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Glenn Letham

Biography

Glenn Letham is the founder, Managing Editor, and "Geo-evangelist" at SymbianOne.com & Spatial Media LLC. Glenn has a background in Geography and is somewhat of a "Jack of all trades" albeit with a geospatial & GIS focus. Most people think of Glenn as a technology editor, however, he's also a skilled writer, moderator, blogger, and technology evangelist. His areas of expertise are mainly in GIS, mobile positioning, location-based services, and development for the Symbian Mobile operating system. Founding several web properties has provided Glenn with experience in developing for WEB 2.0, marketing, public relations, writing, and "shmoozing" - people recognize him as "the guy who travels all the time", this comes about from his passion for blogging and mo-blogging while attending events. Glenn has attended more than 80 industry trade shows, conferences, and tech. events over the past 8 years taking him to cool places like Orlando, N'Orleans, Vancouver, Helsinki, Paris, London, Munich, and Monaco.

Some of the coolest places Glenn has been are:
- circumnavigating the Queen Charlotte Islands on a research vessel
- heli skiing the Purcel Mountains in the Canadian Rockies (B.C)
- the great barrier reef & Great Keppel Island (Australia)
- Long Beach, North Island, New Zealand
- Fiji during typhoon season!

Places on Glenn's list of things to do:
- Visit New York and ride the Staten Island Ferry
- Boston and go to Fenway field to see a Sox/Yankees series
- Moscow... always wanted to go there!
- Dubai... why wouldn't anyone want to go there?
- Fiji again but with his wife this time (and no kids!)

Glenn also would like to get his Masters degree one day, perhaps get the GISP designation, and write a book.

You can check out his work at the following web resources:
www.GISuser.com
www.LBSzone.com
www.SymbianOne.com
AnyGeo.blogspot.com
AnyGoogle.blogspot.com
iphoneUpdate.blogspot.com
www.flickr.com/photos/gisuser/

Blog

N95 USA and the 8GB Nokia N95 - GPS, loads of memory, now games!

September 04 2007

Well, its been some time since I've added any updates... my bad! To catch up I'm glad to share some of my Nokia N95 tales, tips, and otherwise interesting discoveries.. enjoy!... read more

LiveContacts localizer now supports nokia N95

September 04 2007

LiveContacts localizer now supports nokia N95 - plots mobile locations on Google maps ... read more

Geotagging / Geolocating your flickr photos with Yahoo! zonetag and locr - a short tutorial

September 04 2007

ok... more on the geotagging photos sent to flickr via shozu and my Nokia N95 GPS-enabled smartphone. I've recently been doing some research to figure out exactly how to geotag my photos, and get them up on flickr then view... read more

Twitter Does iPhone with PocketTweets

July 12 2007

A nice addition to this way cool and popular social networking application… remember watching people mezmorized at Where2.0 as they watched the TwitterVision screen on the LCD?? Now Twitter has a client for the iPhone! PocketTweets is a Web-based Twitter client for the Apple iPhone. See the latest tweets from… read more

Nokia launches mobile developer competition - Mobile Rules!

July 12 2007

Looking for a way to “springboard” your mobile applications? Nokia, together with a number of high-profile sponsors today announced the launch of its second annual competition for developers and entrepreneurs working in the mobile space. The mobile rules competition was formerly known as the web2mobile competition. The competition is divided… read more

Nokia N800 Now Sports Skype

July 11 2007

Today the already way cool Nokia N800 Internet Tablet just got much cooler. This Linux powered Tablet enables users to browse the web and communicate with others easily anywhere in the World that offers up a Wi-Fi connection. Now users of the tablet can take advantage of Skype which is… read more

More on Apple iPhone yadayada

July 10 2007

Just wanted to set something straight.. I got an email from someone asking why I thought the iPhone “blows”(he had read that somewhere) - correction… I never claimed that.. since I’ve never actually used it it would be a bit tough for me to put that label on it. What… read more

Nokia N95 does aerial photography - try that Apple iPhone!

July 10 2007

Ok, this is flipping awesome… you gotta love these whacked-out Europeans (no offense) and their awesome ideas… this time it’s aerial photography (video actually) over Denmark using a spanky, $600 Nokia N95 symbian OS smartphone duck taped to a kite! The “pilot” managed to grab several minutes of video and even… read more

Cingular and West Orange High School TXT Bee Event - TXT your way to a scholarship!

January 19 2007

Now here’s a cool event, created for high school students who can’t get enough of txt messaging… the Cingular and West Orange High School TXT Bee Event. Here’s the skinny from Cingular… The Cingular TXT Bee is an innovative event that is designed to bridge the communication gap that sometimes… read more

Stuck in a Cell Phone Plan? This may be a solution

January 18 2007

Everyone dreads signing on the dotted line and locking into a carrier for one, two, or even three years. There’s a new solution available that may help you avaiod this hassle. Enter the cell swapper! Have you ever been stuck in a cell phone contract and wanted out? This website appears… read more

Google Maps API Takes Prize for Web Service Product of the Year

January 16 2007

JupiterWeb, a division of Jupitermedia Corp have announced the winners for the Developer.com Product of the Year Awards for 2007. These 2007 awards mark the fifth year for this competition. The winners were nominated and selected by the users of Developer.com (www.developer.com). Under the category of Web Service Product of… read more

Navteq puts users in control of Map updates (think Google Maps)

January 16 2007

Ever wondered how Navteq keeps all that data up to date so you can make the most of those popular and useful Google Maps? In addition to a number of crews constantly driving the streets, adding POI information, recording attributes, making corrections etc… there’s also a very cool online application… read more

CEA predicts $155 BILLION rev for 2007

January 06 2007

This just out today from the consumer electronics Assoc. (CEA)… Factory-to-dealer sales of consumer electronics are projected to exceed $155 billion in 2007, or seven percent growth. CEA projects that display technologies will continue to be the star category in the industry and account for $22 billion in revenues for… read more

Year end TOP lists a plenty - LBS topping smartphone predictions?

January 06 2007

I love this time of year… the year is ending and everyone and their dogs are coming out with their year in review best of and TOP picks and predictions for 2007. One such list got my attention recently. It was from mobile application sales channel Handango. They have their… read more

Troubleshooting Comcast Wireless Internet - a helpful solution for Win XP notebook users

January 05 2007

here’s some more useful information I’d like to share with anyone who’s having issues with Comcast Internet or who may have trouble down the road. One of the issues I had was a Notebook connection (via wireless) that kept dropping off every 2 or 3 minutes (quite frustrating). Turns out… read more
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