This isn't technically a post about mobile media, but it's still pretty darn interesting. Someone dug up an archive of the first Web page ever posted. I remember this period, and lots of people were talking about things like "Gopher" and "FTP" without really understanding what they were (unless they were true, dyed-in-the-wool, nerds).

Flash for lightweights

Wanna try Flash Lite? Check out this primer. And here's a paper on designing for mobile devices.

I fought the law ...

I recently had the unpleasant experience of being stopped by the police and illegally searched because I was doing something totally legal on public property: shooting video of Bridgeport Harbor. So I sympathize with this dude, who got his stones busted just for watching a movie on his iPhone.

Barring all

The technology chief of the New York Times' parent company is betting on bar codes as a way for future mobiles to interact with the rest of the world -- even print newspapers. Makes sense. Here's the story.

Vonaphone offers Second Life service

The boundaries between SL and RL continue to blur.

History repeating itself?

Apple has come a long way over the years. But one of the reasons it's not where Microsoft is now is because the company has always insisted on control over both the hardware and software. Where Bill Gates encouraged one and all to install Windows on any machine that could handle it, Steve Jobs insisted on vertical integration: Apple software running on Apple machines. There are benefits to this approach -- one company, one vision, one product. But the drawbacks are painfully obvious when you look at Apple's single-digit share in the personal computer market.

So here's what I'm getting at: Is Apple risking repeating history by blocking third-party developers on the iPhone?