DISQUS

Laconi.ca is Twitter's WordPress.
They just needs to make it easier to theme and it'll take off like Mentos in Coke.
(They're concentrating on making it easier to install with all features such as SMS posting, proper queuing etc. Keep in mind also this is not a blog. The architecture needs to be totally different. Somewhere between a CMS and a messaging service, like XMPP or such. And it still needs to be easily installable like Wordpress...)

Also, The Open Microblogging Protocol etc etc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenMicroBlogging

May I suggest also "The medium is the massage" (a, not e) by McLuhan.

Every piece of technology we develop is an extension of ourselves out into the world (often as a tool to try to further control some aspect of the world) and by adding to the world, which shapes us almost completely, we in turn add to it's influence on us.

It is a mistake that humans easily make; we separate ourselves, in our minds, from the world, when really we are just one small part of it, dancing within and with it, all the time.

May I suggest also "The medium is the massage" (a, not e) by McLuhan.

Every piece of technology we develop is an extension of ourselves out into the world (often as a tool to try to further control some aspect of the world) and by adding to the world, which shapes us almost completely, we in turn add to it's influence on us.

It is a mistake that humans easily make; we separate ourselves, in our minds, from the world, when really we are just one small part of it, dancing within and with it, all the time.

A chicken clucks, my grandmother clucks, therefore my grandmother is a chicken.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism

beware using "are" this way. it limits your thoughts and ends in fascistic actions.

Platforms CAN [BE|SUPPORT|FOSTER|etc] markets, Markets CAN [BE|SUPPORT|FOSTER|etc] conversations. etc etc

@Jude the "Banh Mi" in the title refers to what you call "subviet" (which is a new one for me. cute!)

this city is packed with awesome vietnamese pho joints, pretty much all of them family or individually owned by people who take their food seriously (enough to not need MSG, btw. ;)

@Nicholas definitely worth trying out. It was my fave for a long while before moving on.

marketing survey thinly disguised as "vox pop"
not worth the time to pick apart, but definitely a warning to anyone wanting a restaurant reference for Montreal:
Do NOT trust this list "as is"

"Fret not, it’s completely free"

Thankfully someone upped it to other services, but tell me, how is giving a corporation your credit card details, and thus identity, "free"?

:)

what about getting a Wii wand/nunchuck to work with it?

Xapplimatic: I suggest you research a bit more before you run at the mouth, because you evidently haven't the slightest clue. :)
There are tons of applications, written by everyday individuals, available for download and use on mobile devices (cellphone? what's that? something your grandma uses?). Some even for free. Yes most platforms are closed, and yes lots of the really cool stuff is somehow blocked off, be it at the hardware, platform or network layer, but they DO exist and ARE possible.

Anyone who knows how can write a J2ME app that can run on a wide range of devices. That's a fact which somehow escaped your thorough research apparently. ;)

First off, "mobile 2.0" is long past us. Please visit Asia at your earliest convenience and have a local show you what they can do with their devices. (Japan, Korea especially)

Second, the "next web" is not about the device or the platform or the browser, it is about finally making all three able to - connect to the network as easily as possible, - connect as ubiquitously as possible and - access the same data/services regardless.

Yes making the mobile platform as open as possible is key. That tranlsates to having at least one platform available on-device that makes afordances for hackes and open-source weenies to play and make stuff. Nokia did this with Python on the N-series (and then promptly messed that up).

The only problem with Java is it never got picked up really by anyone but the corporate programmer crowd. DIY hackers prefer other environments/cultures.

It is very clear the iPhone is not in any way positioned for the tinkerers, but for the mass market who just wants something "polished and perfect", regardless if that means "closed, proprietary, controled" (and I make no moral judgement on that. there are benefits to being so.) And it is further clear that Apple is not interested in, or simply does not see, in allowing their market base to invest some of it's time to make their product really shine. Maybe tat will come later. "Get as many out in a first run, then open it up a bit once we've recouped development costs and not incurred too much support pain (which would happen if they ship something with little open doors that unwitting users could get snagged on)."

That said, the iPhone runs Mac OS X, which is BSD Unix, and it has a USB port. Someone will "get in", and quick too.

Anyways. I don't know how John feels about us saying so but yes, Radar is like Twitter for cameraphone pictures, and it is hugely powerful. Way more so than Twitter. (The only reason the technerds didn't pick up on Radar earlier is cause it has no API or feeds or other such stuff: it too is meant for a different market...)