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Trevor Kaufman will be a part of a panel at this year’s OnMedia in New York City, January 29, at noon.
Details:
The New, New Agency: Why Are They Buying All Those Companies?
Moderator: Mark Wasserberger, Managing Director, Montgomery & Co.
Schematic’s San Jose office has just launched Costa Rica’s first-ever PHP group. Starting with a group of about 30 programmers from a wide range of companies, the group will meet on a regular basis to discuss skill development, new ideas, and everything else in the world of PHP.
http://www.costaricaphp.org (in Spanish)
The new Nokia MOSH launched today. Schematic and Nokia teamed up to deliver this combo website/WAP site that allows users to easily download and upload content from their mobile phones.
The Schematic team that delivered this project worked incredibly hard and delivered a fantastic product. It works on all handsets (not just Nokia’s), so go check it out!
http://mosh.nokia.com/
Three of Schematic’s brightest technologists are slated to speak at the php|tek conference in Chicago, from May 20-23 2008.
Ben Ramsey will be running the Zend PHP 5 Certification Crash Course on the tutorial day of the conference.
Brian DeShong will be presenting on two topics: “The Grown-Up Company’s Guide to Development,” along with a new talk entitled “Robust Batch Processing with PHP.”
Maggie Nelson will also be speaking on two topics: “Keeping Your Database and PHP in Sync,” and “Angering Database Gods.”
A big congratulations to all three!
As much as Black Friday has become a part of the American shopping calendar, it looks like Cyber Monday has officially joined the ranks of major shopping holidays.
This year, 90 of the 120 retailers who are part of Shop.org have made special deals on their website for the Monday following Thanksgiving.
Today Amazon.com launched Kindle, an eBook reader that allows customers to download titles directly to the hand-held device.
While eBook readers are nothing new, Kindle is a killer app. Why? Because it solves the problem of adding content quickly and easily. In the past, eBook readers required repeated syncing with a PC. With Kindle, content is delivered via WIFI and EV-DO. That means you can get your content–like books and newspapers–at home, at work, in your car or on a bus.
The Kindle device is priced at $399 and books are $10, so we’ll need to see a price drop before this really takes off.
By: Christian Lander, Associate Manager, Corporate Communications.
Last week, Schematic found itself in the Wall Street Journal with an article about how CEO Trevor Kaufman helped WPP successfully pitch for a multi-billion-dollar AT&T account.
Since new Wall Street Journal owner Rupert Murdoch hasn’t made the site entirely free yet, click here for a scan of the article (.pdf).
Schematic Creative Director David Vegezzi will be speaking today at UIC. He is participating in a series called “Electronic Visuals and The Moving Image,” being held in Chicago.
Music by Bang Sugar Bang, featuring Schematic’s very own Beau DeSilva on drums, will soon be featured on broadcasts and in advertising materials for NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
The song may even become the program’s new opening theme, an honor previously given to such platinum artists as Pink and Faith Hill.
Congratulations Beau!
By: Christian Lander, Associate Manager, Corporate Communications
It means “to touch,” and it’s finally coming: the long-awaited Nokia technology that pairs touchscreen text input with true tactile response. It allows users to type at reasonable speeds on a touchscreen, using two small sub-screen piezo sensor pads. Folks say this could revolutionize the entire handheld industry.
Next up: tactile replicas for scrolling and draw/paint programs.
Look for the Haptikos technology on the upcoming Nokia S60 Touch phone.
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