A Fresh Coat of Paint

For those of you using the iPhone/iPod Touch, Android or Blackberry Bold, FreshlyMobile has an updated mobile interface. I’d like to say that I spent hours toiling over a hot keyboard to bring this mobile goodness to you, but it really just took a couple of minutes, thanks to the WPtouch plugin from Bravenewcode.

At the top of the mobile screen you will find options to search, browse categories, jump to a particular section or drop me an email.

For the time being, Windows Mobile users will see the “classic” mobile page without a lot of the graphics. I hope to improve the WinMob experience in the future, but haven’t yet had the time.

So you have a RAZR or other “feature phone”, not to worry, there is more magic at work to give you a decent mobile browsing experience as well.

Let me know what you think about the new mobile look.

Economic Sympathies

After seemingly never-ending growth new devices on the UW WiFi network came to a screeching halt last month. As the chart to the left illustrates a receipt staggering month over month increases in the unique WiFi devices on the network.

March marks the first month in recent memory with a number of devices actually decreased (although just slightly).

iPhones, Android and Blackberry are up

While usage most devices was flat in March, the iPhone, T-Mobile’s G1 and Blackberries were all up slightly. Briefly looking at the data it isn’t clear what it’s leading to the decline, though I suspect that the weak economy and general slowing consumer spending play a big role.

You can see all the details on my UW Stats page.