There are 3 times as many mobile users globally as there are PC based internet users and in the future many people's first experience of the internet will be using their Mobile. No technology is more personal and local than the Mobile phone. This presentation looks at what is driving this rapid change and how can you can use it to benefit your Local Government. Then we look at what changes are on the horizon and how you can prepare for and manage this continuous flood of change.

1. The future of
Mobile...
...in Local Govt.
@nambor #lgwn
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2. The future of
Mobile...
- where have we come from?
- where are we headed?
- what can I do?
- what is the impact?
- what's coming next?
...in Local Govt.

3. 1. where have we come from?

4. the public sphere
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5. printed media
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6. broadcast radio
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7. broadcast television
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8. then came two way networks
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9. the growth of the internet
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10. wired say the web is dead
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11. boing boing disagree
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12. it's the access method dummy
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13. telephones
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14. networked computers
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15. mobile phones
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16. growth of the mobile internet
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17. phones by market share
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18. things are changing quickly
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19. 2. where are we headed?

20. The future of
Mobile...
multiple personal devices
...in Local Govt.

21. fragmentation of devices

22. personal computers
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23. mobile phones
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24. tablet computers
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25. platforms are fragmented

26. at multiple levels

27. android
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28. ios
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29. blackberry
symbian
windows mobile/phone
bada
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30. varying network quality
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31. dial-up
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32. DSL
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33. wifi
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34. 3G
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35. 4G+
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36. NBN
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37. 3. what can I do?

38. The future of
Mobile...
here are some tips that can help
make this more manageable
...in Local Govt.

39. the network is the constant
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40. the web is the heart
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41. openness makes it work
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42. open APIs set you free
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43. The future of
Mobile...
Mobile projects can drive the
development of open APIs that
enable other devices and
systems
...in Local Govt.

44. start with simple nouns & verbs
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45. feed your people
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46. rss
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47. RDFa and microformats
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48. help people link things
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49. permalinks
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50. short URLs
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51. what sort of things?
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52. locations
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53. events
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54. things
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55. help your users create
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56. hackers
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57. connectors
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58. facebook style
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59. twitter style
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60. 4. what is the impact?

61. will it change your world?
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62. natural selection is painful
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63. you could stand in it's path
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64. or you could unleash it
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65. how do you measure change?
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66. interactions
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67. transactions
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68. decisions
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69. resolution
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70. sentiment
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71. satisfaction
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72. The future of
Mobile...
- treat it as one network
- create open web based APIs
- start with simple nouns & verbs
- focus on linking
- link locations, events and things
- help your users create
- measure the impact
- rinse, stir and repeat
...in Local Govt.

73. 5. what's coming next?

74. mobile augmented reality
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75. wearable computing
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76. pervasive computing?
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77. really pervasive computing
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78. The future of
Mobile...
IT IS HERE NOW!
Please discuss...
...in Local Govt.
@nambor #lgwn