Month: August 2010
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Exploring Grimsey, Iceland’s Northernmost Rock Island
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During my recent expedition across Iceland, I had the opportunity to venture northwards towards the North Pole to the rock island outpost of Grimsey. Read about my complete Expedition Around Iceland From Wikipedia: Grímsey is a small Icelandic island, 40 kilometres (25 mi) off the north coast of the main island of Iceland and straddling…
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DigiDay:Apps Mobile Applications Strategy Conference
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I spent the day today at the DigiDay:Apps Mobile Application Strategy Conference. Agenda on Digiday’s site. Below are my brief notes from a few of the talks. App Show and Tell Part II: Presenter:Gabe Dorosz, VP & Management Supervisor, Interactive, Cramer-Krasselt Downloading apps currently is difficult because there are too many handsets/platforms, lack of platform…
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Tweets the week of 2010-08-15:
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Placecast creates game-changing solutions for location-based mobile marketing, advertising and content management https://icio.us/2ho5uy # Great overview on Best Practices for Mobile Search Marketing Campaigns from @sengineland https://icio.us/scvzfl #
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Into the Arctic: Iceland
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This past July, I spent time traveling around Iceland. Full field notes are posted here. During the trip, I kept both my Apple iPhone 4 and my Canon EOS 5Dmk2 cameras close by. The iPhone4 has an excellent 5 megapixel camera in it, geotags each photo, and is small and pocket-able – it was perfect…
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Road Tripping Through Iceland
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This past July, 2010, I explored Iceland with my Finnish friend Sari Laukka. We rented a car in Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, and drove a complete lap around the country on Route 1. Route 1 is the only road that circumnavigates the entire country, and passes through an incredible amount of different terrain. Overall, the trip…
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Iceland Day Ten – Reykjavik to New York
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Today was my last day in Iceland, and a relaxing one. Kelly and I went over to meet Louise at the pool, and we relaxed in the hot pot for a bit. A true Icelandic way to end a thoroughly Icelandic trip. Tonight, I’m flying back to New York. Stay tuned for the trip wrapup.…