Ends and Means: Why are we training?: "It is almost as if O-Sensei suffered from a Multiple Personality Disorder in which he was Arnold Schwarzenegger one moment and Mother Teresa the next, leaving a legacy of polarized followers, each ready to quote the Grand Master's words or deeds to support their opposing views."

The Secret To Mobile TV? Bigger Bullet Holes.: "nobody's got any idea what's going to work"

Too right! One of the most enjoyable things about this industry is that there isn't a precedent for a lot of the stuff we're doing, meaning that we're constantly learning new things about how technology, services and applications get adopted.

O2 lead for mobile data: "O2, which itself launched i-mode in October 2005, is the leading European operator for data ARPU. It generated data ARPU of US$11.8 in the UK in Q2 2005. The operator's high data revenues are achieved mainly through to its market leadership in messaging (more than 40% of UK SMS originate from an O2 subscriber)."

Yep - we see a disproportionate amount of traffic to a service which isn't currently promoted via any operator portal, all from O2.

Whoopah! Freeware support from Symbian: "As of today, all freeware developers of Series 60, 80 and 90 and UIQ  applications can have their applications Symbian Signed for free, courtesy of Symbian nd its partners, who are eager to promote freeware and the growth of the application catalogs for their platforms."

Better than nothing; but what this means is that whilst large software developers (who can afford keys) and folks working on freeware are welcomed by Symbian, the guys being discriminated against are the smaller commercial developers.

Macromedia seem to have shifted up its mobile plans a gear - first with the BREW/Flash announcement (though I note that it's early days and they're not planning a launch until "next year"), and then with their acquisition of Mobile Innovations.