whatmatters.mymobilesite.net

Imagine if everyone in the world could host their own content on the web. Even, enable people to contact them directly through the web on their mobile phone without giving out their phone number. With Nokia’s My Mobile Site software they can. All you need is a mobile phone running the Series 60 operating system.

I set-up a web server on my E71 and then created a user account for my Facebook friends. When they log-in at whatmatters.mymobilesite.net they can view my phone’s Presence (location based on network triangulation and GPS + profile + battery level and usage state, as in whether I’m calling or not). It also allows my friends to take pictures with my phone. This is a weird feature considering my phone is typically “face-down” or in my jacket pocket. But there is a “Request photo” feature that allows them to send a “flash” prompt to my phone with a message Photo requested . Of course I can also grant them access to pretty much all the content of my phone through this server: Contacts, Gallery, Calendar, Phone Log, and any other folders I choose to.

Here’s what some visiting friends wrote in the guest book.

Now anyone with a Series 60 can set-up a website. Watch local information societies emerge even in the most remote regions of the world where cellular or wifi networks are available. This is truly democratizing and that’s why it is truly revolutionary.