http://odeo.com/channels/66465-PodLeaders-Thought-Leaders-podcast TomRafteryIT no The Thought Leaders show hosted by Tom Raftery The Thought Leaders show hosted by Tom Raftery The Thought Leaders show hosted by Tom Raftery en 40 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:23:12 -0700 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:23:12 -0700 http://odeo.com/episodes/22166853-Jason-Calacanis-podcast Download audio file (jason_calacanis_podcast.mp3) Episode 57 of the PodLeaders show - 55 mins 52 secs My guest on the show this week is Jason Calacanis. Jason is the founder of Weblogs Inc. and more recently, founder and CEO of Mahalo. I invited Jason to come on the show to tell me a little about Mahalo and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked Jason and the times I asked them: How did you get into the Internet first day and what businesses were you in before Mahalo? - 00:22 You got involved in Internet businesses quite early on, Weblogs Inc. comes to mind.. - 03:14 Audience questions: Pat Phelan Can you ask him if they have any plans for Techcrunch 40 this year please Tom? - 05:14 Solnyshok Why no engadget in Russian? I could write for it. - 10:33 hostyle How well does he know Veronica Belmont (of Mahalo Daily)? How long does he reckon until she’s free of that Engadget guy and would she be willing to come live in Ireland? - 12:52 ros... Download audio file (jason_calacanis_podcast.mp3) Episode 57 of the PodLeaders show - 55 mins 52 secs My guest on the show this week is Jason Calacanis. Jason is the founder of Weblogs Inc. and more recently, founder and CEO of Mahalo. I invited Jason to come on the show to tell me a little about Mahalo and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked Jason and the times I asked them: How did you get into the Internet first day and what businesses were you in before Mahalo? - 00:22 You got involved in Internet businesses quite early on, Weblogs Inc. comes to mind.. - 03:14 Audience questions: Pat Phelan Can you ask him if they have any plans for Techcrunch 40 this year please Tom? - 05:14 Solnyshok Why no engadget in Russian? I could write for it. - 10:33 hostyle How well does he know Veronica Belmont (of Mahalo Daily)? How long does he reckon until she’s free of that Engadget guy and would she be willing to come live in Ireland? - 12:52 ross and if he knows Amber MacArthur and Morgan Webb my phone number is 087…… - 14:01 Then we break into a riff about Ireland! Tell me about the Tesla, you were tailing it the other day… - 18:43 More audience questions: Laurent Blondeau (Evidences) Well Tom, I don’t really realize the consumer benefits of such Mahalo, just one network more in the jungle…Maybe it’s not obvious to me (and I just want ot learn more of it !), but this portal, is no more than contents/social/contacts aggregato ; what are developments of next steps and features on going ? Is there any partnership in goal, soon, with some actors of social networking, if you can clear this up for me … - 22:57 How many people are adding links into Mahalo every day? - 32:08 More audience questions: Eoghan McCabe Could you ask him please if he still thinks SEO is BS? I said the same recently on my blog and have been compared to Jason “who has his own agenda for coming out with such gibberish” - 36:32 Bernie Goldbach First question: “Hi, Jason. I’ve listened to your journey against fat, learning some things that might help me improve my heath. I wonder if you’ve noticed any significant changes in your mental state. Have you euphoric moments more frequently now? Are you less stressed out with mumblings of your name from across the Bay? Are you sleeping better?” - 41:59 Second question: “Why in the world desecrate a Corvette with canary yellow doodoo masquerading as paint?” - 41:59 Ken McGuire How about a slightly off topic question. If Jason Calacanis had to pick just one album to bring with him anywhere (be it on his iPod / phone / media player of choice), what would it be and why? Always interested in what people listen to! - 45:44 Larry Miller Two Questions and One Comment: 1) Can he give us any hint into what he is going to announce at SES2008 http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/newyork/jcalacanis.html on March 17th, 2008? 2) Can he elaborate about the contest he mentioned on his blog last month: http://www.calacanis.com/2008/01/18/free-apple-air-laptops/ ? Lastly, Please tell him he is an inspiration to us all and THANK YOU!!! - 46:51 Last question before we wrap - have you kissed and made up with Dave Winer? - 50:13 Download the entire interview here (51.1mb mp3) No Tags Download audio file (jason_calacanis_podcast.mp3) Episode 57 of the PodLeaders show - 55 mins 52 secs My guest on the show this week is Jason Calacanis. Jason is the founder of Weblogs Inc. and more recently, founder and CEO of Mahalo. I invited Jason to come on the show to tell me a little about Mahalo and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked Jason and the times I asked them: How did you get into the Internet first day and what businesses were you in before Mahalo? - 00:22 You got involved in Internet businesses quite early on, Weblogs Inc. comes to mind.. - 03:14 Audience questions: Pat Phelan Can you ask him if they have any plans for Techcrunch 40 this year please Tom? - 05:14 Solnyshok Why no engadget in Russian? I could write for it. - 10:33 hostyle How well does he know Veronica Belmont (of Mahalo Daily)? How long does he reckon until she’s free of that Engadget guy and would she be willing to come live in Ireland? - 12:52 ross and if he knows Amber MacArthur and Morgan Webb my phone number is 087…… - 14:01 Then we break into a riff about Ireland! Tell me about the Tesla, you were tailing it the other day… - 18:43 More audience questions: Laurent Blondeau (Evidences) Well Tom, I don’t really realize the consumer benefits of such Mahalo, just one network more in the jungle…Maybe it’s not obvious to me (and I just want ot learn more of it !), but this portal, is no more than contents/social/contacts aggregato ; what are developments of next steps and features on going ? Is there any partnership in goal, soon, with some actors of social networking, if you can clear this up for me … - 22:57 How many people are adding links into Mahalo every day? - 32:08 More audience questions: Eoghan McCabe Could you ask him please if he still thinks SEO is BS? I said the same recently on my blog and have been compared to Jason “who has his own agenda for coming out with such gibberish” - 36:32 Bernie Goldbach First question: “Hi, Jason. I’ve listened to your journey against fat, learning some things that might help me improve my heath. I wonder if you’ve noticed any significant changes in your mental state. Have you euphoric moments more frequently now? Are you less stressed out with mumblings of your name from across the Bay? Are you sleeping better?” - 41:59 Second question: “Why in the world desecrate a Corvette with canary yellow doodoo masquerading as paint?” - 41:59 Ken McGuire How about a slightly off topic question. If Jason Calacanis had to pick just one album to bring with him anywhere (be it on his iPod / phone / media player of choice), what would it be and why? Always interested in what people listen to! - 45:44 Larry Miller Two Questions and One Comment: 1) Can he give us any hint into what he is going to announce at SES2008 http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/newyork/jcalacanis.html on March 17th, 2008? 2) Can he elaborate about the contest he mentioned on his blog last month: http://www.calacanis.com/2008/01/18/free-apple-air-laptops/ ? Lastly, Please tell him he is an inspiration to us all and THANK YOU!!! - 46:51 Last question before we wrap - have you kissed and made up with Dave Winer? - 50:13 Download the entire interview here (51.1mb mp3) No Tags tag:odeo.com,2008-03-13,22166853 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:23:12 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast http://odeo.com/episodes/22202709-Jason-Calacanis-podcast Download audio file (jason_calacanis_podcast.mp3) Episode 57 of the PodLeaders show - 55 mins 52 secs My guest on the show this week is Jason Calacanis. Jason is the founder of Weblogs Inc. and more recently, founder and CEO of Mahalo. I invited Jason to come on the show to tell me a little about Mahalo and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked Jason and the times I asked them: How did you get into the Internet first day and what businesses were you in before Mahalo? - 00:22 You got involved in Internet businesses quite early on, Weblogs Inc. comes to mind.. - 03:14 Audience questions: Pat Phelan Can you ask him if they have any plans for Techcrunch 40 this year please Tom? - 05:14 Solnyshok Why no engadget in Russian? I could write for it. - 10:33 hostyle How well does he know Veronica Belmont (of Mahalo Daily)? How long does he reckon until she’s free of that Engadget guy and would she be willing to come live in Ireland? - 12:52 ros... Download audio file (jason_calacanis_podcast.mp3) Episode 57 of the PodLeaders show - 55 mins 52 secs My guest on the show this week is Jason Calacanis. Jason is the founder of Weblogs Inc. and more recently, founder and CEO of Mahalo. I invited Jason to come on the show to tell me a little about Mahalo and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked Jason and the times I asked them: How did you get into the Internet first day and what businesses were you in before Mahalo? - 00:22 You got involved in Internet businesses quite early on, Weblogs Inc. comes to mind.. - 03:14 Audience questions: Pat Phelan Can you ask him if they have any plans for Techcrunch 40 this year please Tom? - 05:14 Solnyshok Why no engadget in Russian? I could write for it. - 10:33 hostyle How well does he know Veronica Belmont (of Mahalo Daily)? How long does he reckon until she’s free of that Engadget guy and would she be willing to come live in Ireland? - 12:52 ross and if he knows Amber MacArthur and Morgan Webb my phone number is 087…… - 14:01 Then we break into a riff about Ireland! Tell me about the Tesla, you were tailing it the other day… - 18:43 More audience questions: Laurent Blondeau (Evidences) Well Tom, I don’t really realize the consumer benefits of such Mahalo, just one network more in the jungle…Maybe it’s not obvious to me (and I just want ot learn more of it !), but this portal, is no more than contents/social/contacts aggregato ; what are developments of next steps and features on going ? Is there any partnership in goal, soon, with some actors of social networking, if you can clear this up for me … - 22:57 How many people are adding links into Mahalo every day? - 32:08 More audience questions: Eoghan McCabe Could you ask him please if he still thinks SEO is BS? I said the same recently on my blog and have been compared to Jason “who has his own agenda for coming out with such gibberish” - 36:32 Bernie Goldbach First question: “Hi, Jason. I’ve listened to your journey against fat, learning some things that might help me improve my heath. I wonder if you’ve noticed any significant changes in your mental state. Have you euphoric moments more frequently now? Are you less stressed out with mumblings of your name from across the Bay? Are you sleeping better?” - 41:59 Second question: “Why in the world desecrate a Corvette with canary yellow doodoo masquerading as paint?” - 41:59 Ken McGuire How about a slightly off topic question. If Jason Calacanis had to pick just one album to bring with him anywhere (be it on his iPod / phone / media player of choice), what would it be and why? Always interested in what people listen to! - 45:44 Larry Miller Two Questions and One Comment: 1) Can he give us any hint into what he is going to announce at SES2008 http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/newyork/jcalacanis.html on March 17th, 2008? 