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The word 'curation' has become popular recently in the tech world to describe what I call mutual media - the way, by reading many things and passing on a few of them, that we mediate the world of information for each other. As m'colleague JP Rangaswami says, "Curators add to relevance by stripping away the irrelevant and the unneeded and the shoddy."

However, there is a move to co-opt this useful term into a new form of centralised control. Sarah Rotman of Forrester defines 'curated computing' as:

A mode of computing where choice is constrained to deliver less complex, more relevant experiences.

Given Forrester's background, expect this 'curated computing' idea to be used to justify IT departments preventing corporate users from using applications they choose any day now.

At the D Conference last week, Steve Jobs embraced this term, referring to a 'curated app store'.

This definition moves the idea of curation from democratic to hierarchical - our choice becomes take it or leave it. As Jobs said

Things are packages, of emphasis. Some things are emphasised in a product, some things are not done as well in a product, some things are chosen not to be done at all in a product.

This reminds me of the classic 'Curate's Egg' cartoon:
Bishop: "I'm afraid you've got a bad egg, Mr Jones";
Curate: "Oh, no, my Lord, I assure you that parts of it are excellent!"

When choosing what features go into Apple Products, of course Jobs gets to decide this; it is indeed a great skill. However, when offering technology platforms for others to build businesses on, this is more problematic.

While talking about Flash on the iPad, Jobs said:

A more popular developer environment was HyperCard, we were OK to axe that[...] Hypercard was huge in it's day because it was accessible to anybody

Indeed it was - many people miss it; Dale Dougherty says he wants a HyperCard for the iPad. I don't think he does.

When Steve Jobs's Apple cancelled the HyperCard in QuickTime project, all the people who had built businesses on it could do was plead with Apple, to no avail.

As Jobs himself says, we have a platform to build on for the future - it is HTML5. It's an emerging standard that is not under the control of any one company, but is built on the Web as agreement. And even Steve Jobs can't stop it.

One little feature I really liked about the iPhone 3GS over the regular iPhone 3G, was the battery life percentage displayed beside the battery icon at the top right of my iPhone.

When my wife showed me a new iPhone application she got called Battery Doctor. I mentioned that because I had the 3GS, I would have no need for it. Wow, was I ever wrong. First of all, never try and tell your wife that you know something she doesn't, second, this iPhone app does plenty more than I thought.



Some of the extra cool battery features you get for just 99 cents:
-Display of how much talk time you have left
-How long you can surf the internet
-How long you can be on U tube
-Audio playback time
-Bluetooth
-Playing 2D and 3D games
-Taking photos
-Standby time

and the best of all.... time to recharge back to 100%

There are also some tips on how to maximize battery life, a log of recharging, and you can even select themes for the display.

This little app definitely kicks butt!!!

Last week, Betsy Aoki tweeted:

This intrigued me, as I had used Dandelion and Virus analogies talking about the social web 2 years ago and used these pictures:

Organic dandelion versus virus

Looks like a case of metaphors converging.

I found a Canadian weather application at the iTunes store that is a big improvement over the regular weather app on your iPhone. Atmospherique shows the weather for many cities, small and large, across a vast country - CANADA!!!

The weather conditions are taken from the best source available - Environment Canada - ensuring the information you get is accurate, up to date, and considering some remote locations... available!




At a glance you can quickly see current conditions and temperature, a six day forecast with pictures, precipitation and temperature ranges. As well as showing pressure, humidity, windchill factor and gusts, I especially like the sunrise and sunset times. There is even a pie chart showing daytime vs nightime.

There are options to show information in English or French and temperature can be displayed in Celsius, Fahrenheit or Calvin. Right now it's 290K, so I can safely leave my jacket behind.

Google I/O starts today in San Francisco, but they've already exceeded the capacity of Moscone West, so even Google execs can't get in today. If like me you're watching remotely, here's the live stream. Me, Gina Trapani, Adam Pash, and Leo Laporte will be live-waving it here (and on their sites).

If you want to join in a free-for-all wave chat, try this one:

Don't let the title fool you, this app is fun. I use to be a huge fan of scrabble when I was a kid. When a scrabble-like game came out of facebook, I enjoyed that too. Now with Words With Friends I can play a word game on my iPhone.

The game allows you to play with friends, strangers, or just take your time and play as a single to challenge yourself.

Reading the comments it sounds like they've been working out some bugs, which happens!

It's funny how new technologies can help revive the concept of a game that had long since become near extinct! There are plenty of games and iPhone applications at the iTunes store that have done just that.

Again, combing something retro with new tech... I love it!

From the maker of Airport Madness and Airport Madness 2, Airport Madness Mobile was released yesterday on the iTunes store for your iPhone or iPod Touch device.

I won't sugar coat this next point, it isn't free but it is VERY GOOD!

"You land a million planes safely. Then you have one little midair collision and you never hear the end of it." Air Traffic Controller. New York TRACON


Have you ever wondered what it must be like to work the world's most stressful job? Well now is your chance to get a feel for it, and no-one will get hurt (just your thumbs)! Fantastic graphics and sound effects.


Once you've had a chance to master the busy daytime traffic, there are some other challenges thrown at you, like working the nightshift!

Air Traffic Controllers are only allowed 3 strikes and they're out... out of a job that is! Assuming you can make it this far, there is even bad weather to contend with, if you can handle the stress. The better you are at the game, the more your pay goes up. How much can you make?


Big Fat Simulations has plenty of experience making games for your PC, and now they've partnered with Fluik Entertainment to develop Airport Madness Mobile for your iPhone. The only question is, do you have the nerves of steel required to handle this iPhone game that Kicks Butt!