Good tips

Some tips came from Microsoft on how you improve your camera phone picture.

1. Adjust Image Compression (good tip)
2. Frame Your Shot (hmm, yes, also a good one)
3. Get Artsy (hey, I said that first:-)
4. Move Your Images from Device to PC and Back (ehh ok?)
5. Share Your Images (yesss -MOBLOG THEM!)

Via Bcellphones.com

Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

Mobilblogg.net

Yes we know- it's full of Swedes jabbering in swedish. But we want users from all over the world.

Come on in and try, if it does'nt work, well be happy to help you. Mail info@mobilblogg.nu for support.

Create an account (for free) and send your mobile picture to add@mobilblogg.nu as an mms or e mail. More on the topic at mobilblogg.net


Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog
Categories: community

More about citizen journalism, and moblogs

and cameraphones.

Once upon a time, reporters were heroes. Maybe moblogging will help revive the endangered and vital tradition.

Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

Rise of the moblogstars 2

3 is offering a new service called See Me TV. Content to be downloaded to phone only. 1p per download goes to the content creator - the star, who provides a 30 sec videoclip. And there are 3.2 million 3 customers in the audience.

I wonder When and if a moblog will follow?

Read more

Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

Movlog

Remember how I talked about the word movlog being used more and more..?

Stumbeled over this newly launched website for videocasting. The word Movlog is on the frontpage.

I havent tried mooom, in fact I havent even signed up. Im just pleased to see the definition between vlog and movlog being clearer.

Hm.. is movlog a japanses word? A technoratisearch on movlog certainly suggests so. Almost all hits are from japansese blogs. (If they're not from this blog :-)

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Categories: moblog

Categorization of moblogs

Was interviewed by a reporter here in Sweden writing an article about moblogging.

He asked "How many moblogs are there" which is an interesting question.

To answer that we need to define - what is a moblog?
Is it
1-A persons, or group of persons, blog, updated via mobile phone? (then, it's impossible to count how many there are)
or
2- is it a publishing platform, a moblog tool, where you can create a moblog? (like http://www.mobilblogg.net/ ). Lets call them "Moblog Publishers"

That was what the question was about (I asked him)- how many moblog publishers are there?

Well -there are three types of moblog publishers:
-the clean mobloggers, (lots of community functions, example: textamerica, )
-the blogtools with support for mobile publishing (lots of blogging functionality, RSS, Ping, rackback etc- example: blogger).
-and the third which is picturesharing, . Not intended for blogging but working fine from cellphones. (lots of tagging and search, example: Flickr)

I think the reporter meant category one moblogging with his question, the "clean mobloggers".

And how many textamericalike moblogtools are there?

My guess is hundreds, but not thousands... I'm trying to keep track of them but I find new ones every day. So my guess will be about 150-200. The big ones being in English or Japanese. Smaller ones in Polish, Finnish, Swedish and so on. (just try every domain for the word moblog, http://www.moblog.pl/ http://www.moblog.nl and so on :-).

But are they blogs or are they communitys, social softwares? For most cases I'd like to answer: both, but leaning on communitys. Some lay emphasis on pictures, some on blogging. Some allow private password protected pictures and and most allows personal pages and ablums, but some don't.

Some, like mobilblogg.net, tries to do everything.

NOTE: Some Moblogs are small and closed. Open for public to view, but offers no way to publish.

I focus on the bigger ones that wants you to register and create your own moblog.

Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

iPod video's means boost to movlogs?

iPod video's means boost to movlogs?
Since most movlogs are rather small, and of poorer quality compared to many other video formats, they are well suited to watch in your iPod. The size of the screen on an iPod is about the same as a 3pg recorded on your mobile was meant for (the screen on your mobile).

What I haven't figured out yet is which video formats iPod supports and can play (.mpeg, 3pg, .mov .mp4?)

Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

The Moblog Star

In one of the "sleeping sites"(this one funded by Nokia) covering Moblogging I found this interesting prediction:

(....) given the reputation-based nature of weblogs -- in which the good stuff gets discovered and publicized immediately -- we are going to witness an entirely new kind of celebrity: the moblog star.

The rise of moblog stars. The idea is not bad, with all the docusoaps on TV this could get very good. All you need is a good setup, a cameraphone and a moblog.

