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

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 »

You Can’t Handle The Truth About Podcasting

Wednesday, April 23 Paul Colligan

First, please watch this embedded clip from YouTube to put you in the proper mindset. You can’t handle the truth! Son, we work on an Internet that has limits. And these limits can’t be changed with men with vc funding – no matter how much you’ve got. Who’s gonna stream to millions at once? You?…Read More »

Podcasting, New Media and the iPhone SDK – Apple Is Now Selling Indie Content

Thursday, March 6 Paul Colligan

Well the Apple iPhone SDK announcements were made today. I got the majority of my information from Engadget’s always stellar liveblogging of the event. The MetaliveBlog from TUAW is nice as well. Here are my thoughts: Licensing ActiveSync for iPhone. All the “iPhones ain’t for business” excuses just went away. The no new programs for…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 »

Zune Gets Gaming – Microsoft’s Player Just Got More Important

Wednesday, February 20 Paul Colligan

Today at the Game Developers Conference, word was released that, simply, we’ve now got the options for games on the Zune. You can read all about it at Joystiq and Engadget. I’ve also added a few comments over at Zuneluv.com (and breathed some life into our Zune Games category. If you want to play along…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 »

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 »

The iPhone As Portable Wireless Podcatcher

Tuesday, October 9 Paul Colligan

I bought my iPhone on Saturday and am now part of the “iCult.” Last night I watched all of the episodes of iCali.tv (my favorite tip so far, Jivetalk as instant messenger option) via stream connected to my wifi at home. Very nice, an on-demand portable media player. Today I had to run some errands….Read More »

So, Does The iTunes Wifi Store Do Podcasts Or Not?

Tuesday, September 11 Paul Colligan

Geekbrief #225 and CrankyGeeks #80 both had participants (from Podshow) who claimed that the iTunes Wifi Store did Podcasts. Everything I read says otherwise. What do they know that I don’t? Does anyone have access to the iTunes Wifi store yet? Does it do Podcasts or not? Technorati Tags: itunes, itunes wifi store, podcasts, podshow,…Read More »

And The Beat Goes On … Thoughts On The Apple Event

Wednesday, September 5 Paul Colligan

As always, I played along at home via Engadget. And, of course, the lovely and gracious Cali has her video stream. He brings up Podcasts in the first 5 minutes. “125k podcasts. “This is amazing material, it’s free, and over 25k are video podcasts.” Steve knows that his money is in the hardware. “This last…Read More »