I came across this amazing excerpt this morning on Smart Mobs, which quite elegantly sums up the integrated, convergent vision of LocaModa and The New Media Triad.

The passage, taken from a longer work by Teemu Arina, explores How Mobile is Changing Our Society:

I have a feeling that the question we pose today is wrong. It’s not about mobile anymore. For some people, mobile means the devices that we carry around as we move, usually hooked up to a cellular network. The truth is, the activities we go through online with computers and what we do with our “mobiles” cannot be seen as separate anymore. This convergence means our language needs to change or our culture will never understand its future. . .

The mobile is like the horse wagon. If Henry Ford had asked people what they wanted, they would have said “faster horses.” It’s the language and our experience of the past that limits our understanding of the future of “mobile.”

Arina’s Mobile Monday Amsterdam event sold out its 400-seat capacity in 2 hours.

I’m not surprised.

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Tired of industry buzzwords?

Tired of “buzzword” as a buzzword?

Tired of lame images of bees used in every blog post about buzzwords? (I would never…)

For those of you interested in emerging media, digital signage, and all things mobile, check our the newest addition to the blog: The DOOH Dictionary. While you’re at it, check out the books and blogs we’re currently digging over on our Resources page.

Oh, the magical land beyond the landing page!

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Another app hits the big screen…

Working with the good folks over at ObamaMinute, we’ve launched Obama Wiffiti in Times Square!

This will be running 24/7 through the election, so crank up your texting to show your support! And, if that’s the way ya swing, head on over to ObamaMinute and register to be part of “An Obama Minute” on Monday, October 6th at noon. They’ve been a wonderful group to work with!

You can also embed this screen into your own blog or website and spread the love (it’s just a quick copy/paste of code at the bottom, just like you’re embedding a YouTube vid).

As you can see, Steve King, our VP Sales, is in NYC today and wasted little time making his presence known… :)

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Can’t get enough of the parallel pommel horse, synchronized fencing, marathon ping pong, and that random USA swimmer dude that keeps winning gold medals every four seconds? (Oh Michael, I kid, I kid…)

So hey, you’re not alone. As a collective audience, you’re reportedly using new media more than ever before.

According to NBC, “about half of the people who are using mobile phones to pull down video or information about the Olympics have been trying out that technology for the first time.” [continued after the jump]

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