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Baomoi Mobile: news on the go
Just as any mobile application for Web services, users should be asked to login as Baomoi Mobile initiates. Being able to read the “Web interface” from your mobile phone is a nice idea. However, Baomoi Web also provides a personalization feature that lets you choose your categories, keywords, and sources of choice. I want to have this kind of experience on my Pearl. I want to read the exact kind of news that is relevant to me, rather than having to scrawl through hundreds of articles, most of which are not what I want to. Basically, instead of trying to replicate the Web experience, the mobile app should be the “homepage” of users, featuring news that they’ve chosen to read. My personal Baomoi Mobile.
“Chuyện Tình Xa Xứ” on Tumblr
I spent the 2 hours working on the Tumblr page of “Chuyện Tình Xa Xứ”/”Passport to Love” [http://chuyentinhxaxu.tumblr.com/], a romance movie by Victor Vũ, a Việt Kiều director, whose story line reads: A romantic comedy set in modern day Saigon, Vietnam and Orange Country, USA. Khang is a charming and handsome playboy; Hieu is his [...]
Don’t turn your tweets into feeds.
It’s a common practice that online newspapers or digg-like aggregators turn their tweets into feeds to keep their followers informed of what’s happening around the world. While this is a good move, exchanging conversations with your reader is a better one. For example, take a look at The Independence, a small newspaper in Nebraska. They’re [...]
