Online training made easy: MindFlash

http://www.mindflash.com/ Here I meet with the CEO of MindFlash, Donna Wells, and learn how it can help us make online training.

Aislefinder takes us into the grocery store business

Aislefinder's CEO, Curtiss Pope, shows me around his app and explains why he knows more about where things are located inside grocery stores (and why that matters to mobile users and his business) than his competition.

Ultra cool music making apps for iPhone / iPad

JETSETextra: Jordan Rudess and Uri Nieto demonstrate the latest must-have music creation apps. www.jetsetextra.com Here’s a list of some of Jordan’s favorite music apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. JR Hexatone (.99) from http – The first-ever music creation application that bares Jordan’s name, in where he was directly involved in the product’s development. Jordan states, “JR Hexatone specializes in sound sequences that are perfect for the Drum-n-Bass, Glitch, Techno, and electronic scene. For hard rock and heavy metal beats to jam to, I like a program called Thump.” (.99) from www.mrkbrz.com. 4 Track (.99) for the iPhone and StudioTrack (.99) for iPad from http — Trey Anastasio of Phish stated in Rolling Stone Magazine, “I’m obsessed with this FourTrack recording app — a super powerful studio in your pocket. I can record basically anywhere.” Looptastic (FREE to .99) from www.soundtrends.com – Jordan states, “This suite of Apps allows you to mix together a variety of cool loops and loop sets without a lot of effort, and add wide array of cutting edge effects, some of which I helped them create. It’s the best way to get a lot of cool sounds and loops happening quickly from a very user-friendly, easy and fun environment.” Music Studio (.99) from http — Jordan states, “Music Studio is a very powerful and serious App that is almost like having Apple’s Garage Band on your iPhone. For anybody who’s traveling, this is the most serious, must-have, all-in …

The Guardian’s David Leigh Talks About Julian Assange and Wikileaks

The book is full of frankly incredible revelations about the paper’s relationship with Wikileaks and Julian Assange. So incredible, in fact, that I wanted to ask the authors more about them.

On Thursday morning, I spoke to Leigh (who is based in London) via Skype. We talked about Assange, the Wikileaks revalations, whether Assange is a journalist or “just an IT guy”, the difference between the “mainstream media” and wiki journalism, Assange’s new-found friendship with the Russian government and a whole lot more.

The full video is below, followed by a few of my favourite quotes from Leigh…

HP Goes All-In with WebOS

The two smartphones Hewlett-Packard announced yesterday elicited barely a shrug, and its forthcoming TouchPad tablet is hardly more compelling than the dozens of Android tablets and RIM Playbook tablet on the nearer horizon. So why is HP suddenly considered so upwardly mobile?

In a word, WebOS. In many respects, it was ahead of its time as a mobile operating system, and with the enhancements announced yesterday, it’s that much more compelling on a tablet. The card metaphor works well: Any application, or piece of data, can be a card that appears on the tablet screen, and users swipe through them. It’s mulitasking at its easiest. HP has added the concept of stacked cards, where users can keep related items (Web pages, for example, or e-mails).

Bar talk with a mobile developer: why Nokia, Microsoft, and RIM are screwed.

Bar talk with a mobile developer: why Nokia, Microsoft, and RIM are screwed. @longsview and @renetto (awesome conversation).