Paul Colligan – The People And Business Of New And Social Media

On the Apple Event Today And The Microsoft (Zune) Content Released Over The Weekend

Tuesday, September 9 Paul Colligan

So, the masses will be commenting (and how could I not join them?) on the Apple event throughout the day. Some of your best reports of the pure data comes, as always, from Engadget and Crunchgear. I, sadly, missed the live commentary from Cali at Geekbrief this year. Long story. And of course, you can…Read More »

WWDC 2008 – Covering The Livebloggers With A New Media Take

Monday, June 9 Paul Colligan

I love a good Jobs Keynote as much as anyone else does. I’m as big of a fanboy as the next guy and do plan one day to go to one of these events live. And, yes, I’m following the livebloggers but … I’m trying to do the whole angle of a “new media” take…Read More »

If You Aren’t Nervous, You Aren’t Paying Attention – Big Changes Very Quickly In The New Media Space

Friday, February 22 Paul Colligan

I’ve yet to connect all of the dots but consider the follow new stories in the new media space. Some things are brewing, some things are changing, and some things are about to explode. These stories are in no particular order but I do believe strongly that they ad up to something pretty big. Consider…Read More »

What The Apple TV Dares Teach Us About The Future Of Podcasting And New Media

Monday, February 18 Paul Colligan

I spent a lot of time with my Apple TV this weekend. There is some stuff I really like, some stuff I don’t and some stuff that is changing my business plan this week. It’s that last group I want to talk about in this piece. Remember, this isn’t about Apple TV Take 2 –…Read More »

7 Ways Apple TV Changes The Game And What Podcasters Need To Know And Do About It

Wednesday, February 13 Paul Colligan

Digg this story … If this is your first time at the Blog, let me tell you this: yes, we love the gadgets and have a house full of ‘em, but … this ain’t always about the gadgets. This is about the business and politics behind the gadgets. With that said and done, we’d love…Read More »

Apple TV Take 2 – This Podcaster’s Perspective

Tuesday, February 12 Paul Colligan

As per Engadget (and TUAW and few zillion other gadget blog sites already), the "Take 2" update for Apple TV is loose and available for download. As I type these first sentences, my system is in the process of downloading and upgrading. As always, I’ll try to give the Podcasting / New Media angle on…Read More »

Did Apple TV Kill Netflix?

Wednesday, January 16 Paul Colligan

Note: I’ll be talking with Don McAllister from ScreenCastsOnline.com on tonight’s New Media Matters Show re this very topic. Join us live if you can. If not, of course, you can always subscribe to the show. I can’t tell you how excited I am about the Apple TV “refresh.” I’ve already checked multiple times to…Read More »

Jobs MacWorld Keynote 2008 – Your New Media Perspective

Tuesday, January 15 Paul Colligan

So here I liveblog the keynote livebloggers. My favorites – Engadget’s traditional blog approach and Geekbrief.tv’s more chatroom angle on this. Stream of facts, figures, etc. followed by some thoughts at the end. As this all starts up I have to comment on this kind of “event marketing.” Nobody even comes close. Think about this,…Read More »

Hulu Impresses

Tuesday, November 20 Paul Colligan

I got my Hulu beta pass yesterday. And, before you ask, they don’t give you any passes or invites to give away – at least at this point. First impressions are very nice. The video is very smooth and I’ll have no problems integration those shows into my little Year of Living Digitally experiment. Full…Read More »

Apple Tin Foil Hat Moment #5

Friday, August 31 Paul Colligan

Jobs has called AppleTV his “hobby.” That means he ain’t in this one to make money. What is he in this one for? I have a few hobby projects that I use as test grounds for everything else I’m doing. Jobs released AppleTV very hackable – not easily hackable – but hackable none the less….Read More »