2) Can he elaborate about the contest he mentioned on his blog last month: http://www.calacanis.com/2008/01/18/free-apple-air-laptops/ ? Lastly, Please tell him he is an inspiration to us all and THANK YOU!!! - 46:51 Last question before we wrap - have you kissed and made up with Dave Winer? - 50:13 Download the entire interview here (51.1mb mp3) Download audio file (jason_calacanis_podcast.mp3) Download audio file (jason_calacanis_podcast.mp3) Episode 57 of the PodLeaders show - 55 mins 52 secs My guest on the show this week is Jason Calacanis. Jason is the founder of Weblogs Inc. and more recently, founder and CEO of Mahalo. I invited Jason to come on the show to tell me a little about Mahalo and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked Jason and the times I asked them: How did you get into the Internet first day and what businesses were you in before Mahalo? - 00:22 You got involved in Internet businesses quite early on, Weblogs Inc. comes to mind.. - 03:14 Audience questions: Pat Phelan Can you ask him if they have any plans for Techcrunch 40 this year please Tom? - 05:14 Solnyshok Why no engadget in Russian? I could write for it. - 10:33 hostyle How well does he know Veronica Belmont (of Mahalo Daily)? How long does he reckon until she’s free of that Engadget guy and would she be willing to come live in Ireland? - 12:52 ross and if he knows Amber MacArthur and Morgan Webb my phone number is 087…… - 14:01 Then we break into a riff about Ireland! Tell me about the Tesla, you were tailing it the other day… - 18:43 More audience questions: Laurent Blondeau (Evidences) Well Tom, I don’t really realize the consumer benefits of such Mahalo, just one network more in the jungle…Maybe it’s not obvious to me (and I just want ot learn more of it !), but this portal, is no more than contents/social/contacts aggregato ; what are developments of next steps and features on going ? Is there any partnership in goal, soon, with some actors of social networking, if you can clear this up for me … - 22:57 How many people are adding links into Mahalo every day? - 32:08 More audience questions: Eoghan McCabe Could you ask him please if he still thinks SEO is BS? I said the same recently on my blog and have been compared to Jason “who has his own agenda for coming out with such gibberish” - 36:32 Bernie Goldbach First question: “Hi, Jason. I’ve listened to your journey against fat, learning some things that might help me improve my heath. I wonder if you’ve noticed any significant changes in your mental state. Have you euphoric moments more frequently now? Are you less stressed out with mumblings of your name from across the Bay? Are you sleeping better?” - 41:59 Second question: “Why in the world desecrate a Corvette with canary yellow doodoo masquerading as paint?” - 41:59 Ken McGuire How about a slightly off topic question. If Jason Calacanis had to pick just one album to bring with him anywhere (be it on his iPod / phone / media player of choice), what would it be and why? Always interested in what people listen to! - 45:44 Larry Miller Two Questions and One Comment: 1) Can he give us any hint into what he is going to announce at SES2008 http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/newyork/jcalacanis.html on March 17th, 2008? 2) Can he elaborate about the contest he mentioned on his blog last month: http://www.calacanis.com/2008/01/18/free-apple-air-laptops/ ? Lastly, Please tell him he is an inspiration to us all and THANK YOU!!! - 46:51 Last question before we wrap - have you kissed and made up with Dave Winer? - 50:13 Download the entire interview here (51.1mb mp3) Download audio file (jason_calacanis_podcast.mp3) tag:odeo.com,2008-03-13,22202709 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:23:12 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast Podcasting http://odeo.com/episodes/22143766-David-Berlind-Podcast Download audio file (david_berlind_podcast.mp3) Episode 56 of the PodLeaders show - 29 mins 16 secs My guest on the show this week is David Berlind. David is the Executive Editor of ZDNet and co-founder of Mashup Camp. The first Mashup Camp outside of the US is taking place in Dublin on November 10-12 2007. I invited David to come on the show to tell me a little about Mashup Camp and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked David and the times I asked them: David, can you tell me how you became executive editor of ZDNet, how you got into computers first day, where did that interest kick off? - 00:22 So how long have you been with ZDNet? - 02:37 If memory serves it was you who started the first blog on ZDNet, is that right? - 02:47 And you have brought several bloggers into ZDNet as well… - 04:29 And if anyone listening is interested in working for ZDNet, what do they do? - 05:17 David, you co-founded the Mashup Camp movement, can y... Download audio file (david_berlind_podcast.mp3) Episode 56 of the PodLeaders show - 29 mins 16 secs My guest on the show this week is David Berlind. David is the Executive Editor of ZDNet and co-founder of Mashup Camp. The first Mashup Camp outside of the US is taking place in Dublin on November 10-12 2007. I invited David to come on the show to tell me a little about Mashup Camp and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked David and the times I asked them: David, can you tell me how you became executive editor of ZDNet, how you got into computers first day, where did that interest kick off? - 00:22 So how long have you been with ZDNet? - 02:37 If memory serves it was you who started the first blog on ZDNet, is that right? - 02:47 And you have brought several bloggers into ZDNet as well… - 04:29 And if anyone listening is interested in working for ZDNet, what do they do? - 05:17 David, you co-founded the Mashup Camp movement, can you talk about how that came about? - 05:37 And what is the format of Mashup Camp? - 07:57 The first Mashup Camp outside of the US is coming to Dublin November 10-12, isn’t that right? - 08:35 Audience questions: Ken Maguire Of all the cities of Europe, why Dublin? - 08:46 You mentioned people who were flying in for Mashup Camp - who are you flying in? - 14:01 The entrance is €25 and there’s a pay-it-forward option, how does that work? - 16:38 If people want to go, there is a wiki on the Mashup.com site where people can register and pay the €25? - 18:57 More audience questions: Ken Maguire Out of social curiosity what is your favourite podcast and favourite album on your iPod? - 19:18 73Man Does Ed Bott actually exist or is he a figment of Redmond’s marketing dept’s collective imagination? - 25:29 Download the entire interview here (12.9mb mp3) No Tags Download audio file (david_berlind_podcast.mp3) Episode 56 of the PodLeaders show - 29 mins 16 secs My guest on the show this week is David Berlind. David is the Executive Editor of ZDNet and co-founder of Mashup Camp. The first Mashup Camp outside of the US is taking place in Dublin on November 10-12 2007. I invited David to come on the show to tell me a little about Mashup Camp and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked David and the times I asked them: David, can you tell me how you became executive editor of ZDNet, how you got into computers first day, where did that interest kick off? - 00:22 So how long have you been with ZDNet? - 02:37 If memory serves it was you who started the first blog on ZDNet, is that right? - 02:47 And you have brought several bloggers into ZDNet as well… - 04:29 And if anyone listening is interested in working for ZDNet, what do they do? - 05:17 David, you co-founded the Mashup Camp movement, can you talk about how that came about? - 05:37 And what is the format of Mashup Camp? - 07:57 The first Mashup Camp outside of the US is coming to Dublin November 10-12, isn’t that right? - 08:35 Audience questions: Ken Maguire Of all the cities of Europe, why Dublin? - 08:46 You mentioned people who were flying in for Mashup Camp - who are you flying in? - 14:01 The entrance is €25 and there’s a pay-it-forward option, how does that work? - 16:38 If people want to go, there is a wiki on the Mashup.com site where people can register and pay the €25? - 18:57 More audience questions: Ken Maguire Out of social curiosity what is your favourite podcast and favourite album on your iPod? - 19:18 73Man Does Ed Bott actually exist or is he a figment of Redmond’s marketing dept’s collective imagination? - 25:29 Download the entire interview here (12.9mb mp3) No Tags tag:odeo.com,2007-11-03,22143766 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:35:57 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast http://odeo.com/episodes/22202710-David-Berlind-Podcast Download audio file (david_berlind_podcast.mp3) Episode 56 of the PodLeaders show - 29 mins 16 secs My guest on the show this week is David Berlind. David is the Executive Editor of ZDNet and co-founder of Mashup Camp. The first Mashup Camp outside of the US is taking place in Dublin on November 10-12 2007. I invited David to come on the show to tell me a little about Mashup Camp and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked David and the times I asked them: David, can you tell me how you became executive editor of ZDNet, how you got into computers first day, where did that interest kick off? - 00:22 So how long have you been with ZDNet? - 02:37 If memory serves it was you who started the first blog on ZDNet, is that right? - 02:47 And you have brought several bloggers into ZDNet as well… - 04:29 And if anyone listening is interested in working for ZDNet, what do they do? - 05:17 David, you co-founded the Mashup Camp movement, can y... Download audio file (david_berlind_podcast.mp3) Episode 56 of the PodLeaders show - 29 mins 16 secs My guest on the show this week is David Berlind. David is the Executive Editor of ZDNet and co-founder of Mashup Camp. The first Mashup Camp outside of the US is taking place in Dublin on November 10-12 2007. I invited David to come on the show to tell me a little about Mashup Camp and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked David and the times I asked them: David, can you tell me how you became executive editor of ZDNet, how you got into computers first day, where did that interest kick off? - 00:22 So how long have you been with ZDNet? - 02:37 If memory serves it was you who started the first blog on ZDNet, is that right? - 02:47 And you have brought several bloggers into ZDNet as well… - 04:29 And if anyone listening is interested in working for ZDNet, what do they do? - 05:17 David, you co-founded the Mashup Camp movement, can you talk about how that came about? - 05:37 And what is the format of Mashup Camp? - 07:57 The first Mashup Camp outside of the US is coming to Dublin November 10-12, isn’t that right? - 08:35 Audience questions: Ken Maguire Of all the cities of Europe, why Dublin? - 08:46 You mentioned people who were flying in for Mashup Camp - who are you flying in? - 14:01 The entrance is €25 and there’s a pay-it-forward option, how does that work? - 16:38 If people want to go, there is a wiki on the Mashup.com site where people can register and pay the €25? - 18:57 More audience questions: Ken Maguire Out of social curiosity what is your favourite podcast and favourite album on your iPod? - 19:18 73Man