Research:Mobile Strategy Research/USA/Notes/092202

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6pm, wine, research a cheese. gather at 5pm to discuss at the restaurant. shared office, interrupted.
wfh, cafe across the street. wireless....uses cafes or restaurant.
no one else at work knows about computers. has a background in IT.
any moment i'm not actually on the floor (60 - 70%), misc (10%), 20 - 30% computer.
reading over tv.
researching products - new car. questions i have, someone else has already had. tethering phone....solution was out there.
android/webkit. opera provides no advantage.

wikipedia [edit]

90% on my computer
70 desktop, 20 laptop, 10 phone.
uses opera, one wikipedia window on the phone. i like it because it's user customaizable
"this is rare, i have less than 10 tabs open"
if i'm looking for some specific piece of information, i just bypass google. unelss i want to go to the manufacturers website. unless i'm trying to solve a problem - i'll do a google search for that. i don't find that in wikipedia.
looking for non-alcoholic pastis.
leaves app, goes back, doesn't remember where you were.
doesn't seem to use the screen space as well as it could....it's adapting to a mobile format. it doesn't look as good as it could. there is more potential there.
google search in wikipedia - asks if he wants to open it in the browser or the app.
WE SHOULD DO THIS. AND ASK FOR DOWNLOAD IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE APP?!
only goes to other languages if linked to. i can only speak enough spanish to get by in a restaurant.
search in wikipedia is a little bit more....yahoo circa 2001.
simple and straightforward.....but could use more flourish. more color....deadspace. could be thought out design-wise better.
i want as straightforward (without looking like dos) and basic on my phone. you just want to get the information, get in, get out, and get going.
it's an encyclopedia, it's supposed to be dry. visually, it can be less dry.

anonymous edit.....i don't consider that contributing. that's editing.
i have a username. i forget and i don't care that much. i don't need it to be associated with me.
once or twice a month i'll look beyond just reading. wonder why a page got locked.
jamie zwinski's malicious (?) edits having fun. and eventually the page got locked.
spelling, etc i might do right away. beyond, i usually won't be bothered. but maybe i'll bother with it later. no method of favoriting - i care, but i don't care that much.
"professional wikipedia editor". in my estimation have no life. they make the system run. i'm not that guy though.
interesting to see the drama behind the specific edits. or reverts.
list of drama filled articles!?!? read: articles with large amounts of discussion.
wikipedia markup - black magic. basic text edits. full on layout edits. beyond my scope.

full size version of the site, this looks like crap. searched for wikipedia in the android market.
small ads here and there.
it never crashes, it's stable. resetting to the top of the page problem.
with the app, everything is laid out in front of you.
i wish there were better news readers.
google reader - rss feeds and blogs. the site is better than the app. app is less responsive. it doesn't display things quite the way i would like.
not as snappy as the site.
txts > calls > chats
if i have a desktop around, i'll use it. except phone calls.
i don't like to type emails on the phone, but if i don't have a computer nearby, i will.