http://continuations.disqus.com/enThu, 28 May 2009 06:40:43 -0000http://continuations.com/post/109980552#comment-10144740<p>Good point - someone must already be doing this - if not seems like a good opportunity</p>albertThu, 28 May 2009 06:40:43 -0000http://continuations.com/post/109980552#comment-10069001<p>I think an SMS command line will likely be the easiest way to offer up internet content in the developing world. You can have a separate application which offers a menu structure to help people construct the SMS queries. That'll be your super-lightweight system delivering mission critical information (weather, traffic, personal calendar, commodity prices) to the next billion netizens.</p>qwangWed, 27 May 2009 12:04:01 -0000http://continuations.com/post/109980552#comment-9561067<p>Agree that kind openness would be key. There could be default services, eg for stock quotes but with an ability to select a different provider. And more importantly as you point out access existing services.</p><p>But until there is more of this on twitter I will definitely be using google sms more. Glad to have found it this way!</p>albertTue, 19 May 2009 22:07:06 -0000http://continuations.com/post/109980552#comment-9561061<p>Striking the right balance between user experience and openness of the ecosystem is one of the hardest tradeoffs.</p>albertTue, 19 May 2009 22:06:59 -0000http://continuations.com/post/109980552#comment-9561046<p>Tried it out and worked great for the first two queries, returned garbage for the third. Now have to learn more about whether they have an open architecture on the back. Surprised they don't promote this when you go to <a href="http://google.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="google.com">google.com</a> from mobile browser.</p>albertTue, 19 May 2009 22:06:33 -0000http://continuations.com/post/109980552#comment-9561026<p>Have to try it out - embarrassingly was not aware it existed!</p>albertTue, 19 May 2009 22:06:11 -0000http://continuations.com/post/109980552#comment-9536098<p>Don Norman has been talking about this for a while: <a href="http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/ui_breakthroughcomma.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/ui_breakthroughcomma.html">http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/u...</a></p><p>As for Google SMS, the real value is in being able to tie the command line to webservices you actually use. We played around with this a bit at Mobile Commons but it's better suited to a public service like Twitter where general behavior patterns can emerge more quickly and people can integrate to the webservices of their choice.</p>christmasgorillaTue, 19 May 2009 10:34:28 -0000http://continuations.com/post/109980552#comment-9535541<p>yes, i agree albert. one of the things i expect this to lead to is for platforms to establish procedures by which standards are adopted. for instance in the case of twitter, as its ecosystem grows, IMO those building on top of it will want to have greater say in how such standards are created, as it will affect their business. in this way i think governance becomes a key basis of competition.</p>kidmercuryTue, 19 May 2009 10:23:38 -0000http://continuations.com/post/109980552#comment-9534695<p>Google SMS will do a lot of this for you, no? 466453</p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/default/sms.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/default/sms.html">http://www.google.com/intl/...</a></p><p>(tho still not returning crossstreets with address lookups... viva la dodgeball!)</p>densTue, 19 May 2009 09:51:57 -0000