.mobi MOBI - Supporters, haters and moderates lend me your ear.

[jeremyp]

People tend to entrench deeply into a position on the Internet, mostly due to the anonymity and at least partially because it's fun to get under someone else's skin.

I use my real name to keep myself honest... Jeremy or Jeremy Padawer. This is it. No where to hide from criticism.

I've noticed that with each MOBI transaction, news post, or MOBI report of any kind, threads tend to evolve into a PRO vs ANTI MOBI scenario.

Truth is... most of us are moderate. We fall into a continuum of beliefs.

I would call myself one of the more heavily vested MOBI backers. I've put a bunch of money into registering and purchasing outstanding generic MOBI names on the secondary market.

I've made it clear that my belief is that:

1) MOBI will be an important secondary domain name extension.
2) MOBI will be a nice alternative to COM in the mobile space.
3) MOBI has been managed very nicely by the registrar.
4) MOBI is positioned beautifully as the MOBILE space develops.
5) MOBI is an outstanding extension branding choice... and you are seeing many MOBI names pop up in branding at this time. Samsung and the like.
6) MOBI is the next ORG...

MOBI will not succeed due to the tremendous technological benefits. Why? Well, simply stated, there are none. There is no domain name extension that offers a technological advancement.

MOBI is being launched at the right time. The extension sounds right. The extension has been picked up by a very large # of corporate entities that may or may not use the extension.

At the end of the day... something is going to give. Whether it's a tremendous new mobile application where the developers used a MOBI extension, or it's a big branding campaign put forth by a large content driven brand (like www.nba.mobi or www.universalchannel.mobi), or it's thousands of kids using mobile as a social network under a MOBI name... something is going to give. It could happen in the US, Japan, China, Europe or Latin America... something is going to give.

MOBI is the right place at the right time in the development of the Mobile web. 5 years from now and MOBI would have missed the boat.

In early 1997 I started purchasing domain names. I identified that you could generate type-in traffic from generics, mispellings and cybersquatting. I received C&D's on cybersquatted names which I quickly gave up to the rightful owners. I sold the other names by 2000. I worked with very little money and walked away with a great head start.

1997-2000 were magical times for me on the Internet.

2007-2010 might be magical times for me on the mobile Internet.

Don't forget... it's the same Internet. MOBI is a well positioned extension being offered at the right time. MOBI isn't a technological breakthrough.

We'll leave technological breakthroughs to Apple and mobile development to a hoard of VC, angels and private developers who are just about to bust the door down... some of them using a MOBI domain name.

MOBI lovers - center yourself. MOBI could work. Screaming from the treetops at folks who dislike the extension will not advance the brand.

MOBI haters - the world isn't black and white. More poorly positioned, technologically useless things have caught on.

MOBI moderates - remember 2007-2008. It could go either way. I think MOBI is going to take off... something is going to give.

Sincerely,
Jeremy Padawer

 

[think]

Well put Jeremy.

I appreciate the logic and levelheadedness of this post.

Edit: Oh ya,

Cheers,

C.T. Kirkpatrick

aka : Think

 

[nrmillions]

good comments jeremy

 

[Brad|E]

Thanks Jeremy. It's important to assess the emergence of .mobi from a calm perspective. Something may give--and many of us hope that something gives in favor of .mobi--and it may give either way. In any case, inflammatory wars shielded behind the (pseudo-)anonymity of the web will not get us anywhere. Thanks for your post.

 

[satsdifference.com]

Great Post

Great Post!

That's what we need, some larger perspective reasoning/counselling.


Yes it is not black or white, dot mobi or dot com..

It is not "either, or" ; It is BOTH and Beyond..

I appreciate what is being mentioned here about most of us in reality are in the moderate middle on things..

The key is to set your life up so that if the coin flips, and if it lands heads or tails, then you WIN either way..

That's how to design your life..


And that comes from pursuing the Truth and seeing the straight path towards the Source of everything.. surrender, one step back then two steps forward..


So follow the signs and the way, and when you flip the coin watch it as it really lands on its side



Kind Regards,

Yelo

 

[000]

Thanks for expressing your thoughts, Jeremy. I agree that we all need to ease up and be more cool-headed about .mobi. Some of us like .mobi, others don't. Nothing new here, it happens with every extension. (The only difference it seems is that the arguments aren't normally so vehement. :imho

 

[hawkeye]

Thanks JP for the levelheadness so often forgotten when one is defending their POV. Reality checks are good every now and then.

 

[Jeff]

Thanks for the calm and professional post! :tu:

Helpful reminder ... :gl:
PS. Please post your questions here for Pinky Brand of Dot Mobi (by FEBRUARY 10, 2007) here! :talk:
Thread:
http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/286936-post-your-questions-here-pinky-brand.html

Have a great domain name evening! :music:
-Jeff

 

[dag]

Jeremy,

Thanks for bringing a rational tone back into the pro-.Mobi camp. As always, you pick your timing well -- I particularly appreciated this part:

MOBI lovers - center yourself. MOBI could work. Screaming from the treetops at folks who dislike the extension will not advance the brand.

