May 2007

A Note About The May 2007 Meeting

There's a motion on the table to move the May 2007 meeting from the 9th (the second Wednesday) to the 2nd (the first Wednesday.) The rationale for this change is:

1. To enable CHI 2007 conference participants from out of town to attend a Homebrew Mobile Phone Club meeting, and...
2. To allow us (Homebrew Mobile Phone Club regulars) to attend other events that are normally scheduled on the second Wednesday like Dorkbot or the Symbian SIG.

Voting is currently underway on the SVHMPC Mailing List, so if you have a preference, join the list and vote.

Meeting Announcement

Location

• Tentative Location: TechShop in Menlo Park
• Date: Either the 2nd or the 9th of May, 2007
• Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM

Tentative Agenda

Hardware Update

Craig and Gordon over at GumStix are hard at work on the GSMStix. When it's ready it should work with the PSP landscape mode displays recently purchased en bulk. Matt and Adrian are working on an interim device to work with a portrait display and the old Telit modules.

Software Update

We're going to try to get an update on libgsmc from Dwight and maybe a few notes about its use.

Interface Update

Matt will be showing off his latest "Star Trek meets Hypercard meets Morphic" mobile interface. But don't get your hopes up too much, unless we have a breakthrough on getting the displays up and running, the interface is still only going to be viewable from a web browser on a host computer. But.. it will be able to dial the phone.

Officer Nominations

So we're becoming a "real" organization so we can qualify for various discounts from software and hardware vendors. "Real" organizations have officers, directors, bylaws, members, articles of incorporation and so forth. While it may be a tad bit boring, we're going to outline the plan for incorporation as a 501(c)(3), how one becomes a member, how directors are selected, et cetera, et cetera. If you want to contribute your time to help build the club, volunteering to serve as an officer or a committee member (like the committee that plans meetings) is a great way to do it. The plan is, we're going to nominate officers in the May meeting and hold elections in June.

Cool User Interfaces for Mobile Devices

If we hold the meeting on the 2nd of May, we're hoping to get a number of CHI 2007 attendees (this is the ACM's Computer-Human Interaction conference.) I'm hoping to get a volunteer from this community to lead us in a group discussion (or even a presentation) on interesting aspects of mobile device interface.

The Homebrew Mobile Phone Club at the Maker Faire

We have a table at the Maker Faire and will be displaying our wares. If you want to "man the booth," we can offer you a free T-Shirt, free admission and my continuing undying gratitude.