Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
Marshall Kirkpatick on why the whole URL points to Google Plus is a rubbish idea: I have 3 times as many connections on Circles as I have RSS and email subscribers here (in 2 weeks, vs 5 or 6 years!) – but I’m not tempted in the slightest to give up what I have here. Perhaps it’s just about trade-offs and I’m not willing to give up the control I have over the way my personal site communicates with visitors.
How weird is it that Microsoft is the company doing the “think different” routine in mobile? Instead of searching for apps, a task which many first-time smartphone users are overwhelmed by due to the sheer quantities available, users just search and the apps find them. This might be the most overlooked of all of Mango’s updates, but it’s the one that could have the biggest impact on the mobile application economy going forward… That is, if Microsoft can ever sell enough of these phones for it to matter.
During SXSW I’ve been in my usual routine of grabbing interviews for profile pieces, magazine features on the things I’m getting up to, and of course running some podcasting interviews for the SXSW Baby blog. As the conference closes, here’s the master list of interviews, with direct links to the MP3 files if you don’t want to play around with the RSS feed. Interactive Ed Hunsinger (www.geeked.info) – MP3 Dennis Crowley (Foursquare) – MP3 Ian Schaffer (www.deepfocus.net) – MP3 Marshall Kirkpatrick (www.readwriteweb.com) – MP3 Film American, the Bill Hicks Story (www.americanthemovie.com) – MP3 Audrey the Trainwreck (SXSW Film listing) –