I was about to post with something along those lines myself after reading a couple of the recent threads here, but you've said it all right there. As much as I'm invested (literally and figuratively) in MOBI, it still bothers me to repeatedly hear those who "scream from the treetops" as though the dotMobi consortium can do no wrong and there is no future other than the one where MOBI succeeds beyond our wildest dreams. Truth is, there's still a long way to go to achieve a steady level of MOBI success, and no amount of disrespecting those with opposing viewpoints is going to change that. Thankfully, I'm a patient person and can wait longer than 4 months to see widespread use and promotion of MOBI; however, I also know that there is a chance that it won't catch on.

On the other hand, it's ridiculous to use what has been done so far in these 4 months as evidence that the extension is failing. In fact, I feel that what has been done in that time is more than I had hoped for! I'm eager to see what else the corporate backers of MOBI have planned, but again, I'm patient, and believe that we'll see a lot more being done to promote it, once the MOBI landscape has unfolded to a greater extent. I still feel that premature promotion of the extension would be worse than no promotion at all. Once a buzz is killed, there's no bringing it back -- better to wait until there is more substance to promote. The "grand opening of an empty store" metaphor that has been mentioned is certainly a fitting one -- the store is gradually filling, but is not yet ready for prime time.

 

[qO_Op]

Cool, calm & collected :blink: :gn: 's
Thank you Jeremy, great post!

 

[Brad|E]

David Hume and J.S. Mill would be proud.

Rep added.

 

[satsdifference.com]

A+ posts

Jeremy,

Thanks for bringing a rational tone back into the pro-.Mobi camp. As always, you pick your timing well -- I particularly appreciated this part:


I was about to post with something along those lines myself after reading a couple of the recent threads here, but you've said it all right there. As much as I'm invested (literally and figuratively) in MOBI, it still bothers me to repeatedly hear those who "scream from the treetops" as though the dotMobi consortium can do no wrong and there is no future other than the one where MOBI succeeds beyond our wildest dreams. Truth is, there's still a long way to go to achieve a steady level of MOBI success, and no amount of disrespecting those with opposing viewpoints is going to change that. Thankfully, I'm a patient person and can wait longer than 4 months to see widespread use and promotion of MOBI; however, I also know that there is a chance that it won't catch on.

On the other hand, it's ridiculous to use what has been done so far in these 4 months as evidence that the extension is failing. In fact, I feel that what has been done in that time is more than I had hoped for! I'm eager to see what else the corporate backers of MOBI have planned, but again, I'm patient, and believe that we'll see a lot more being done to promote it, once the MOBI landscape has unfolded to a greater extent. I still feel that premature promotion of the extension would be worse than no promotion at all. Once a buzz is killed, there's no bringing it back -- better to wait until there is more substance to promote. The "grand opening of an empty store" metaphor that has been mentioned is certainly a fitting one -- the store is gradually filling, but is not yet ready for prime time.

(Yes I agree, I'm sure timeliness is on the minds of the Dot Mobi business consortium etc. who may read us.. and interesting point about the buzz)


Great post dagersh,


you've seem to put all the things DotMobi together really well..




Kind Regards,

Yelo

 

[texasgamer]

Setting: The mobi train is ready to leave the station and mobi lovers are all on board.
mobi haters: Do not get on that mobi train, its a worthless ride.
mobi lovers: Lets get this mobi train a rollin!
mobi haters: Your all going to die. Theres going to be a mobi train wreck!
mobi lovers: Look! Look who's on the train with us! Its Mr Samsung and that NBA dude!
mobi haters: Don't you see you are being herded like cattle?
mobi lovers: Wow its such a nice day the sun is shining and there are alot of important people on board!
mobi haters: Your wasting your money, you should have bought a dot-com plane ticket instead.
mobi lovers: Its too hard to get a seat on the dot-com plane. We will ride the mobi train instead!
As the train slowy starts to depart:
mobi lovers chanting: Follow, folllow, follow, follow, follow the yellow-brick road!
To be continued.....

 

[iNod]

Setting: The mobi train is ready to leave the station and mobi lovers are all on board.
mobi haters: Do not get on that mobi train, its a worthless ride.
mobi lovers: Lets get this mobi train a rollin!
mobi haters: Your all going to die. Theres going to be a mobi train wreck!
mobi lovers: Look! Look who's on the train with us! Its Mr Samsung and that NBA dude!
mobi haters: Don't you see you are being herded like cattle?
mobi lovers: Wow its such a nice day the sun is shining and there are alot of important people on board!
mobi haters: Your wasting your money, you should have bought a dot-com plane ticket instead.
mobi lovers: Its too hard to get a seat on the dot-com plane. We will ride the mobi train instead!
As the train slowy starts to depart:
mobi lovers chanting: Follow, folllow, follow, follow, follow the yellow-brick road!
To be continued.....

