http://www.andifriedman.com A work in progress. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:05:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the things I love about what I do is the enormous variety of projects and challenges we get to sink our teeth into. Normally, I would use such a turn of phrase entirely metaphorically - except in the case of our launch of the new Debonairs Pizza online ... http://www.andifriedman.com/index.php/2010/07/testing-can-be-tasty/ I read an interesting post from Steve Song earlier entitled "Why SMS in Africa" which outlines why SMS will remain relevant in the African context for some time to come. I agree with Steve that both IP and non-IP technologies should be considered but want to elaborate on the challenges ... http://www.andifriedman.com/index.php/2010/02/why-not-sms-in-africa/ Being the first day of 2010 and with the prospect of returning to work (full time) on Monday, I thought it was a good opportunity to jot down a quick post to reflect on the ups, downs, successes and challenges of the year that has been. For those who know me ... http://www.andifriedman.com/index.php/2010/01/looking-back-at-2009/ For some time, we've had an ambition to leverage the platform provided by Mobile Researcher to do more than simply collect data. We felt that the ability for ordinary mobile phone users to download and use the mobile application provided a great opportunity to involve them in something significant. With this ... http://www.andifriedman.com/index.php/2009/11/mobenzi/ Back in 2006, we began work on a solution for conducting surveys using low end mobile phones to assist a South African NGO - the Health Systems Trust - with a rural research project. The solution could not rely on stable network connectivity and needed to support surveys of significant ... http://www.andifriedman.com/index.php/2009/10/mobile-researcher/ The MobileActive08 conference, due to take place between 13 and 15 October in Johannesburg, South Africa will bring together a wide spectrum of stakeholders to explore, discuss, debate and discover methods to "unlock the potential of mobile technology for social impact". Being avid proponents of the important role which mobile and ... http://www.andifriedman.com/index.php/2008/10/mobile-technology-for-social-impact/ WAP stands for Wireless Application Protocol. As the definition states, WAP is in fact a protocol or standard which has many different facets to it. The most common use of the protocol is in the production of "WAP sites" or mobile websites. Traditionally, WAP sites were created using a language ... http://www.andifriedman.com/index.php/2007/08/a-comparison-of-mobile-technologies-part-2-wap-or-mobile-web/ SMS stands for Short Message Service. Almost anyone who owns a mobile phone is comfortable with SMS (even George from the Vodacom adverts). Billions of SMS messages are sent each year where the majority are sent from one person to another. When one looks at leveraging SMS for mobile service ... http://www.andifriedman.com/index.php/2007/06/a-comparison-of-mobile-technologies-part-1-custom-sms-solutions/ So, you've established that you need to embrace the future and take your business, product or service mobile. That's a good start. But how do you deliver your content to your users - be they staff, customers or other businesses? There are a number of techniques available - all which ... http://www.andifriedman.com/index.php/2007/06/a-comparison-of-mobile-technologies/ We recently launched the all new Cell C Direct website. The website showcases some really neat features such as a "dream deal creator" which allows you to design your own package in a user-friendly, interactive environment. The new site showcases a number of Flash clips which both enhance and support the ... http://www.andifriedman.com/index.php/2007/03/clyral-launches-new-cell-c-direct-website/