Irish Net Visionary doesn't own a mobile phone! Huh?

Damien Mulley continues his series of interviews with Irish entrepreneurs, in a fascinating chat with John Breslin who I only met for the first time last week at the Geek Dinner in Cork. John came across as a very down to earth guy for someone who had just won a Net Visionary award, the latest in a host of other achievements.

The most surprising thing for me was to learn that someone who is helping to build the semantic web doesn't even have a mobile phone! My God John, you need to read more of Yahoo's Russell Beattie. As he points out, the interface to the internet for the vast majority of the world will soon be the mobile phone.

[Note to self: Maybe I'm just jealous that John's got so many other cool gadgets] ;-)

Comments

[frankp]

I wish I had the strength of character to ignore peer pressure and ditch my mobile phone.

I would love to turn my back on convenience and run with the constant nagging in my mind that we don't need this level of contactability...

But you know I won't. :(

[Cloud]

Hehe! I was lucky that I didn't have a mobile phone to begin with so I didn't have to endure the heartbreak of parting with one...

Reminds me to blog about iPodLinux on my nano now :)

[James Corbett]

Linux on your nano?!? You're pulling my leg, right? Damn, I'm just going to have to get one now. Yes, believe it or not EirePreneur doesn't own an MP3 player. "Huh?" ;-)