes kma
Laugh out loud becomes lol
Lots of love becomes lol
Laughing my ass off becomes lmao
Laughing quietly to myself becomes lqtm
Message (as in a text message) becomes msg
Never mind becomes nm or nvm (depending on context used)
No problem becomes np
"No thank you" becomes "nty" or "no ty"
Not much becomes nm (depending on context used)
Obviously becomes ovvi or obv
Of course becomes ov cors or ofc
Oh my god becomes omg or (comicly) zomg
Parents over shoulder becomes pos
Please becomes plz or plez
Probably becomes probz, prbly, prolly, or prob
Love becomes <3 or luv
Peace becomes pce, pece, or \/ (V sign)
Right becomes rite
Rolling on the floor laughing (out loud) becomes rofl(ol)
Rolling on (the) floor laughing my ass off becomes roflmao or rotflmao
Red Hot Chili Peppers becomes RHCP
See you/see you later becomes cya, cu, or cya/cu l8er/l8a
Shut the fuck up becomes stfu
Something becomes sth, s/t, or sumthin
Son of a bitch becomes sob
Sorry becomes sry, "soz", or "sori"
Talk to you later becomes ttyl
Tata for now becomes ttfn
says becomes ses or sez
Text becomes txt
Text back becomes txt bck or tb
Thanks becomes thanx, thx, or fnx
Thank you becomes ty or "thnk u"
Thank you very much becomes tyvm
Through The Fire And Flames becomes ttfaf
Tomorrow becomes tom, 2moz, 2moro, 2mrw or 2mara
To be honest becomes tbh
Welcome Back becomes wb
What becomes wat, wut, wht, or wha
Whatever becomes w/e or wateva
No thank you becomes no tnk u or no ty

The future of technology?

You are awesome.