Does Ed Bott actually exist or is he a figment of Redmond’s marketing dept’s collective imagination? - 25:29 Download the entire interview here (12.9mb mp3) Download audio file (david_berlind_podcast.mp3) Episode 56 of the PodLeaders show - 29 mins 16 secs My guest on the show this week is David Berlind. David is the Executive Editor of ZDNet and co-founder of Mashup Camp. The first Mashup Camp outside of the US is taking place in Dublin on November 10-12 2007. I invited David to come on the show to tell me a little about Mashup Camp and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked David and the times I asked them: David, can you tell me how you became executive editor of ZDNet, how you got into computers first day, where did that interest kick off? - 00:22 So how long have you been with ZDNet? - 02:37 If memory serves it was you who started the first blog on ZDNet, is that right? - 02:47 And you have brought several bloggers into ZDNet as well… - 04:29 And if anyone listening is interested in working for ZDNet, what do they do? - 05:17 David, you co-founded the Mashup Camp movement, can you talk about how that came about? - 05:37 And what is the format of Mashup Camp? - 07:57 The first Mashup Camp outside of the US is coming to Dublin November 10-12, isn’t that right? - 08:35 Audience questions: Ken Maguire Of all the cities of Europe, why Dublin? - 08:46 You mentioned people who were flying in for Mashup Camp - who are you flying in? - 14:01 The entrance is €25 and there’s a pay-it-forward option, how does that work? - 16:38 If people want to go, there is a wiki on the Mashup.com site where people can register and pay the €25? - 18:57 More audience questions: Ken Maguire Out of social curiosity what is your favourite podcast and favourite album on your iPod? - 19:18 73Man Does Ed Bott actually exist or is he a figment of Redmond’s marketing dept’s collective imagination? - 25:29 Download the entire interview here (12.9mb mp3) tag:odeo.com,2007-11-03,22202710 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:35:57 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast Podcasting http://odeo.com/episodes/22202711-Ed-Molyneux-of-FreeAgent-Central If, like me, you hate accounts and accountancy, this video is for you. If you love accounts and accountancy, then this video is for you too! Ed Molyneux is the founder and CEO of FreeAgent Central. FreeAgent Central have a product called FreeAgent which is essentially an online accounts package. But the great thing about FreeAgent is that it is really simple to use. Even I could use it and that is saying something. Nowhere in the application are confusing, arcane accountancy terms like ‘nominal ledger’ used. Instead, the application allows you to import your bank statements and your client lists and work in a point and click way from there! It generates and tracks invoices, timesheets, and expenses allowing you to assign expenses to invoices or projects. And at all times it is calculating your tax liability so you don’t get a shock when it comes time to cough up to the revenue. Here’s the interview - if you want to skip straight to the demo it is at 16:49. Cl... If, like me, you hate accounts and accountancy, this video is for you. If you love accounts and accountancy, then this video is for you too! Ed Molyneux is the founder and CEO of FreeAgent Central. FreeAgent Central have a product called FreeAgent which is essentially an online accounts package. But the great thing about FreeAgent is that it is really simple to use. Even I could use it and that is saying something. Nowhere in the application are confusing, arcane accountancy terms like ‘nominal ledger’ used. Instead, the application allows you to import your bank statements and your client lists and work in a point and click way from there! It generates and tracks invoices, timesheets, and expenses allowing you to assign expenses to invoices or projects. And at all times it is calculating your tax liability so you don’t get a shock when it comes time to cough up to the revenue. Here’s the interview - if you want to skip straight to the demo it is at 16:49. Click To Play The biggest downside of this application is that currently it is written for the UK tax laws Ed did say that they have plans to write versions for other countries. Ireland Ed, do Ireland. I need an app like this. Now! UPDATE - Dennis has just told me that the Irish version of FreeAgent is slated for Q4 of this year - wohoo! Download MPEG-4 Video Download Flash Video If, like me, you hate accounts and accountancy, this video is for you. If you love accounts and accountancy, then this video is for you too! Ed Molyneux is the founder and CEO of FreeAgent Central. FreeAgent Central have a product called FreeAgent which is essentially an online accounts package. But the great thing about FreeAgent is that it is really simple to use. Even I could use it and that is saying something. Nowhere in the application are confusing, arcane accountancy terms like ‘nominal ledger’ used. Instead, the application allows you to import your bank statements and your client lists and work in a point and click way from there! It generates and tracks invoices, timesheets, and expenses allowing you to assign expenses to invoices or projects. And at all times it is calculating your tax liability so you don’t get a shock when it comes time to cough up to the revenue. Here’s the interview - if you want to skip straight to the demo it is at 16:49. Click To Play The biggest downside of this application is that currently it is written for the UK tax laws Ed did say that they have plans to write versions for other countries. Ireland Ed, do Ireland. I need an app like this. Now! UPDATE - Dennis has just told me that the Irish version of FreeAgent is slated for Q4 of this year - wohoo! Download MPEG-4 Video Download Flash Video tag:odeo.com,2007-09-07,22202711 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:59:10 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast Podcasting, video http://odeo.com/episodes/22008564-Ed-Molyneux-of-FreeAgent-Central If, like me, you hate accounts and accountancy, this video is for you. If you love accounts and accountancy, then this video is for you too! Ed Molyneux is the founder and CEO of FreeAgent Central. FreeAgent Central have a product called FreeAgent which is essentially an online accounts package. But the great thing about FreeAgent is that it is really simple to use. Even I could use it and that is saying something. Nowhere in the application are confusing, arcane accountancy terms like ‘nominal ledger’ used. Instead, the application allows you to import your bank statements and your client lists and work in a point and click way from there! It generates and tracks invoices, timesheets, and expenses allowing you to assign expenses to invoices or projects. And at all times it is calculating your tax liability so you don’t get a shock when it comes time to cough up to the revenue. Here’s the interview - if you want to skip straight to the demo it is at 16:49. Cl... If, like me, you hate accounts and accountancy, this video is for you. If you love accounts and accountancy, then this video is for you too! Ed Molyneux is the founder and CEO of FreeAgent Central. FreeAgent Central have a product called FreeAgent which is essentially an online accounts package. But the great thing about FreeAgent is that it is really simple to use. Even I could use it and that is saying something. Nowhere in the application are confusing, arcane accountancy terms like ‘nominal ledger’ used. Instead, the application allows you to import your bank statements and your client lists and work in a point and click way from there! It generates and tracks invoices, timesheets, and expenses allowing you to assign expenses to invoices or projects. And at all times it is calculating your tax liability so you don’t get a shock when it comes time to cough up to the revenue. Here’s the interview - if you want to skip straight to the demo it is at 16:49. Click To Play The biggest downside of this application is that currently it is written for the UK tax laws Ed did say that they have plans to write versions for other countries. Ireland Ed, do Ireland. I need an app like this. Now! UPDATE - Dennis has just told me that the Irish version of FreeAgent is slated for Q4 of this year - wohoo! Download MPEG-4 Video Download Flash Video Technorati Tags: video If, like me, you hate accounts and accountancy, this video is for you. If you love accounts and accountancy, then this video is for you too! Ed Molyneux is the founder and CEO of FreeAgent Central. FreeAgent Central have a product called FreeAgent which is essentially an online accounts package. But the great thing about FreeAgent is that it is really simple to use. Even I could use it and that is saying something. Nowhere in the application are confusing, arcane accountancy terms like ‘nominal ledger’ used. Instead, the application allows you to import your bank statements and your client lists and work in a point and click way from there! It generates and tracks invoices, timesheets, and expenses allowing you to assign expenses to invoices or projects. And at all times it is calculating your tax liability so you don’t get a shock when it comes time to cough up to the revenue. Here’s the interview - if you want to skip straight to the demo it is at 16:49. Click To Play The biggest downside of this application is that currently it is written for the UK tax laws Ed did say that they have plans to write versions for other countries. Ireland Ed, do Ireland. I need an app like this. Now! UPDATE - Dennis has just told me that the Irish version of FreeAgent is slated for Q4 of this year - wohoo! Download MPEG-4 Video Download Flash Video Technorati Tags: video tag:odeo.com,2007-09-07,22008564 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:59:10 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast http://odeo.com/episodes/22202712-Video-interview-with-Walter-Higgins-of-Sxoop-com For my third video podcast I interviewed Walter Higgins of Sxoop Technologies. Sxoop Technologies are a software company based in Cork and their product, Pixenate, is one of the best online image editors out there. In the interview, Walter discussed how he became interested in image editing applications, he gives a demo of Pixenate and he talked about a new hosted version of Pixenate which will be launching shortly. Click To Play Download MPEG-4 Video Download Flash Video For my third video podcast I interviewed Walter Higgins of Sxoop Technologies. Sxoop Technologies are a software company based in Cork and their product, Pixenate, is one of the best online image editors out there. In the interview, Walter discussed how he became interested in image editing applications, he gives a demo of Pixenate and he talked about a new hosted version of Pixenate which will be launching shortly. Click To Play Download MPEG-4 Video Download Flash Video For my third video podcast I interviewed Walter Higgins of Sxoop Technologies. Sxoop Technologies are a software company based in Cork and their product, Pixenate, is one of the best online image editors out there. In the interview, Walter discussed how he became interested in image editing applications, he gives a demo of Pixenate and he talked about a new hosted version of Pixenate which will be launching shortly. Click To Play Download MPEG-4 Video Download Flash Video tag:odeo.com,2007-08-24,22202712 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:14:00 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast