Disqus
Remember our story about padded lamp posts in East London. Well it was just a temporary thing (lasted for a day and a half) and a PR stunt, designed to “test out and gauge people’s opinions.” So why we covered it? It seemed so real. I mean it’s not unusual to see people walking around texting and hitting lamp posts or even other people. I’ve seen that happening. 
A spokesman for 118118 said it was important they’ve raised a lot of debate around it and that was what they were trying to achieve.
Anyway, the 118188′s PR firm certainly earned their service fee as a number of both online and offline media had covered the “news.” On the other hand, we’ll be more cautions when publishing any future news that’s related to the phone directory company.
[Via: textually.org]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
