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Requisite complaint about video player, as requested

Great podcast this week – really liking the use of call-ins from the industry.

Agreed, and I hate to say it, but to my mind a lot of it has to do with the simple aesthetic of the word ‘Microsoft.’ It’s a pretty inelegant and geeky sounding word. Of course the company isn’t gonna change its name anytime soon, but they they need to start downplaying it on the consumer front. They should also probably think about metro-fying(?) their logo.

This may not have been what akash was talking about, but the Skydrive client doesn’t exactly work the same way as Mesh – Mesh lets you sync any folder on one machine with any folder on another. Personally I prefer this to the new client’s Dropbox-eque functionality, and if Mesh is going away, it’d be nice if they ported this style of syncing into the Skydrive app.

This will be very interesting to follow. It is also an immense piece of prank-bait. How many ways can Paul be tricked into using the internet by accident?

That notwithstanding, good luck to you, Mr. Miller!

I hope this isn’t indicative of where RIM is going with the final hardware. It’s by no means ugly, but still pretty bland compared to the concepts that we’ve seen so far (admittedly I’m not certain whether these have been confirmed as coming out of RIM). The Blade especially looks really, really nice IMO – reminds me a lot of the Venue Pro, actually, both in the obvious slider parallel and some of the smaller details.

Well, “shout-out” might be a bit strong. “Mention,” perhaps.

Enjoyed Paul’s shout-out to the Kim Stanley Robinson books.