Podcasting http://odeo.com/episodes/22008569-Video-interview-with-Walter-Higgins-of-Sxoop-com For my third video podcast I interviewed Walter Higgins of Sxoop Technologies. Sxoop Technologies are a software company based in Cork and their product, Pixenate, is one of the best online image editors out there. In the interview, Walter discussed how he became interested in image editing applications, he gives a demo of Pixenate and he talked about a new hosted version of Pixenate which will be launching shortly. Click To Play Download MPEG-4 Video Download Flash Video No Tags For my third video podcast I interviewed Walter Higgins of Sxoop Technologies. Sxoop Technologies are a software company based in Cork and their product, Pixenate, is one of the best online image editors out there. In the interview, Walter discussed how he became interested in image editing applications, he gives a demo of Pixenate and he talked about a new hosted version of Pixenate which will be launching shortly. Click To Play Download MPEG-4 Video Download Flash Video No Tags For my third video podcast I interviewed Walter Higgins of Sxoop Technologies. Sxoop Technologies are a software company based in Cork and their product, Pixenate, is one of the best online image editors out there. In the interview, Walter discussed how he became interested in image editing applications, he gives a demo of Pixenate and he talked about a new hosted version of Pixenate which will be launching shortly. Click To Play Download MPEG-4 Video Download Flash Video No Tags tag:odeo.com,2007-08-24,22008569 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:14:00 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast http://odeo.com/episodes/22202713-Brad-Abrams-SilverLight-Program-Manager-podcast Download audio file (brad_abrams_podcast.mp3) Episode 55 of the PodLeaders show - 43 mins 35 secs My guest on the show this week is Brad Abrams. Brad is the Group Program Manager for Microsoft’s dotNet Framework. Brad is heavily involved in the development of SilverLight. I invited Brad to come on the show to tell me a little about Silverlight and as usual I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked Brad and the times I asked them: Can you give us a bit of background on how you got into Microsoft first day and then progressed onto Group Program Manager? - 00:24 Hang on, you were responsible for Windows 98? - 02:08 And you have since gone into the dotNet side of things? - 02:37 Tell me about SilverLight, what exactly is it? - 03:16 There were three aspects to the SilverLight announcement at Mix: the plugin, the ability to code for SilverLight using Expression Studio and Visual Studio; and SilverLight Streaming… - 05:01 I had a quick look at... Download audio file (brad_abrams_podcast.mp3) Episode 55 of the PodLeaders show - 43 mins 35 secs My guest on the show this week is Brad Abrams. Brad is the Group Program Manager for Microsoft’s dotNet Framework. Brad is heavily involved in the development of SilverLight. I invited Brad to come on the show to tell me a little about Silverlight and as usual I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked Brad and the times I asked them: Can you give us a bit of background on how you got into Microsoft first day and then progressed onto Group Program Manager? - 00:24 Hang on, you were responsible for Windows 98? - 02:08 And you have since gone into the dotNet side of things? - 02:37 Tell me about SilverLight, what exactly is it? - 03:16 There were three aspects to the SilverLight announcement at Mix: the plugin, the ability to code for SilverLight using Expression Studio and Visual Studio; and SilverLight Streaming… - 05:01 I had a quick look at the Silverlight Streaming application and I didn’t see an uploader, is that something which is being built, or did I just miss it? - 08:09 Is it limited to specific file formats? - 08:43 Audience Questions Paul M. Watson 1. I am a web-developer and I use Mac OS X. What Mac OS X tools can I use to develop Silverlight content? Can I use a good text-editor like Textmate or must I buy into the Visual Studio or Expression range which will have to run under Parallels or Bootcamp? (I used to do ASP.NET and have used Visual Studio since 1.0 days.) - 09:38 2. The DLR really floats my boat, theoretically. I use Ruby these days and do too much JavaScript than is good for me. How practical will it be to dump JavaScript and use Ruby against the HTML DOM from within Silverlight? Failing that will I be able to use Silverlight as an interpreter for JavaScript running against the HTML DOM? Current browsers are terribly slow and simply being able to put my JavaScript in a hidden Silverlight control would be fantastic. - 11:09 Rowan Nairn The ostensible goal of Silverlight is to give developers of web applications a better experience. However, it seems to me that it will end up making the net experience of actual web *users* worse. I’ve already talked to you a bit about the usability problems of allowing developers to create textboxes, links, scrollbars and other controls within Silverlight which don’t act in quite the same way that their browser counterparts do. Silverlight will also break the user conception of the back button, just as Flash notoriously does. I’ve also mentioned the important benefits of keeping the View Source command mandatory - better transparency of what code is doing on your machine; hackability leading to more innovation; keeping web development inclusive. In light of these concerns, can you tell us a bit about the process of designing Silverlight? - 16:45 Did you consider releasing just the DLR part of Silverlight, allowing people to script the DOM with a other languages than Javascript, but leaving out the heavyweight presentation framework? - 22:55 Most importantly, can you say what advantages Microsoft saw in going this route over embracing the web as it is and making the developer experience for that better instead? (I’m not saying we don’t need HD video and good vector APIs on the web, thats a separate question and you know exactly what I’d say to that) - 24:47 John M 1) From a business perspective reach is one of the highest things to consider. With that in mind why are you not supporting earlier versions of windows that support internet explorer 6 (yes, the ideal is that everyone would use xp or vista but there are still lots of people using older versions of windows globally)? - 27:15 2) Will Microsoft aid the Mono team who are looking to build a plugin for silverlight that runs on linux? - 28:42 3) Is Microsoft considering search engine optimisation (again another business concern, if you build your application predominantly in Silverlight you want it to still be indexed by the main search engines otherwise you’ll lose your potential audience)? - 29:25 4) Microsoft are looking at adding Silverlight support to mobile devices. Will this be restricted to windows devices? - 32:17 Valentin Stoychev 1. Are there plans to add different layout elements - like the ones that are available in WPF like - Grid, - StackPanel, - WrapPanel or - DockPanel And if there are - would they be available in the final 1.1 version? What else could we expect from the WPF world to be available in Silverlight? - 33:15 2. Are there plans to implement an analog of the html “contenteditable” attribute and what will be the support for rich text. More precisely my question is will we be able to implement WYSIWYG editor in a Silverlight app? - 34:34 3. What controls are expected to be shipped with the final 1.1 version? And one last question - since Microsoft recently released the 1.0 version of the ASP.NET Ajax framework - how do you think this framework will be developed from now on, having in mind all the cool features that the Silverlight brings to the web. - 36:42 In what app scenarios the both frameworks will be used? 38:36 Do you think they will cooperate each other or the release of Silverlight will replace the ASP.NET Ajax framework. - 39:47 Finally, does this mean I can go back to calling WPF, Avalon? Please? Silverlight gives me a bit of hope MS realises the… severity… of its recent naming decisions. - 42:20 Here is a blog post of Brad’s where he links to SilverLight useful resources including his talk at Mix07 Download the entire interview here (20mb mp3) Download audio file (brad_abrams_podcast.mp3) Episode 55 of the PodLeaders show - 43 mins 35 secs My guest on the show this week is Brad Abrams. Brad is the Group Program Manager for Microsoft’s dotNet Framework. Brad is heavily involved in the development of SilverLight. I invited Brad to come on the show to tell me a little about Silverlight and as usual I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked Brad and the times I asked them: Can you give us a bit of background on how you got into Microsoft first day and then progressed onto Group Program Manager? - 00:24 Hang on, you were responsible for Windows 98? - 02:08 And you have since gone into the dotNet side of things? - 02:37 Tell me about SilverLight, what exactly is it? - 03:16 There were three aspects to the SilverLight announcement at Mix: the plugin, the ability to code for SilverLight using Expression Studio and Visual Studio; and SilverLight Streaming… - 05:01 I had a quick look at the Silverlight Streaming application and I didn’t see an uploader, is that something which is being built, or did I just miss it? - 08:09 Is it limited to specific file formats? - 08:43 Audience Questions Paul M. Watson 1. I am a web-developer and I use Mac OS X. What Mac OS X tools can I use to develop Silverlight content? Can I use a good text-editor like Textmate or must I buy into the Visual Studio or Expression range which will have to run under Parallels or Bootcamp? (I used to do ASP.NET and have used Visual Studio since 1.0 days.) - 09:38 2. The DLR really floats my boat, theoretically. I use Ruby these days and do too much JavaScript than is good for me. How practical will it be to dump JavaScript and use Ruby against the HTML DOM from within Silverlight? Failing that will I be able to use Silverlight as an interpreter for JavaScript running against the HTML DOM? Current browsers are terribly slow and simply being able to put my JavaScript in a hidden Silverlight control would be fantastic. - 11:09 Rowan Nairn The ostensible goal of Silverlight is to give developers of web applications a better experience. However, it seems to me that it will end up making the net experience of actual web *users* worse. I’ve already talked to you a bit about the usability problems of allowing developers to create textboxes, links, scrollbars and other controls within Silverlight which don’t act in quite the same way that their browser counterparts do. Silverlight will also break the user conception of the back button, just as Flash notoriously does. I’ve also mentioned the important benefits of keeping the View Source command mandatory - better transparency of what code is doing on your machine; hackability leading to more innovation; keeping web development inclusive. In light of these concerns, can you tell us a bit about the process of designing Silverlight? - 16:45 Did you consider releasing just the DLR part of Silverlight, allowing people to script the DOM with a other languages than Javascript, but leaving out the heavyweight presentation framework? - 22:55 Most importantly, can you say what advantages Microsoft saw in going this route over embracing the web as it is and making the developer experience for that better instead? (I’m not saying we don’t need HD video and good vector APIs on the web, thats a