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Mea culpa and station identification

Posted on by charlie

As with all single-person publications, there comes a time when that single person needs to set priorities that impact the publication.

I’ve been traveling in the US these past two weeks and was in no position to post anything. Oh, I had a bunch lined up, but couldn’t enter them before I took off.* Also, I really haven’t been able to keep up with news or correspondence, so you’ll see some comments to stuff from two weeks ago.

So, no, I am not dead. Nor am I overloaded with interesting stuff due to 3GSM, CTIA, or CeBIT (though most of you are). And, yes, I am still at Nokia, but not doing anything I can write about.

And, yes, this is still my site to talk about mobile stuff – the innovations, strategies, and narratives around doing things in the mobile world. And my main interest is still the fusion of mobile, PC, and Web and how it is changing the way we communicate and create.

We now resume our regularly scheduled programming. 🙂

*Tip: Work up a queue of articles and set them to go live while you are away. Yes, I do that when I can (I’m an old hat at this, y’see).

The Narrative

derrickrabble on: Six Apart Acquires SplashBlog?

Posted on by charlie

Curious, indeed. Looking forward to learning more from John. I’ve been observing this development all day – Finnish time, mind you, so long before Derrick woke up.

In any case, I’ve already sent my congratulations to John. He’s got experience making mobile apps for different platforms, dealing with manufacturers and operators, and has experience integrating mobile apps to online publishing platforms (what’s left?). And if Six Apart has brought on more than John, such as the whole SplashBlog team and platform, then more power to them.

In any case, it brings Six Apart up to date with their own portfolio of mobile apps. Sure beats starting from scratch.

Great move for Six Apart. I just love the way they grow.

Link: derrickrabble: Six Apart Acquires SplashBlog?.

Six Apart Acquires SplashBlog?
I got an email earlier today via Plaxo telling me that John Chaffe from SplashData makers of Splash Blog was the new director of mobile at Six Apart. I thought, hmm, that’s curious, I don’t recall any news about Splash Blog recently. So I cruised over the the About Us page on Splash Data and noticed that John, who I believe was the CEO isn’t on the list. I then clicked on the Splash Blog page and saw this and the mysterious Six Apart logo on the right side. Must be a recent unannounced acquisition by Six Apart.