And of course, a lot of PR

Again, this article is old (2003). Is there a moblog star out there that I don't know of? Send me an e mail.

Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

Sony Ericsson Experience - Moblog

I have been mentioning Nokias Lifeblog in some posts now, so I thought I'd better write a line about Sony Ericssons moblog.

You didn't knew it existed? You'r not alone. Not much happening there, and how on earth are you supposed to find your way to it? My guess is that it is a testarea, not really meant to be open and free for all to post at.

Yesterday they had 4 posts. And you are restricted to use e-mail only... well.. at least it works from both phone and computer, so you'r not obliged to use a SE phone (which I, by the way, do)

IS this a moblog or is it a mailblog? or a mail message board? (where are the "blog" features of this moblog?). Where do i register my account? How do I find my pictures again? Can I tag and/or use albums?

Is this it?

Listen , Mr Sony Ericsson, do You take this seriously or not? Or have I by mistake found something that wasn't supposed to be a public moblog? Or is it something from 2003 you never bothered to unpublish?

Another explanation could be that more will follow...

Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

Where are the Mobarazzi pics?

There has been some talk for example here here and there about the rise of paparazzi camerapics of celebrities. But where are the pics?

Few actual mobarazzi pictures have made headlines.

The picture of Prins Harry in a Nazi uniform is supposedly taken by a cameraphone (but not blogged).

Some of the first pics of the London Bombing were from mobile cameras, and posted on blogs and Flickr.

We can expect this mobarazzi thing to grow, but so far, considering how many potential mobarazzi's are out there, there isnt´t much to see.

Note:
Mobarazzis are sometimes called snapparazzis.

Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

Moblomagraphy (!?)

This could be something to breed with for mobloggers?

http://www.lomography.com/

Read the ten rules of Lomography. (sort of Dogma Manifesto)

Rule #1 "take your camera everywhere you go"

Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

What if Jesus moblogged?

Have you ever engaged in the discussion "what if..." What if D day had failed? What if my mom never met my dad? What if...

What if cameraphones and moblogs had been invented 100 years ago? A 1000 years ago.. or more?

What if all moblogs will stay on the internet for over a 100 years? A 1000 years? ...or more? Imagine finding the moblog of Julius Caesar, or Patton... or maybe one of their grunts.

Who's moblog would You like to find on some long-forgotten url?

Or which persons moblog from today would you like to follow? The pope? Usama Bin Ladins? Paris Hilton?

Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

No news?

The sites and Blogs I found (using technorati) specifically writing about Moblogging are often pretty good , or actually very good, BUT -Not updated. They seem to be asleep.

Is nothing happening?

Is moblogging as a standalone phenomenon not cool enough to draw attention anymore?

Well, I have to answer that last question by saying - yes and no.

NO- It's not cool enough in itself among the (as they sometimes are called) alpha geeks. They now talk about Web 2.0 where moblogging plays an important part of something larger. But gains little attention in itself. It's meshed up with bloggtools, flickr and so on.

YES- It's cool (or hot ) enough in itself because it is being discovered by the the non-geeks (beta geeks?), the people we want as users. And they think it's fantastic. (or do they...?:-)
It could also be said this way:

Moblogging is not, and has never been, a phenomenon in itself worth fulltime attention. When moblogging in its purest form, defined as posting a picture taken by cameraphone via MMS/mail on the web, was done for the first time, it was over.

From there it was blogging. With pictures. Using the phone.

If your interest is moblogging, study blogging (which includes moblogging)or maybe the development of cameraphones, as for example on Picturephoning.com . The difference isn't important anymore.

What is being said about moblogs has alrady been said about blogs (You know-the speed, the user friendliness, the bottom -up newsflow/citizen journalism. the threats and possibilities of this and what will happen when anybody for free can say anything?)

That may be the answer to why such nice blogs as http://www.moblogging.org/ and http://moblog.busythumbs.com/ fell asleep.

Moblogging is getting mainstream and everywhere, like e-mail. Nobody has a blogg covering the development from the "E-mail industry"...


Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

What might Google do?

Deep Nishar, Google's director of mobile strategies is clear-sighted (almost stating the obvious) by saying:

“People like to take pictures on their phone and then they get frustrated because they don't know what to do with them,”

He then comes to the one and only correct conclusion by seeing blogging as a highly useful application of SMS and MSS messaging.

