links for 2008-02-08

"There are still plenty of obstacles for the likes of Dr Who, however. Not least of them is the fact that these are mini wormholes, so only subatomic particles are small enough to travel through them".

"In the great scheme of things, a website crashing for a few hours is no catastrophe. The private sector can shrug off such embarrassments by bestowing a few vouchers on customers who complain loudly enough. In the public sector, that's not good enough".

"This is simply ridiculous. Although the SMS does eventually arrive, the friction involved in doing this is enormous. Surmount the phone's spellcheck and find a song. Do the purchase. Survive the download. Validate the download". Nail firmly hit on head.

I probably should remove the 'beta' bit from the graphic at some point...

"I asked 3 Brits because I always learn something new when I listen to them speak at conferences. I asked 'What do you wish we'd remember when marketing to non-U.S. audiences?'". They say geography, currency & language differences. And not saying Brits?

Really? Wow. One crappy England friendly nearly equal to one Doctor Who Christmas special? Live sport still packs 'em in on terrestrial.

'There was no golden age of newspapers' would ring more true as an argument, if those same newspapers didn't use every set of viewing share figures to bemoan the loss of the 'golden age of television'.