Incredibly busy month, and March doesn’t see that easing off for me (between work, college & the other), so here’s a quick roundup of some stuff I’ve liked but is too short for a full post.
I’ve been following The Tonight Show fiasco over the US where Conan O’Brien has got bumped from the host slot after only 7 months, with Jay Leno likely to return.
From all accounts Conan was getting a rough deal from the network NBC and he’s received massive support online.
I really like Conan, not just because of his Irish roots, or his razor sharp wit, or that he wrote some of the best Simpsons episodes ever — he’s just an all round funny guy.
His last show presenting The Tonight Show aired last night and he gave a great relfection on his own personal state of mind, ending with the following… http://www.vimeo.com/8939365 “Please do not be cynical, I hate cynicism, it doesn’t lead anywhere, no one in life gets exactly what they thought they were gonna get. If you work really hard and are kind, I’m telling you amazing things will happen, amazing things will happen…“
Here’s an early online newspaper setup from back in the day and it only takes 2 hours to download a full paper in text format. (at $5 per hour)
It’s no surprise the San Fran Examiner have embraced mobile, and do it pretty well too.
Back then, the news report predicted we’d consume all our news online, and they’re pretty much right.
The only papers I’ve bought recently have been local one’s, but I pickup mobile versions on my iphone each morning — in particular m.irishtimes.com (I prefer this to the full website) and BBC Mobile.
