Neomeme

I think it’s an unwritten rule that, for the next few days, all blog posts everywhere must have something to do with the iPhone. Techmeme certainly seems to think so. One of the more interesting posts to arise from the iPhone lovefest is a TechCrunch’s analysis of the iPhone line as the harbinger of an eventstreaming revolution, traditional media subverted and replaced by “user generated live media”, recorded, presumably, on some sort of futuristic super-iPhone that is actually capable of recording video. Read more »

Neomeme is moving from Wordpress.com and to a real host, Nearly Free Speech. This will let me be a lot more creative in customizing this blog, so expect some(maybe drastic) changes in look and feel. This also means I have to pay for hosting, so I will be putting, like all bloggers, some AdSense on the site as well. I haven’t been blogging much these past few weeks, but now that things are settling down, I’m looking forward to getting back into the game.

There has been so much hype around the iPhone that I, like Dvorak, just want to say Shut Up Already. Regardless of your opinion of the iPhone(I think it’s completely overhyped) there’s no denying that, for the smartphone-starved American market(no US carrier has picked up recent comparable smartphones like the N95 ),the iPhone is something quite different and revolutionary. Attempting to cut through the infinite hype and speculation, here are some reputable actual reviews of the iPhone. Not guesses
or assumptions based on a 10 minute trial- actual reviews from actual journalists who have had time to review the device in detail.
Looking at many actual reviews, perhaps we can see some consistencies that cut through the hype. Read more »

Apologies for the lack of quality posts on this blog recently. Since the beginning of June, I’ve been working essentially nonstop on Avanoo . Once/if things quiet down, I’ll hopefully find some time to sit down and write.

Facebook is seeing the first sides of its own Facebook platform working against it. Facebook Platform, as you recall, is the service that allows anyone to build their own application to be embedded in Facebook profiles. It was only a matter of time before someone built an application to replace Facebook’s own services, and the first one to be popular has arrived. Read more »

A lot of us have grown up on video games. Doesn’t matter what video games- Space Invaders in the 80’s or Halo 2 in recent times. All video games, from all time, have one thing in common: They all start easy and get harder. Read more »