Joho the Blog pointed out that TwiT came up with gold this week.
Last week I started questioning why I spend an hour a week listening to Twit and then this comes along, this has to be one of the best Podcasts I’ve heard in a long while.
Just shows what a fantastic media it can be when done right.
PS – Joho will also be speaking at LeWeb3. I’m starting to get excited!!!
Now available on the right…
Specifically about podcasting (Scripting News)
Every six months or so Dave Winer tells us that the iPod isn’t a good podcast player and that we need to build a new one. The wish-list is always roughly the same and it’s always Open Source.
An Open Source podcast player; the ideal toy for developers, a mobile developer platform.
First, I’ve nothing against the idea, in fact, I think that it would be great.
However, it wouldn’t promote the development of podcasting. The issue with podcasting is finding things that are worth listening to. I don’t have trouble teaching my mother to use an iPod but getting her to subscribe to a feed is impossible.
The solution to the podcasting isn’t the device, it’s the guide.
PS – Dave, if you want to scream at me, see you next Tuesday at LeWeb3!
PPS – While I’m on the subject, why is the iTunes store so difficult to use? It’s impossible to browse for music. It’s fantastic once you know what you’re looking for but I don’t know what I’m looking for!!!
Britain’s Data Chernobyl: more lost CDs full of thousands of personal records – Boing Boing
OK, I admit that I didn’t expect the news of the lost CDs to disappear overnight but the fact that it is still being reported as news is interesting.
In the long term, I think that this will have a massive effect on politics in the UK, US and Oz. These countries has gone from no ID laws to compiling massive lists of people post-911.
The pendulum will now swing back. It’ll be interesting to see if it swings back in such a way that the government is restricted in doing its job. After all; the government needs those bank details to pay social security money. If the government is restricted from holding that sort of information, it won’t be able to run social security.
Fon have a great application out for the iPhone, it allows you to connect to open Fon connections while out roaming.
In the comments people are already asking for the Windows Mobile version; yes please!
Why don’t they have this for Windows and Macs; that would save having to always log in using the web pages.
Kindle Sell-Out Continues Despite Pundits’ Whining — Platform Agnostic
Maybe they created an electronic book for people to read books with!