separate question and you know exactly what I’d say to that) - 24:47 John M 1) From a business perspective reach is one of the highest things to consider. With that in mind why are you not supporting earlier versions of windows that support internet explorer 6 (yes, the ideal is that everyone would use xp or vista but there are still lots of people using older versions of windows globally)? - 27:15 2) Will Microsoft aid the Mono team who are looking to build a plugin for silverlight that runs on linux? - 28:42 3) Is Microsoft considering search engine optimisation (again another business concern, if you build your application predominantly in Silverlight you want it to still be indexed by the main search engines otherwise you’ll lose your potential audience)? - 29:25 4) Microsoft are looking at adding Silverlight support to mobile devices. Will this be restricted to windows devices? - 32:17 Valentin Stoychev 1. Are there plans to add different layout elements - like the ones that are available in WPF like - Grid, - StackPanel, - WrapPanel or - DockPanel And if there are - would they be available in the final 1.1 version? What else could we expect from the WPF world to be available in Silverlight? - 33:15 2. Are there plans to implement an analog of the html “contenteditable” attribute and what will be the support for rich text. More precisely my question is will we be able to implement WYSIWYG editor in a Silverlight app? - 34:34 3. What controls are expected to be shipped with the final 1.1 version? And one last question - since Microsoft recently released the 1.0 version of the ASP.NET Ajax framework - how do you think this framework will be developed from now on, having in mind all the cool features that the Silverlight brings to the web. - 36:42 In what app scenarios the both frameworks will be used? 38:36 Do you think they will cooperate each other or the release of Silverlight will replace the ASP.NET Ajax framework. - 39:47 Finally, does this mean I can go back to calling WPF, Avalon? Please? Silverlight gives me a bit of hope MS realises the… severity… of its recent naming decisions. - 42:20 Here is a blog post of Brad’s where he links to SilverLight useful resources including his talk at Mix07 Download the entire interview here (20mb mp3) tag:odeo.com,2007-06-18,22202713 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:00:10 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast Podcasting http://odeo.com/episodes/22008573-Brad-Abrams-SilverLight-Program-Manager-podcast Download audio file (brad_abrams_podcast.mp3) Episode 55 of the PodLeaders show - 43 mins 35 secs My guest on the show this week is Brad Abrams. Brad is the Group Program Manager for Microsoft’s dotNet Framework. Brad is heavily involved in the development of SilverLight. I invited Brad to come on the show to tell me a little about Silverlight and as usual I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked Brad and the times I asked them: Can you give us a bit of background on how you got into Microsoft first day and then progressed onto Group Program Manager? - 00:24 Hang on, you were responsible for Windows 98? - 02:08 And you have since gone into the dotNet side of things? - 02:37 Tell me about SilverLight, what exactly is it? - 03:16 There were three aspects to the SilverLight announcement at Mix: the plugin, the ability to code for SilverLight using Expression Studio and Visual Studio; and SilverLight Streaming… - 05:01 I had a quick look at... Download audio file (brad_abrams_podcast.mp3) Episode 55 of the PodLeaders show - 43 mins 35 secs My guest on the show this week is Brad Abrams. Brad is the Group Program Manager for Microsoft’s dotNet Framework. Brad is heavily involved in the development of SilverLight. I invited Brad to come on the show to tell me a little about Silverlight and as usual I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked Brad and the times I asked them: Can you give us a bit of background on how you got into Microsoft first day and then progressed onto Group Program Manager? - 00:24 Hang on, you were responsible for Windows 98? - 02:08 And you have since gone into the dotNet side of things? - 02:37 Tell me about SilverLight, what exactly is it? - 03:16 There were three aspects to the SilverLight announcement at Mix: the plugin, the ability to code for SilverLight using Expression Studio and Visual Studio; and SilverLight Streaming… - 05:01 I had a quick look at the Silverlight Streaming application and I didn’t see an uploader, is that something which is being built, or did I just miss it? - 08:09 Is it limited to specific file formats? - 08:43 Audience Questions Paul M. Watson 1. I am a web-developer and I use Mac OS X. What Mac OS X tools can I use to develop Silverlight content? Can I use a good text-editor like Textmate or must I buy into the Visual Studio or Expression range which will have to run under Parallels or Bootcamp? (I used to do ASP.NET and have used Visual Studio since 1.0 days.) - 09:38 2. The DLR really floats my boat, theoretically. I use Ruby these days and do too much JavaScript than is good for me. How practical will it be to dump JavaScript and use Ruby against the HTML DOM from within Silverlight? Failing that will I be able to use Silverlight as an interpreter for JavaScript running against the HTML DOM? Current browsers are terribly slow and simply being able to put my JavaScript in a hidden Silverlight control would be fantastic. - 11:09 Rowan Nairn The ostensible goal of Silverlight is to give developers of web applications a better experience. However, it seems to me that it will end up making the net experience of actual web *users* worse. I’ve already talked to you a bit about the usability problems of allowing developers to create textboxes, links, scrollbars and other controls within Silverlight which don’t act in quite the same way that their browser counterparts do. Silverlight will also break the user conception of the back button, just as Flash notoriously does. I’ve also mentioned the important benefits of keeping the View Source command mandatory - better transparency of what code is doing on your machine; hackability leading to more innovation; keeping web development inclusive. In light of these concerns, can you tell us a bit about the process of designing Silverlight? - 16:45 Did you consider releasing just the DLR part of Silverlight, allowing people to script the DOM with a other languages than Javascript, but leaving out the heavyweight presentation framework? - 22:55 Most importantly, can you say what advantages Microsoft saw in going this route over embracing the web as it is and making the developer experience for that better instead? (I’m not saying we don’t need HD video and good vector APIs on the web, thats a separate question and you know exactly what I’d say to that) - 24:47 John M 1) From a business perspective reach is one of the highest things to consider. With that in mind why are you not supporting earlier versions of windows that support internet explorer 6 (yes, the ideal is that everyone would use xp or vista but there are still lots of people using older versions of windows globally)? - 27:15 2) Will Microsoft aid the Mono team who are looking to build a plugin for silverlight that runs on linux? - 28:42 3) Is Microsoft considering search engine optimisation (again another business concern, if you build your application predominantly in Silverlight you want it to still be indexed by the main search engines otherwise you’ll lose your potential audience)? - 29:25 4) Microsoft are looking at adding Silverlight support to mobile devices. Will this be restricted to windows devices? - 32:17 Valentin Stoychev 1. Are there plans to add different layout elements - like the ones that are available in WPF like - Grid, - StackPanel, - WrapPanel or - DockPanel And if there are - would they be available in the final 1.1 version? What else could we expect from the WPF world to be available in Silverlight? - 33:15 2. Are there plans to implement an analog of the html “contenteditable” attribute and what will be the support for rich text. More precisely my question is will we be able to implement WYSIWYG editor in a Silverlight app? - 34:34 3. What controls are expected to be shipped with the final 1.1 version? And one last question - since Microsoft recently released the 1.0 version of the ASP.NET Ajax framework - how do you think this framework will be developed from now on, having in mind all the cool features that the Silverlight brings to the web. - 36:42 In what app scenarios the both frameworks will be used? 38:36 Do you think they will cooperate each other or the release of Silverlight will replace the ASP.NET Ajax framework. - 39:47 Finally, does this mean I can go back to calling WPF, Avalon? Please? Silverlight gives me a bit of hope MS realises the… severity… of its recent naming decisions. - 42:20 Here is a blog post of Brad’s where he links to SilverLight useful resources including his talk at Mix07 Download the entire interview here (20mb mp3) No Tags Download audio file (brad_abrams_podcast.mp3) Episode 55 of the PodLeaders show - 43 mins 35 secs My guest on the show this week is Brad Abrams. Brad is the Group Program Manager for Microsoft’s dotNet Framework. Brad is heavily involved in the development of SilverLight. I invited Brad to come on the show to tell me a little about Silverlight and as usual I invited reader/listener questions as well. Here are the questions I asked Brad and the times I asked them: Can you give us a bit of background on how you got into Microsoft first day and then progressed onto Group Program Manager? - 00:24 Hang on, you were responsible for Windows 98? - 02:08 And you have since gone into the dotNet side of things? - 02:37 Tell me about SilverLight, what exactly is it? - 03:16 There were three aspects to the SilverLight announcement at Mix: the plugin, the ability to code for SilverLight using Expression Studio and Visual Studio; and SilverLight Streaming… - 05:01 I had a quick look at the Silverlight Streaming application and I didn’t see an uploader, is that something which is being built, or did I just miss it? - 08:09 Is it limited to specific file formats? - 08:43 Audience Questions Paul M. Watson 1. I am a web-developer and I use Mac OS X. What Mac OS X tools can I use to develop Silverlight content? Can I use a good text-editor like Textmate or must I buy into the Visual Studio or Expression range which will have to run under Parallels or Bootcamp? (I used to do ASP.NET and have used Visual Studio since 1.0 days.) - 09:38 2. The DLR really floats my boat, theoretically. I use Ruby these days and do too much JavaScript than is good for me. How practical will it be to dump JavaScript and use Ruby against the HTML DOM from within Silverlight? Failing that will I be able to use Silverlight as an interpreter for JavaScript running against the HTML DOM? Current browsers are terribly slow and simply being able to put my JavaScript in a hidden Silverlight control would be fantastic. - 11:09 Rowan Nairn The ostensible goal of Silverlight is to give developers of web applications a better experience. However, it seems to me that it will end up making the net experience of actual web *users* worse. I’ve already talked to you a bit about the usability problems of allowing developers to create textboxes, links, scrollbars and other controls within Silverlight which don’t act in quite the same way that their browser counterparts do. Silverlight will also break the user conception of the back button, just as Flash notoriously does. I’ve