Welcome to MyMobilePals - a blog on social networks and mobile phones. It's also a Social News Media site with social bookmarking to nominate and vote on the latest news in online communities on the cell phone. If you have a question, or want to initiate your own discussion, please go to the forums, or ask me for blogging privileges. Yes I'm going to try and keep spammers out. :)

Bottom Line: MyMobilePals is a website and online community to collect information on mobile communications and social networks. A Gal (Laurel Papworth), her mobile or cell phone (currently a Nokia 95, the iPhone is not available in Australia yet) and her Pals. Pals in the loosest sense of the word - I'm looking for interaction in social networks. So this may not be 'real life friends' but people I Twitter with, or share files with. No less lovely of course! :-)

Who: I am Laurel Papworth and I have an interest in both telecommunications and social networks online. This is a one-to-many site, because I'm writing a BLOG for you to catch up on mobile social network news. But it's also a many-to-many site because there is social news (citizen editor might be more appropriate) - Digg like - and forums. So you can also initiate the discussions. I'm based in Australia (but consult globally to major media corporations), and lecture at the University of Sydney on blogs, wikis and marketing. Although my background is telecommunications, my general social network blog isn't focussed on mobile communities,

What: There's a Social News or Social Bookmarking section. It's like Digg - but very niche. The only News collected here is on mobile phones or cell phones with social networks. Occasionally a cool mobile phone application might sneak into the News section that doesn't have a social aspect. But mostly it's stuff we can share and collaborate. The forums are for general discussion. The blog is for my story and adventures in mobile societies.

When: Since the nineties, I've worked in telecommunications and online communities. I've been waiting for mobile social networks to really start happening and keep a BLOG here to monitor my thoughts and opinions on the convergence of mobility and swarms.

How: Drupal - in fact Drupaligg - and adapted. I asked Sudeep Goyal to create me a social voting site with blog and forum - and not corporate grey or Web 2.0 blue (that wet blue). I wanted something easier to look at and gentler. I picked pink. This might change as I am now sick of pink too. :-)