Have been experimenting with a Nokia N95 8Gb smartphone for streaming live video to the web. Here is an example.

I have spent the past week at the Asian Publishing Convention in Singapore, where I gave 4 presentations. That is my excuse for the limited blog update. It’s frustrating how many hotels around the world try to make money selling Internet connections. My Singapore hotel charged $S15 ($US10.60) for 5 hours. The Net is like a utility such as sewerage or electricity. So charging for the Net is like paying to have a shower. Given I was in Asia, it’s relevant to point out that China is number one in both the number of mobile subscribers and mobile data users. In fact, 85% of mobile subscribers and 87% of mobile data subscribers are in non-US markets.

A comment by News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch, when announcing his company’s fourth quarter results, resonated with me. While noting that the newspaper sector was changing, he also said that “companies willing to invest in new forms of delivery, which have a commitment to quality, will prosper”. Right on Rupert!

Here are two cool map sites that will give you some fun. And we all need some fun in our lives.  Twittervision offers a map of the world map that jumps to where someone is tweeting, and shows the tweet. And the other does the same when someone updates Wikipedia.