also mentioned the important benefits of keeping the View Source command mandatory - better transparency of what code is doing on your machine; hackability leading to more innovation; keeping web development inclusive. In light of these concerns, can you tell us a bit about the process of designing Silverlight? - 16:45 Did you consider releasing just the DLR part of Silverlight, allowing people to script the DOM with a other languages than Javascript, but leaving out the heavyweight presentation framework? - 22:55 Most importantly, can you say what advantages Microsoft saw in going this route over embracing the web as it is and making the developer experience for that better instead? (I’m not saying we don’t need HD video and good vector APIs on the web, thats a separate question and you know exactly what I’d say to that) - 24:47 John M 1) From a business perspective reach is one of the highest things to consider. With that in mind why are you not supporting earlier versions of windows that support internet explorer 6 (yes, the ideal is that everyone would use xp or vista but there are still lots of people using older versions of windows globally)? - 27:15 2) Will Microsoft aid the Mono team who are looking to build a plugin for silverlight that runs on linux? - 28:42 3) Is Microsoft considering search engine optimisation (again another business concern, if you build your application predominantly in Silverlight you want it to still be indexed by the main search engines otherwise you’ll lose your potential audience)? - 29:25 4) Microsoft are looking at adding Silverlight support to mobile devices. Will this be restricted to windows devices? - 32:17 Valentin Stoychev 1. Are there plans to add different layout elements - like the ones that are available in WPF like - Grid, - StackPanel, - WrapPanel or - DockPanel And if there are - would they be available in the final 1.1 version? What else could we expect from the WPF world to be available in Silverlight? - 33:15 2. Are there plans to implement an analog of the html “contenteditable” attribute and what will be the support for rich text. More precisely my question is will we be able to implement WYSIWYG editor in a Silverlight app? - 34:34 3. What controls are expected to be shipped with the final 1.1 version? And one last question - since Microsoft recently released the 1.0 version of the ASP.NET Ajax framework - how do you think this framework will be developed from now on, having in mind all the cool features that the Silverlight brings to the web. - 36:42 In what app scenarios the both frameworks will be used? 38:36 Do you think they will cooperate each other or the release of Silverlight will replace the ASP.NET Ajax framework. - 39:47 Finally, does this mean I can go back to calling WPF, Avalon? Please? Silverlight gives me a bit of hope MS realises the… severity… of its recent naming decisions. - 42:20 Here is a blog post of Brad’s where he links to SilverLight useful resources including his talk at Mix07 Download the entire interview here (20mb mp3) No Tags tag:odeo.com,2007-06-18,22008573 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:00:10 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast http://odeo.com/episodes/22008578-Video-interview-with-Jan-Blanchard-of-touristr-com For my second video podcast I interviewed Jan Blanchard of touristr. touristr.com is a site for uploading reviews of holiday destinations. It allows uploading of text, photos and videos as well as rating of destinations. touristr is currently in private beta but will be launched for general use at Reboot later this week (Thursday June 1st). Click To Play By the way, I optimised this file for the video iPod, if anyone views this on an iPod, could you let me know how it looked? Download .mp4 (55mb) Download .flv (49mb) Technorati Tags: video For my second video podcast I interviewed Jan Blanchard of touristr. touristr.com is a site for uploading reviews of holiday destinations. It allows uploading of text, photos and videos as well as rating of destinations. touristr is currently in private beta but will be launched for general use at Reboot later this week (Thursday June 1st). Click To Play By the way, I optimised this file for the video iPod, if anyone views this on an iPod, could you let me know how it looked? Download .mp4 (55mb) Download .flv (49mb) Technorati Tags: video For my second video podcast I interviewed Jan Blanchard of touristr. touristr.com is a site for uploading reviews of holiday destinations. It allows uploading of text, photos and videos as well as rating of destinations. touristr is currently in private beta but will be launched for general use at Reboot later this week (Thursday June 1st). Click To Play By the way, I optimised this file for the video iPod, if anyone views this on an iPod, could you let me know how it looked? Download .mp4 (55mb) Download .flv (49mb) Technorati Tags: video tag:odeo.com,2007-05-29,22008578 Tue, 29 May 2007 08:54:59 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast http://odeo.com/episodes/22202714-Video-interview-with-Jan-Blanchard-of-touristr-com For my second video podcast I interviewed Jan Blanchard of touristr. touristr.com is a site for uploading reviews of holiday destinations. It allows uploading of text, photos and videos as well as rating of destinations. touristr is currently in private beta but will be launched for general use at Reboot later this week (Thursday June 1st). Click To Play By the way, I optimised this file for the video iPod, if anyone views this on an iPod, could you let me know how it looked? Download .mp4 (55mb) Download .flv (49mb) For my second video podcast I interviewed Jan Blanchard of touristr. touristr.com is a site for uploading reviews of holiday destinations. It allows uploading of text, photos and videos as well as rating of destinations. touristr is currently in private beta but will be launched for general use at Reboot later this week (Thursday June 1st). Click To Play By the way, I optimised this file for the video iPod, if anyone views this on an iPod, could you let me know how it looked? Download .mp4 (55mb) Download .flv (49mb) For my second video podcast I interviewed Jan Blanchard of touristr. touristr.com is a site for uploading reviews of holiday destinations. It allows uploading of text, photos and videos as well as rating of destinations. touristr is currently in private beta but will be launched for general use at Reboot later this week (Thursday June 1st). Click To Play By the way, I optimised this file for the video iPod, if anyone views this on an iPod, could you let me know how it looked? Download .mp4 (55mb) Download .flv (49mb) tag:odeo.com,2007-05-29,22202714 Tue, 29 May 2007 08:54:59 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast Podcasting, video http://odeo.com/episodes/22008581-Neil-Edwards-ceo-of-dotMobi-podcast Download audio file (neil_edwards_podcast.mp3) Episode 54 of the PodLeaders show - 29 mins 41 secs My guest on the show this week is Neil Edwards. Neil is the CEO of dotMobi the company managing the new .mobi top level domain (tld). I invited Neil to come on the show to tell me a little about the reasons behind the setup of .mobi and as usual I invited reader/listener questions as well. The number of questions submitted was far higher than I expected so I couldn’t put them all to Neil unfortunately but I think I got a representative sample in. Here are the questions I asked Neil and the times I asked them: .mobi is the new tld for mobile devices so instead of having a .com at the end of a domain name, you can now have a .mobi, is that correct? - 0:16 .mobi is four characters, two of them on the number 6, could a better two or three character domain not have been come up with? - 01:19 Questions from readers: PG: What has happened to the first RFP? - 02:42 Are all Premium names ... Download audio file (neil_edwards_podcast.mp3) Episode 54 of the PodLeaders show - 29 mins 41 secs My guest on the show this week is Neil Edwards. Neil is the CEO of dotMobi the company managing the new .mobi top level domain (tld). I invited Neil to come on the show to tell me a little about the reasons behind the setup of .mobi and as usual I invited reader/listener questions as well. The number of questions submitted was far higher than I expected so I couldn’t put them all to Neil unfortunately but I think I got a representative sample in. Here are the questions I asked Neil and the times I asked them: .mobi is the new tld for mobile devices so instead of having a .com at the end of a domain name, you can now have a .mobi, is that correct? - 0:16 .mobi is four characters, two of them on the number 6, could a better two or three character domain not have been come up with? - 01:19 Questions from readers: PG: What has happened to the first RFP? - 02:42 Are all Premium names still going to be released in the first 2 years? - 04:59 (Just noticed today that Helsinki.mobi is live) - 06:18 Can you provide some specifics regarding the financial investment of the Corporate investors? - 06:49 What percentage of Premium names will be released via RFP versus auction? - 07:37 Will the code compliance be enforced? - 08:37 What advertising and consumer awareness efforts will mTLD be doing to promote .mobi to the public? When will we see this happening? - 09:59 Jon I’d like to hear Neil’s thoughts on Richard Rosenblatt’s ‘relaunch’ of .tv and how .mobi might fit in this push towards a video-centric TLD. - 11:19 Also, what does Neil think of the community/social network platform around which .tv is being marketed (and whether .mobi has learnt a thing or two from this approach)? - 12:44 gemulder What kind of support you can offer to a company who take the initiative to develop thousands of .mobi’s in one year? - 14:15 Richard How much of the revenue being made from registrations is going towards brand awareness and advertising the benefits of .mobi websites? - 15:25 Are companies putting their weight behind .mobi because they want to stop domain squatting or because they see actual value in it? - 16:49 Douglas Are there any plans to release city, country, and state names all currently reserved? - 17:29 Paul M. Watson Firstly thank you for the documentation, procedures and tools which have made targeting mobile users and devices easier. However why have .mobi at all? It is an extra character, or two, to type over already popular TLDs. .mobi is unfamiliar to users and is extra cost for site owners (both to buy the domain and to setup and maintain plus there is the usual trademark and domain squatting disputes to deal with all over again). - 18:31 I also worry that a profit seeking company that enforces its own rules in their own market, like the .mobi TLD space, will not have its users in mind. Should dotMobi not be a wider internet initiative, possibly not for profit? - 21:57 Are the network operators starting to push their users onto .mobi sites? -26:20 Finally, there is still a huge lack of awareness around the .mobi tld, what do you think will be the tipping point which will lead to widespread adoption? - 27:15 Download the entire interview here (13.5mb mp3) Technorati Tags: corporate investors, dotmobi, financial investment, mobi, neil edwards, orange, richard rosenblatt, top level domain, vodafone Download audio file (neil_edwards_podcast.mp3) Episode 54 of the PodLeaders show - 29 mins 41 secs My guest on the show this week is Neil Edwards. Neil is the CEO of dotMobi the company managing the new .mobi top level domain (tld). I invited Neil to come on the show to tell me a little about the