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In this article, we are going to get your creative juices going, by exploring a few ideas for mobile video shorts or programs.

We can say that what sets mobile video apart from other media is its “contextual” difference. Unlike a movie theater, a 40-inch LCD TV or a 20 inch LCD computer monitor, which are embedded in a fixed context (a cinema, the den or living room), a portable computer with Internet connectivity like Apple’s iPhone is stored in your pocket and activated whenever and wherever you find a need to connect (to the Internet or to another person) or when an SMS message or phone call prompts you to take it out of your pocket.

Well, after an extended sabatical, I have finally returned.  There really aren't a ton of excuses for my prolonged absence from imparting my words of wisdom.  However, let me offer some tepid explanations.

My original hiatus began because of just shear workload.  As you may recall, I am implementing the platform technology to support the Mobile MUSE projects.  The platform provides various services that are ostensibly valuable for content developers in delivering their applications to mobile users in the cellular environment.  Well, as is the case with most technical projects, the task became bigger than I had hoped for.  I continued to experience problem after problem after problem.  Some were attributable to my own inexperience in some areas.  Some were attributable to changing requirements from the MUSE projects.  Some were attributable to hardware failures.  And some were attributable to arcanery in the mobile networks.  Whatever the reason, I was spending WAY more time on this project than I had planned.  I decided to bail on least pressing of the issues - namely my blog postings.