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I put in a little work on iMob today to fix some of it’s speed problems, let me know if it broke anything. Additionally, Second Life players can now send snapshots from in the game to any topic.

iMob now supports video preview of 3gp and mp4 encoded (phonecam) movies. Take a look at broke if you want to see people fighting with a broken sounder ticket machine.

Special thanks go out to Casey and Rob for the code on this animated gif nightmare!

For the past week or so, I’ve been working on iMob, it’s an itch that I’ve had for quite some time. And it’s feels really good to scratch it.

iMob is designed to help groups of people that may or may not know each other, photograph and publish pictures about an event or theme with little to no effort. It is a simple tool for smart mobs.

The iMob concept is built around topics. By registering for an account, you get the ability to create and own topics, simply containers of events or themes that the mob will contribute to.

Once a topic is created, it is given an email address and url. Easy to remember topics can be passed word of mouth or scrap of paper, and of course, more advanced users can simply pass vCards around.

Once a topic is created, anyone with that email address can post to it.

iMob tutorial #1

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How to send mobile pictures to iMob without ever typing a single letter on your PC or your camera phone. You will have to click and use your phone’s mousey stick. Select some Topics using your web browser On iMob, anyone can post to any topic that already exists. Topics can be anything you like. Physical places or things, like seattle and Mount Rainier, or themes like orange and signs. Go to any topic and click the vCard link to add it to your address book. Synchronize your phone I use iSync, but I’m sure that Outlook or whatever the Windows folk use can’t involve anything more than poking a button Take your picture Clickety snap! Send->Via e-mail Pictured on the right is a Nokia 3650. Select your iMob topic Now just send the mail and you’re done!