Contents Foreword ......................................................................... xiii Acknowledgements ......................................................... xv List of Abbreviations ....................................................... xvii Prologue .......................................................................... xxi Chapter 1: Digital Memories and the Personal Content Explosion ........................................................... 1 1.1 Digital Us ............................................................ 2 1.2 You and This Book .............................................. 5 1.3 Contents at a Glance ......................................... 7 Chapter 2: Trends Towards Mobility ............................. 11 2.1 The New Nomads ............................................... 12 2.1.1 Five-Second Attention Span ................................. 13 2.1.2 Continuous and Nomadic Mobile Use ................. 15 2.2 Mobile Device Categories ................................... 16 2.2.1 Dedicated Media Devices .................................... 17 2.2.2 Swiss Army Knives................................................ 20 2.2.3 Toolbox Devices .................................................. 21 2.2.4 Accessories and Other Devices ............................ 24 2.3 Mobile Compromises .......................................... 25 2.3.1 Teeny Weeny UIs ................................................ 30 2.4 Because it Can! ................................................... 30 2.5 Convergence ........................................................ 31 2.6 Wireless Revolution ............................................ 33