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This week in the sidebar

When I recently redesigned this site I included a little sidebar of links to articles that I read during my morning coffee. I tend to read a lot and this is a pretty common device on sites like this to share these gems of information. I also wanted to be able to share notes and ideas without cluttering up the front page where I try to keep my entries more visual. It 's something I am trying.

Every Saturday (Friday night if you are in the US) I'll highlight what I consider to be the best finds during the week.

The phone of the future
So to imagine the phone of the future is also to imagine the future of consumer technology, and its personal and social impact. Mobile phones have already changed social practices among their users, and seem likely to do so even more in future.

My Bag Is Killing Me
In the last few years, bags have become ever more voluminous, and as women have fallen sway to their chunky charms, they have filled them up with necessities. These days many women are as burdened as mail carriers.

Mobiles 'cleared' of cancer risk
Long or short-term mobile phone use is not associated with increased risk of cancer, a major study has found. Mobile phone antennas emit electromagnetic fields that can penetrate the human brain.

A guide to cellular data services in the United States
I go through a lot of cell phones, especially smartphones and other data-capable devices. Woe betide the person who enters this realm for the first time without knowing the minefield they are getting into.

30 tips for better business travel
A list of my favourites.

History of mobile phones
Mobile rigs were the beginning of mobile phones, along with taxicab radios, two way radios in police cruisers, and the like. A large community of mobile radio users, known as the mobileers, popularized the technology that would eventually give way to the mobile phone. Originally, mobile phones were permanently installed in vehicles, but later versions such as the so-called "bag phones" were equipped with a cigarette lighter plug so that they could also be carried, and thus could be used as either mobile or as portable phones.

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