reasons behind the setup of .mobi and as usual I invited reader/listener questions as well. The number of questions submitted was far higher than I expected so I couldn’t put them all to Neil unfortunately but I think I got a representative sample in. Here are the questions I asked Neil and the times I asked them: .mobi is the new tld for mobile devices so instead of having a .com at the end of a domain name, you can now have a .mobi, is that correct? - 0:16 .mobi is four characters, two of them on the number 6, could a better two or three character domain not have been come up with? - 01:19 Questions from readers: PG: What has happened to the first RFP? - 02:42 Are all Premium names still going to be released in the first 2 years? - 04:59 (Just noticed today that Helsinki.mobi is live) - 06:18 Can you provide some specifics regarding the financial investment of the Corporate investors? - 06:49 What percentage of Premium names will be released via RFP versus auction? - 07:37 Will the code compliance be enforced? - 08:37 What advertising and consumer awareness efforts will mTLD be doing to promote .mobi to the public? When will we see this happening? - 09:59 Jon I’d like to hear Neil’s thoughts on Richard Rosenblatt’s ‘relaunch’ of .tv and how .mobi might fit in this push towards a video-centric TLD. - 11:19 Also, what does Neil think of the community/social network platform around which .tv is being marketed (and whether .mobi has learnt a thing or two from this approach)? - 12:44 gemulder What kind of support you can offer to a company who take the initiative to develop thousands of .mobi’s in one year? - 14:15 Richard How much of the revenue being made from registrations is going towards brand awareness and advertising the benefits of .mobi websites? - 15:25 Are companies putting their weight behind .mobi because they want to stop domain squatting or because they see actual value in it? - 16:49 Douglas Are there any plans to release city, country, and state names all currently reserved? - 17:29 Paul M. Watson Firstly thank you for the documentation, procedures and tools which have made targeting mobile users and devices easier. However why have .mobi at all? It is an extra character, or two, to type over already popular TLDs. .mobi is unfamiliar to users and is extra cost for site owners (both to buy the domain and to setup and maintain plus there is the usual trademark and domain squatting disputes to deal with all over again). - 18:31 I also worry that a profit seeking company that enforces its own rules in their own market, like the .mobi TLD space, will not have its users in mind. Should dotMobi not be a wider internet initiative, possibly not for profit? - 21:57 Are the network operators starting to push their users onto .mobi sites? -26:20 Finally, there is still a huge lack of awareness around the .mobi tld, what do you think will be the tipping point which will lead to widespread adoption? - 27:15 Download the entire interview here (13.5mb mp3) Technorati Tags: corporate investors, dotmobi, financial investment, mobi, neil edwards, orange, richard rosenblatt, top level domain, vodafone tag:odeo.com,2007-05-22,22008581 Tue, 22 May 2007 08:27:50 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast http://odeo.com/episodes/22202715-Neil-Edwards-ceo-of-dotMobi-podcast Download audio file (neil_edwards_podcast.mp3) Episode 54 of the PodLeaders show - 29 mins 41 secs My guest on the show this week is Neil Edwards. Neil is the CEO of dotMobi the company managing the new .mobi top level domain (tld). I invited Neil to come on the show to tell me a little about the reasons behind the setup of .mobi and as usual I invited reader/listener questions as well. The number of questions submitted was far higher than I expected so I couldn’t put them all to Neil unfortunately but I think I got a representative sample in. Here are the questions I asked Neil and the times I asked them: .mobi is the new tld for mobile devices so instead of having a .com at the end of a domain name, you can now have a .mobi, is that correct? - 0:16 .mobi is four characters, two of them on the number 6, could a better two or three character domain not have been come up with? - 01:19 Questions from readers: PG: What has happened to the first RFP? - 02:42 Are all Premium names ... Download audio file (neil_edwards_podcast.mp3) Episode 54 of the PodLeaders show - 29 mins 41 secs My guest on the show this week is Neil Edwards. Neil is the CEO of dotMobi the company managing the new .mobi top level domain (tld). I invited Neil to come on the show to tell me a little about the reasons behind the setup of .mobi and as usual I invited reader/listener questions as well. The number of questions submitted was far higher than I expected so I couldn’t put them all to Neil unfortunately but I think I got a representative sample in. Here are the questions I asked Neil and the times I asked them: .mobi is the new tld for mobile devices so instead of having a .com at the end of a domain name, you can now have a .mobi, is that correct? - 0:16 .mobi is four characters, two of them on the number 6, could a better two or three character domain not have been come up with? - 01:19 Questions from readers: PG: What has happened to the first RFP? - 02:42 Are all Premium names still going to be released in the first 2 years? - 04:59 (Just noticed today that Helsinki.mobi is live) - 06:18 Can you provide some specifics regarding the financial investment of the Corporate investors? - 06:49 What percentage of Premium names will be released via RFP versus auction? - 07:37 Will the code compliance be enforced? - 08:37 What advertising and consumer awareness efforts will mTLD be doing to promote .mobi to the public? When will we see this happening? - 09:59 Jon I’d like to hear Neil’s thoughts on Richard Rosenblatt’s ‘relaunch’ of .tv and how .mobi might fit in this push towards a video-centric TLD. - 11:19 Also, what does Neil think of the community/social network platform around which .tv is being marketed (and whether .mobi has learnt a thing or two from this approach)? - 12:44 gemulder What kind of support you can offer to a company who take the initiative to develop thousands of .mobi’s in one year? - 14:15 Richard How much of the revenue being made from registrations is going towards brand awareness and advertising the benefits of .mobi websites? - 15:25 Are companies putting their weight behind .mobi because they want to stop domain squatting or because they see actual value in it? - 16:49 Douglas Are there any plans to release city, country, and state names all currently reserved? - 17:29 Paul M. Watson Firstly thank you for the documentation, procedures and tools which have made targeting mobile users and devices easier. However why have .mobi at all? It is an extra character, or two, to type over already popular TLDs. .mobi is unfamiliar to users and is extra cost for site owners (both to buy the domain and to setup and maintain plus there is the usual trademark and domain squatting disputes to deal with all over again). - 18:31 I also worry that a profit seeking company that enforces its own rules in their own market, like the .mobi TLD space, will not have its users in mind. Should dotMobi not be a wider internet initiative, possibly not for profit? - 21:57 Are the network operators starting to push their users onto .mobi sites? -26:20 Finally, there is still a huge lack of awareness around the .mobi tld, what do you think will be the tipping point which will lead to widespread adoption? - 27:15 Download the entire interview here (13.5mb mp3) Download audio file (neil_edwards_podcast.mp3) Episode 54 of the PodLeaders show - 29 mins 41 secs My guest on the show this week is Neil Edwards. Neil is the CEO of dotMobi the company managing the new .mobi top level domain (tld). I invited Neil to come on the show to tell me a little about the reasons behind the setup of .mobi and as usual I invited reader/listener questions as well. The number of questions submitted was far higher than I expected so I couldn’t put them all to Neil unfortunately but I think I got a representative sample in. Here are the questions I asked Neil and the times I asked them: .mobi is the new tld for mobile devices so instead of having a .com at the end of a domain name, you can now have a .mobi, is that correct? - 0:16 .mobi is four characters, two of them on the number 6, could a better two or three character domain not have been come up with? - 01:19 Questions from readers: PG: What has happened to the first RFP? - 02:42 Are all Premium names still going to be released in the first 2 years? - 04:59 (Just noticed today that Helsinki.mobi is live) - 06:18 Can you provide some specifics regarding the financial investment of the Corporate investors? - 06:49 What percentage of Premium names will be released via RFP versus auction? - 07:37 Will the code compliance be enforced? - 08:37 What advertising and consumer awareness efforts will mTLD be doing to promote .mobi to the public? When will we see this happening? - 09:59 Jon I’d like to hear Neil’s thoughts on Richard Rosenblatt’s ‘relaunch’ of .tv and how .mobi might fit in this push towards a video-centric TLD. - 11:19 Also, what does Neil think of the community/social network platform around which .tv is being marketed (and whether .mobi has learnt a thing or two from this approach)? - 12:44 gemulder What kind of support you can offer to a company who take the initiative to develop thousands of .mobi’s in one year? - 14:15 Richard How much of the revenue being made from registrations is going towards brand awareness and advertising the benefits of .mobi websites? - 15:25 Are companies putting their weight behind .mobi because they want to stop domain squatting or because they see actual value in it? - 16:49 Douglas Are there any plans to release city, country, and state names all currently reserved? - 17:29 Paul M. Watson Firstly thank you for the documentation, procedures and tools which have made targeting mobile users and devices easier. However why have .mobi at all? It is an extra character, or two, to type over already popular TLDs. .mobi is unfamiliar to users and is extra cost for site owners (both to buy the domain and to setup and maintain plus there is the usual trademark and domain squatting disputes to deal with all over again). - 18:31 I also worry that a profit seeking company that enforces its own rules in their own market, like the .mobi TLD space, will not have its users in mind. Should dotMobi not be a wider internet initiative, possibly not for profit? - 21:57 Are the network operators starting to push their users onto .mobi sites? -26:20 Finally, there is still a huge lack of awareness around the .mobi tld, what do you think will be the tipping point which will lead to widespread adoption? - 27:15 Download the entire interview here (13.5mb mp3) tag:odeo.com,2007-05-22,22202715 Tue, 22 May 2007 08:27:50 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast Podcasting http://odeo.com/episodes/22143767-Video-podcast-with-Conor-O%E2%80%99Neill-of-LouderVoice-com This is the first visual PodLeaders interview. I hope to do a good few more in the coming months. This interview is with Conor O’Neill of LouderVoice.com and Conor discusses his recently launched review aggregator site. Click To Play The quality of the video isn’t great - any/all tips on how to improve the video greatly accepted. Technorati Tags: video This is the first visual PodLeaders interview. I hope to do a good few more in the coming months. This interview is with Conor O’Neill of LouderVoice.com