Ryerson Mobile Screenshot

If you’ve come here on a blackberry, iPhone, Google Android device, Palm Pre or a variety of other mobile devices… than you already know that this website has a mobile version.

I’ve been very intrigued with developing applications for mobile devices for the past few years.  Especially since these little handheld devices have begun rendering websites much faster and with vivid graphics.  *ahem* Since the iPhone came out… *ahem*

These mobile devices will definitely play a major part in shaping the future of computing.  They will also (continue to) define the way our society communicates and interacts with each other.  These disruptive devices are definitely game changers.

I’ve spent the last year and a half researching mobile devices and their utility within Universities and specifically Academic Libraries.  My newest article on the subject will be out in RSR Quarterly – Spring 2010 issue. (It will also be added to the Ryerson Institutional Repository)

Here are some links about mobile devices worth mentioning:

Mobile sites that I have been involved with

• Ryerson mobile – (link)
• Ryerson Library Mobile – (link)
• Mobile Study Room App – (link)
• Graham McCarthy Blog – (link) – Accessible on a mobile device
• iPhone Game – [Insert Game Name] – Coming Soon….

Mobile Surveys, Studies and Reports

• Ryerson University – Mobile Survey Results (2008, 2009)
• Pew Mobile Study
• Horizon Reports

Inspiring Mobile Sites

• NCSU Mobile
• MIT Mobile
• Stanford Mobile
• Facebook – Mobile
• YouTube – Mobile
• Amazon – Mobile