Can I sticky this saying. You don't know how much I absolutely love this.. I think I am going to print it off and frame it..

- Steve

 

[Pred]

Setting: The mobi train is ready to leave the station and mobi lovers are all on board.
mobi haters: Do not get on that mobi train, its a worthless ride.
mobi lovers: Lets get this mobi train a rollin!
mobi haters: Your all going to die. Theres going to be a mobi train wreck!
mobi lovers: Look! Look who's on the train with us! Its Mr Samsung and that NBA dude!
mobi haters: Don't you see you are being herded like cattle?
mobi lovers: Wow its such a nice day the sun is shining and there are alot of important people on board!
mobi haters: Your wasting your money, you should have bought a dot-com plane ticket instead.
mobi lovers: Its too hard to get a seat on the dot-com plane. We will ride the mobi train instead!
As the train slowy starts to depart:
mobi lovers chanting: Follow, folllow, follow, follow, follow the yellow-brick road!
To be continued.....

lol
can you tell me where you bought that grass? :blink:
cheers

 

[domaindigger]

Setting: The mobi train is ready to leave the station and mobi lovers are all on board.
mobi haters: Do not get on that mobi train, its a worthless ride.
mobi lovers: Lets get this mobi train a rollin!
mobi haters: Your all going to die. Theres going to be a mobi train wreck!
mobi lovers: Look! Look who's on the train with us! Its Mr Samsung and that NBA dude!
mobi haters: Don't you see you are being herded like cattle?
mobi lovers: Wow its such a nice day the sun is shining and there are alot of important people on board!
mobi haters: Your wasting your money, you should have bought a dot-com plane ticket instead.
mobi lovers: Its too hard to get a seat on the dot-com plane. We will ride the mobi train instead!
As the train slowy starts to depart:
mobi lovers chanting: Follow, folllow, follow, follow, follow the yellow-brick road!
To be continued.....

Best. Post. Ever.

 

[cobo]

GoMobiTrainGo.mobi !!!

Super!!!
GoMobiTrainGo.mobi !!!

 

[mjnels]

Setting: The mobi train is ready to leave the station and mobi lovers are all on board.
mobi haters: Do not get on that mobi train, its a worthless ride.
mobi lovers: Lets get this mobi train a rollin!
mobi haters: Your all going to die. Theres going to be a mobi train wreck!
mobi lovers: Look! Look who's on the train with us! Its Mr Samsung and that NBA dude!
mobi haters: Don't you see you are being herded like cattle?
mobi lovers: Wow its such a nice day the sun is shining and there are alot of important people on board!
mobi haters: Your wasting your money, you should have bought a dot-com plane ticket instead.
mobi lovers: Its too hard to get a seat on the dot-com plane. We will ride the mobi train instead!
As the train slowy starts to depart:
mobi lovers chanting: Follow, folllow, follow, follow, follow the yellow-brick road!
To be continued.....

yea that was pretty good..

 

[nrec4mil]

texasgamer -- that is GREAT!!

 

[jeremyp]

Thank goodness for Wikipedia.



Thank you very much.

David Hume and J.S. Mill would be proud.

Rep added.

Nicely said!

Jeremy,

Thanks for bringing a rational tone back into the pro-.Mobi camp. As always, you pick your timing well -- I particularly appreciated this part:


I was about to post with something along those lines myself after reading a couple of the recent threads here, but you've said it all right there. As much as I'm invested (literally and figuratively) in MOBI, it still bothers me to repeatedly hear those who "scream from the treetops" as though the dotMobi consortium can do no wrong and there is no future other than the one where MOBI succeeds beyond our wildest dreams. Truth is, there's still a long way to go to achieve a steady level of MOBI success, and no amount of disrespecting those with opposing viewpoints is going to change that. Thankfully, I'm a patient person and can wait longer than 4 months to see widespread use and promotion of MOBI; however, I also know that there is a chance that it won't catch on.

On the other hand, it's ridiculous to use what has been done so far in these 4 months as evidence that the extension is failing. In fact, I feel that what has been done in that time is more than I had hoped for! I'm eager to see what else the corporate backers of MOBI have planned, but again, I'm patient, and believe that we'll see a lot more being done to promote it, once the MOBI landscape has unfolded to a greater extent. I still feel that premature promotion of the extension would be worse than no promotion at all. Once a buzz is killed, there's no bringing it back -- better to wait until there is more substance to promote. The "grand opening of an empty store" metaphor that has been mentioned is certainly a fitting one -- the store is gradually filling, but is not yet ready for prime time.