And what might google be up to?

Some answers might be found in this interesting article from AboutNetwork

Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

Well said.

Let me Quote Joi Ito:

Moblogging is just mail-to-web. Moblogging is just an extention of wearable computing. Fine. Call it whatever you like, but let's do it, make it widely available and have fun and change the world.

Beautiful! Lets, Moblog, and while doing it, change the world!

Via Joi Ito's Outline

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Categories: moblog

Moblogging revolutionizes PR Industry?

Found an old article where Steve Rubel at Micro Persuasion writes very interestingly:
Moblogging – short for "mobile blogging" – will have a bigger impact on the public relations industry than any other technological change in the past five years.

Well said, but this post is over a year old now. Anyone that knows of moblogging being used in a PR campaign, please send me a link. There surely must be! ( I have one or two examples myself, but indeed small ones)

From another article by Steve Rubel
"Voyeurs who spot celebrities in less than flattering situations will thrill in the chance to break the news online before the pros do."

Mmm.. anyone has an example? Mail me, I'd be more than thankful.

What will happen is that the pros will get mobloggs, and will ask the Voyeurs to post to them.

This has already happened, by the way.

My e mail adress muzagga@muzagga.nu

Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

Nokia's Lifeblog

Nokia have some interesting stuff going on with their Lifeblog.

You Blog - but do You Moblog?
Don't just post from your PC - post on the go with Lifeblog!

So Lifeblog is a tool that can be used for moblogging? Funny, I havent seen SonyEricsson or any other Nokia Competitor work on similar projects. It should be interesting for those companies to develop handy blogtools as well. What else are we supposed to do with our phonecams and videolclips?

Very good, Nokia!

So for the bad part: I haven't tried Nikoia Lifeblog for the following reason: I have a MAC.

IF I had a PC with:
*Microsoft® Windows® 2000 (Service Pack 4 or later) or Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or later)" and so on, I still would have to have a :
*"Nokia PC Suite" and " USB port or Bluetooth wireless connection (to connect to phone)"

and whoops, there we are.

Too difficult for for anyones mom (anyones Mom always being the preferred example user for new programs and services).

My guess is that Nokia's not interested in having my mom as a customer for Lifeblog, (well, not yet).

But still.. there are easier moblogs for free on the web, that doesnt demand you have a NOKIA phone, USB or anything. They doesn't even demand you have a computer!

To wrap this up I still must say that I am very positive about the Lifeblog. It will give pressure on other mobile phone manufacturers to come up with similar sollutions - and to existing moblog and photosharing publishers (such as mobilblogg.net)to come up with new and better features.

UPDATE: Thx to a comment from Hugo I now know You can use Lifeblog as a moblog - no sys req's.

"To moblog with Lifeblog (i.e. blog from the phone), you don't need any USB cables or any Bluetooth installed, or even a PC. Just pop your blog settings in and blog away.

You need to connect to the PC if you want to synch your data to the PC Lifeblog application "


Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

New Feature at Mobilblogg.net

A MMS sent to blog@mobilblogg.net will NOT be posted on the first page.

If you want a moblog, looking like mobilblogg.net/muzagga but do NOT want the community to see when you'r moblogging then this is the feature for you. Pictures sent to blog@mobilblogg.net will only be posted at mobilblogg.net/YOUR_USERNAME

You can always use the add@mobilblogg.net for those pictures you want to share via the first page.

And for those pictures you want to keep for yourself, use private@mobilblogg.net


Categories: moblogging
Categories: moblog

Word of mouth - visual blogging

Is moblogging better than textblogging for WOM marketing? Well- it's not ALWAYS better, but when it comes to locations (resorts, restaurants) and physical products a photo or a movie is a nice illustration.

But also politicians moblog, to promote themselves. Pictures from their daily life makes them come closer to their voters.

At mobliblogg.net/fubbick (a small company specialising in t-shirt sales with motives for districts within the Swedish city of Malmö) writes reviews of restaurants, bars and fairs from the different neighbourhoods of Malmö.

When asked they claim that moblogging is the smartest solution for them. A picture and a text written from the location, is better than plain textblogging. Also, when writing reviews of events, they publish faster than the media and other blogs.

