Today was the workshop day at ACM MM 2009. I felt that we had too many workshops. I gave keynote at one and presented a paper at another. So whole day was shuttling between the two workshops. I did enjoy…
ACM Multimedia 2009
I am attending ACM Multimedia 2009 conference. This is a premier conference in the field and is the main reason for me to be in China on this trip. The conference is going very well. It is a well organized…
Again in China
Events in my life have brought me to China again. This time for several workshops and ACM Multimedia Conference. I have a hectic professional schedule — exactly opposite of the trip a month ago. Today I am at Huang Shan…
Mobile Money — or power of mobile phones to transform
Economist has a very interesting article (Thanks Neil for pointing this to me) about use of mobile phones to transact money. By allowing this, it gives the facility to have your checkbook or online banking facilities to people even in…
Clicking on the Real WOrld
San Francisco based GeoVector has a product that uses GPS and compass technology (on mobile phones) to allow you to point your phone to a particular shop or building and get information about it. You can point to a store…