I have a couple of projects that are nearing their deadlines, so things might be a bit quiet here until next Monday or so. Given this post here, maybe that’s a good thing.
But until then, here are some of my thoughts about today’s happenings:
Steven Hodson tagged me: Who would have thought that out of all people, Steven would do this to me - I though tagging each other with was what the folks over at PayPerPost to to each other 
(but I will be a good sport - expect me to join in here, but not until tomorrow)
Podshow is changing its name: The sign of a company coming to the end of its life-cycle? The new name is the totally nonsensical Mevio (well, I guess it isn’t much worse than most of the other Web 2.0 namz). But really, who cares - they still have a homepage that makes absolutely no sense for any casual user. All their VC money should have at least bought them a decent designer. Update: For a rather scathing summary that pretty much sums up my own thoughts of what’s going on at Podshow, see Mark Hopkin’s post here.
Twhirl vs. Alert Thingy: SheGeeks posted a nice summary of why both of them aren’t ready for prime-time. Both still have too many bugs and just don’t add much to the user experience. I’m sticking with MySocial 24×7 for now, even though today’s updates of both apps point in the right direction. Love to see the competition, though.
Apparently there is a big Web 2.0 conference going on, but I haven’t heard too much interesting news coming out of it yet, besides maybe Microsoft’s Mesh announcement. That’s a big one, but I don’t sense much excitement about it either.
And to conclude, Marshall Kirkpatrick’s article about what’s the next frontier after APIs is definitely worth a close read.
Thanks Frederic!
It does not help that podshow cut podcaster payments by 50% on one of the long running advertising deals. They are simply robbing the podcasters that are on the network.