Ministry of Intrigue

Just another quick post that Dan and I just recently did a short podcast on Mahalo. Our contention is that Mahalo, while ostensibly a search engine, has far more in common with Wikipedia than anything else. We also discuss what advantage branding it that way may have, and come to the conclusion that Mahalo is Portal 2.0, but in a good way.

Listen to it here.

Just a quick post to let you know that I appeared on the latest episode of the Creepy Sleepy Show Podcast, where DHP, Greg and myself discuss the new Radiohead album, titled In Rainbows. In particular we focus on Radiohead’s digital distribution, what this means in the music industry and our experience as music consumers.

I do have to apologize for an error I make in the show. I mistakenly described the LAME mp3 codec listening tests as a comparison against vinyl, when I meant to say it was a comparison between a 320 kbps mp3 against the original CD. In my defense, I had just foolishly clicked on a link that Warren Ellis had put on his blog, which was so horrific that I had to restart my brain in order to retain my sanity. Just a word of advice to all of you, when you see a strange looking link on his site, think carefully before you look.

Anyway, it was a fun show and hopefully I’ll have chance to join DHP again soon. You can download/listen the show here.

Just a quick post to mention that I’m a guest on today’s episode of the Creepy Sleepy Show Podcast. We discuss the recent HDDVD Digg Storm controversy, Digg’s incompetence at proper PR and the differences between traditional media and social news. I’m always a little uncomfortable being presented as a tech expert, but it was a fun show and a really interesting conversation.

You should check it out. I’d love to hear your thoughts on these issues, particularly to the way social news sites like Digg are changing the way we consume information.