Presenters: Richard Spence and Paul Golding, BlueVia
Time: 17:00 – 18:00, Friday 30 September

Richard Spence (@spugamola) will be running a technical session on an experimental service called #Blue, which is a place where users can automatically store all of their text messages sent and received. O2 have an API for this they would like to tempt developers to play with to add a novel twist to the theme of texting, which is still the most popular way of P2P communication on the planet!

He has posted resources that can be used during the workshop session.

Richard is a Platform Designer working at O2.  A developer by trade he has worked in mobile for over 10 years both on a consultancy basis and in product development.   Over the years Richard has had a bash almost all mobile platforms but mainly:  Windows Mobile, J2Me, Blackberry and Android. He is an Aries.

Paul (@pgolding) is a widely respected and unassuming technologist in mobile and Web with 16 patents and a leading book in mobile applications, now available in Chinese. His new book, Connected Services, is now available from Wiley. He has been Chief Architect, CTO and various senior tech roles for companies across the world, from start-ups to multi-nationals. He started one of the first mobile apps companies in Europe. He leads platform initiatives for O2′s new “intrapreneurial” business unit and set up the O2 Incubator. His tech activities include big data and cloud telephony. His is Chief Disruptor at the BlueVia Labs initiative with the #Blue project and now with connFu cloud communications platform. He specialises in far-horizon business and product strategies whilst still being hands-on with product development.