Categories: moblogging

Moblogging games

I wonder why nobody has produced a game based on moblogging? The possibilities should be endless.

The game can be as a campaign for some company (the obvious choice is an mobile operator, First one to spot and moblogg Beckaham wins .. whatever)

Or it can be more for the game in itself, since moblogging is based on photos/cards some sort of cardgame could be developed for moblogging - remember pokemon cards? Why not let them be for sale as MMSses?

And with the different templates/frames that can be used to your MMS, why not include a cross-hair and let people snipe each other? One pic- one kill. Confirmed via moblogging?

I think there is a lot to explore around moblogging and games.

Categories: moblogging

Word of mouth marketing

Ni Jian from Nokias Lifeblog "feels that mobile blogging is an important channel for WOM marketing."

Wom is "Word of mouth" and I have the perfect example:

This post made by a moblogger made me by these shoes, from Blackdot.

Those sneakers are sold by adbusters, and promoted via WOM only!

Via WOM STUDY

Hmm.. this is the second time I mention shoes in combination with moblogging.


Categories: moblogging

Moblogging - no thanks

Well.. moblogging is maybe not for everybody.

Lisbeth writes about her experience wih moblogging:

I have discovered one, no actually three major differences between moblogging and regular blogging, which have a tendency to make me NOT want to moblog :(.

Here is some of Lisbeth´s thoughts about the differences with blogging from the phone:
1- expensive (at least, MORE expensive than regular blogging)
2- No way in editing blog entrys (well... that depends on which moblogsoftware are being used)
3- The final difference is that of when and what I blog.

read more at Lisbet´s blog


I find the third argument, the "when and why", most interesting. I moblog for three reasons:
1- the regular blogpost- something I want to say and have been thinking about for some time. The picture is more an illustration and (sometimes hard to find). Example book review
2- The spontanious snapshot, the "shit, I gotta blog this" Example, brother diving like a whale
3- As a reaction to someone elses blogpost. More a community action generated by activity at the first page. Example, mobloggers started blogging their shoes.

Categories: moblogging

Moblogging 2.0 - why not?

Yes, why not? There is some discussion what the word Moblogging is supposed to include.

I personally think that has been settled by the public as "updating your web based blog via your cellphone". All other definitions of the word simply are too late.. the masses have spoken.

Now, when we move towards consumpting the blog via the phone as well, that is called moblogging 2.0 (And why not? With all the hype about web 2.0 why not let moblogs be part of it?) (well.. Moblogging is a natural part of Web 2.0)

read more about moblogging 2.0 at

Moblogher

read another definition of moblogging than mine

at Dave Winer's blog or here:

Moblogging is any activity that occurs away from your normal blog-writing place whose purpose is to create content for your blog

More Quotes at Mobilejones

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Mobcasting

Mobcasting,
Mobile phone podcasting is the idea of using a mobile phone to post RSS-enabled audio, or podcasts, to the Internet.

Hmm.. interesting! Cool... I like..

Read more at Andy Carvins Blog Mobcasting

Moblogging for the media

If you have a cameraphone and happen to see something newsworthy, these sites might help you sell your picture. Fully "moblogable" - picture sent directly from cellphone as MMS!

read more at:

Cell Journalist
Scoopt

VIA infodesign.no

Community moblog

At mobilblogg.net we -from day one- let all the latest pictures be posted in chronological order on the first page. This, in combination with the comments soon spawned a community we had not meant to create. (we expected the personal blog-view to be the main attraction, but to the majority of our users it turned out to be the first page).

However, this community soon proved to be very useful. Members recruited new members, came with ideas and requests on new features and told us their combination of phone/operator and by generally playing around with different themes, content and pinging some Swedish bloglists, created a buzz around our name.

One of them even was dubbed "Blogger of the day" in Swedens biggest evening papers.

Thanks to the community we grew to be the biggest moblog in Sweden.

Thank you dear community!

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Categories: community

Categories: SocialSoftware

Some good movlog postings

Here´s some of my favourites among the movies posted by mobloggers at mobilblogg.net

Firstly: Some guy filmed his colleague eating lunch and added some sound effects to that

Second:And this one's my own, my brother fails to dive.

Third: movlog from Tivolis main attraction, on the way DOWN (and remember- no phones allowed on that ride!!)

Categories: moblog

Categories: movlog