and Conor discusses his recently launched review aggregator site. Click To Play The quality of the video isn’t great - any/all tips on how to improve the video greatly accepted. Technorati Tags: video This is the first visual PodLeaders interview. I hope to do a good few more in the coming months. This interview is with Conor O’Neill of LouderVoice.com and Conor discusses his recently launched review aggregator site. Click To Play The quality of the video isn’t great - any/all tips on how to improve the video greatly accepted. Technorati Tags: video tag:odeo.com,2007-05-21,22143767 Mon, 21 May 2007 13:59:14 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast http://odeo.com/episodes/22147095-Video-podcast-with-Conor-O%E2%80%99Neill-of-LouderVoice-com This is the first visual PodLeaders interview. I hope to do a good few more in the coming months. This interview is with Conor O’Neill of LouderVoice.com and Conor discusses his recently launched review aggregator site. Click To Play The quality of the video isn’t great - any/all tips on how to improve the video greatly accepted. Technorati Tags: video This is the first visual PodLeaders interview. I hope to do a good few more in the coming months. This interview is with Conor O’Neill of LouderVoice.com and Conor discusses his recently launched review aggregator site. Click To Play The quality of the video isn’t great - any/all tips on how to improve the video greatly accepted. Technorati Tags: video This is the first visual PodLeaders interview. I hope to do a good few more in the coming months. This interview is with Conor O’Neill of LouderVoice.com and Conor discusses his recently launched review aggregator site. Click To Play The quality of the video isn’t great - any/all tips on how to improve the video greatly accepted. Technorati Tags: video tag:odeo.com,2007-05-21,22147095 Mon, 21 May 2007 13:59:14 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast http://odeo.com/episodes/22202716-Video-podcast-with-Conor-O%E2%80%99Neill-of-LouderVoice-com This is the first visual PodLeaders interview. I hope to do a good few more in the coming months. This interview is with Conor O’Neill of LouderVoice.com and Conor discusses his recently launched review aggregator site. Click To Play The quality of the video isn’t great - any/all tips on how to improve the video greatly accepted. This is the first visual PodLeaders interview. I hope to do a good few more in the coming months. This interview is with Conor O’Neill of LouderVoice.com and Conor discusses his recently launched review aggregator site. Click To Play The quality of the video isn’t great - any/all tips on how to improve the video greatly accepted. This is the first visual PodLeaders interview. I hope to do a good few more in the coming months. This interview is with Conor O’Neill of LouderVoice.com and Conor discusses his recently launched review aggregator site. Click To Play The quality of the video isn’t great - any/all tips on how to improve the video greatly accepted. tag:odeo.com,2007-05-21,22202716 Mon, 21 May 2007 13:59:14 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast Podcasting, video http://odeo.com/episodes/22008589-Neville-Hobson-podcast Download audio file (neville_hobson_podcast.mp3) Episode 53 of the PodLeaders show - 46 mins 19 secs My guest on the show this week is blogger, podcaster and intrepid SecondLife explorer Neville Hobson. I invited Neville to come on the show to talk about Second Life, Crayon and communications in general. Here are the questions I asked Neville and the times I asked them: Neville, can you give us a bit of background on yourself, how did you get into this whole arena? How did you get into blogging and podcasting, how did that kick off? - 02:19 And you have been doing a bi-weekly podcast with Shel Holtz for nearly two years now… - 03:54 How do you keep it going though, two podcasts a week is a huge commitment? 04:47 What do you see as the advantages for a company of an involvement in Second Life? - 06:51 So a lot of it is about experimentation, as opposed to actual business benefits? - 09:51 Questions from readers: Paul Watson My problem with Second Life is the disconnect when mov... Download audio file (neville_hobson_podcast.mp3) Episode 53 of the PodLeaders show - 46 mins 19 secs My guest on the show this week is blogger, podcaster and intrepid SecondLife explorer Neville Hobson. I invited Neville to come on the show to talk about Second Life, Crayon and communications in general. Here are the questions I asked Neville and the times I asked them: Neville, can you give us a bit of background on yourself, how did you get into this whole arena? How did you get into blogging and podcasting, how did that kick off? - 02:19 And you have been doing a bi-weekly podcast with Shel Holtz for nearly two years now… - 03:54 How do you keep it going though, two podcasts a week is a huge commitment? 04:47 What do you see as the advantages for a company of an involvement in Second Life? - 06:51 So a lot of it is about experimentation, as opposed to actual business benefits? - 09:51 Questions from readers: Paul Watson My problem with Second Life is the disconnect when moving between the “game” and the rest of my digital life (Mac desktop, browser, email client etc.) It takes time to load and even when run as a window switching between it and everything else is not as slick as other applications. Is Second Life best as a completely immersive experience or will the boundary start to fade and switching between it and everything else become faster and easier? - 11:33 At the moment there are no voice capabilities in Second Life, will they need a slew of new servers when this is brought on stream? - 13:45 More questions from readers: Evert Bopp You might ask him if he would like to comment on the articles on Second Life by Randolph Harrison. - 15:37 James Corbett How does Neville think the imminent integration of voice functionality will affect the culture of Second Life? Will it erode the fantasy side of the environment? What opportunities are afforded by the increasingly immersive capabilities going forward, for example regarding telepresence vis-a-vis high-end systems like Cisco’s Telepresence 3000. - 19:12 Ina O’Murchu Second Life is very time consuming and lags quite a lot despite this there has been an initial rush to setup businesses there and many educators are investing a lot of time and effort in Second Life to try to get the virtual world of education going. Is there not the fear that something better will come along as in the case of Sonys PS3 Home community and peoples attention being focused into something that works faster and is better. Admittedly not everyone will have a PS3 console so “Home” may become an elite community however people will more be inclined to join the better looking community. How does Second Life expect to survive with so much change coming and cope with the continuous competition? - 23:10 Neville, Do you believe virtual communities hurt real communities? Is it such a smart thing to devote so much attention to fantasy when there is so much to be done in the first Life? Whats your take/opinion? - 27:37 Jasmine Chng I’ll be interested to hear what their plans are for Crayon. Seems like a lot of marketing done in and around Second Life. Is that the only platform Crayon uses for its marketing efforts? How are they using new tools like twitter? - 29:24 You guys are running a thing called Coffee with Crayon, what is that, and how does it work? - 38:48 Finally, if someone wants to get into SecondLife, how do they go about that and what do they do once in there? - 41:51 Download the entire interview here (21.2mb mp3) Technorati Tags: blogger, james corbett, neville, paul watson, podcast, podcasting, podcasts, secondlife, second life, Shel holtz Download audio file (neville_hobson_podcast.mp3) Episode 53 of the PodLeaders show - 46 mins 19 secs My guest on the show this week is blogger, podcaster and intrepid SecondLife explorer Neville Hobson. I invited Neville to come on the show to talk about Second Life, Crayon and communications in general. Here are the questions I asked Neville and the times I asked them: Neville, can you give us a bit of background on yourself, how did you get into this whole arena? How did you get into blogging and podcasting, how did that kick off? - 02:19 And you have been doing a bi-weekly podcast with Shel Holtz for nearly two years now… - 03:54 How do you keep it going though, two podcasts a week is a huge commitment? 04:47 What do you see as the advantages for a company of an involvement in Second Life? - 06:51 So a lot of it is about experimentation, as opposed to actual business benefits? - 09:51 Questions from readers: Paul Watson My problem with Second Life is the disconnect when moving between the “game” and the rest of my digital life (Mac desktop, browser, email client etc.) It takes time to load and even when run as a window switching between it and everything else is not as slick as other applications. Is Second Life best as a completely immersive experience or will the boundary start to fade and switching between it and everything else become faster and easier? - 11:33 At the moment there are no voice capabilities in Second Life, will they need a slew of new servers when this is brought on stream? - 13:45 More questions from readers: Evert Bopp You might ask him if he would like to comment on the articles on Second Life by Randolph Harrison. - 15:37 James Corbett How does Neville think the imminent integration of voice functionality will affect the culture of Second Life? Will it erode the fantasy side of the environment? What opportunities are afforded by the increasingly immersive capabilities going forward, for example regarding telepresence vis-a-vis high-end systems like Cisco’s Telepresence 3000. - 19:12 Ina O’Murchu Second Life is very time consuming and lags quite a lot despite this there has been an initial rush to setup businesses there and many educators are investing a lot of time and effort in Second Life to try to get the virtual world of education going. Is there not the fear that something better will come along as in the case of Sonys PS3 Home community and peoples attention being focused into something that works faster and is better. Admittedly not everyone will have a PS3 console so “Home” may become an elite community however people will more be inclined to join the better looking community. How does Second Life expect to survive with so much change coming and cope with the continuous competition? - 23:10 Neville, Do you believe virtual communities hurt real communities? Is it such a smart thing to devote so much attention to fantasy when there is so much to be done in the first Life? Whats your take/opinion? - 27:37 Jasmine Chng I’ll be interested to hear what their plans are for Crayon. Seems like a lot of marketing done in and around Second Life. Is that the only platform Crayon uses for its marketing efforts? How are they using new tools like twitter? - 29:24 You guys are running a thing called Coffee with Crayon, what is that, and how does it work? - 38:48 Finally, if someone wants to get into SecondLife, how do they go about that and what do they do once in there? - 41:51 Download the entire interview here (21.2mb mp3) Technorati Tags: blogger, james corbett, neville, paul watson, podcast, podcasting, podcasts, secondlife, second life, Shel holtz tag:odeo.com,2007-04-16,22008589 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:39:11 -0700 no PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast