In this Episode…
My co-host Keith Crawford and I discussed a very popular topic this evening, and that’s the rollout of Google Buzz. In this episode we both give our first impressions of this new social network / aggregator based on our initial 3 or 4 days of testing. Keith has been an authority on FriendFeed for some time now so given the similarities between what Google is trying to accomplish with Buzz and what FriendFeed already does, he provided some excellent commentary.
Also, anytime Keith and I get together for a show we always like to close out w/ a few iPhone application recommendations. This week we discussed Siri™, Waze, SleepCycle, and My6Sense. Keith also discussed Appolicious, which is a resource that no iPhone app junkie is going to want to live without. I also mentioned a story I saw today on CNN where several companies like AT&T and Verizon are getting together to open a competing APP store, you can find that CNN story here…
Since Keith and I are both avid NASCAR fans we dedicated a few minutes at the end of our show to discussing Jamie McMurray’s victory at the Daytona 500. Stay tuned for another post on this blog dedicated to the race.
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have you ever thought about doing a show on Google Wave? I haven't installed buzz yet but probably will do so the next few days. I am curious though, why do you like it over friendfeed?
Honestly we haven't given a lot of thought to doing a show on Wave anytime soon. I think once it matures a bit we might give it another look.
I found your show on Odeo this morning, listening to it now. To hear you talk Google Buzz must really be something, can't wait to try it out.
I am really excited about Buzz, I hope that Google continues to tweak it.
Thanks for listening, BTW.
You should call your podcast the Hootenany.
Hey thanks for the Appolicious mention! Much appreciated.
Cheers,
Shara
http://www.appolicious.com
No problem, Keith and I both are big fans. We would love to have you on the show sometime to talk about Appolicious if you are interested.
Our pleasure. I've used 3-4 app recommendation/library sites and Appolicious is head and shoulders above the rest. We'll be curating more lists based upon apps we recommend in the podcast.
As cotton mentioned we'd love to have you on the podcast.