If Ovi Store was as Good as This Video About It…
…Nokia would have kicked Apple’s ass long ago.
Conan O’Brien may not last much longer as Tonight Show host, but he has my support. Over at Salon, Mary Elizabeth Williams has written the definitive, sarcastic story on the NBC-Leno-O’Brien affair.
NBC’s reasoning for bringing back Jay Leno to late-night TV is baffling. I now understand why TV programming is rife with dumb-ass decisions: The people making them.
Today, after a long hiatus, I resume posting at Oddly Together. I’d like to explain why the interruption, apologize to laid off Microsoft employees about not yet telling their stories and lay out my future blogging plans. The story I tell here shows how something seemingly bad actually can be good. The bad and good go oddly together.
Before there was Twitter or before Facebook gained popularity, I followed people online directly through their Websites or RSS feeds. I’ve long favored personal blogs over professional news sites. The best stories are told by and are about people.
There’s something dirty feeling about watching Michael Arrington’s interview of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. I don’t mean that as criticism of Michael; plenty of other folks have done that all too well. It’s this new media thing, where you sleep with the people you write about. You do business with them and for them.
From John Paczkowski over at All Things Digital—and it’s an understatement. “At some point late tomorrow morning, the carrier will release an update enabling MMS,” he writes. About a minute later, AT&T’s network will go all to hell—it’s the end of the world as we know it—as iPhoners break out in one giant unison MMS.