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Grrrrr…

… I just spent most of the last 3 hours wrestling with a “Premium” Word Press template (made by an “Elite” author) while helping a friend/former client rebuild their site.

Dear Template Authors: You should already know you’re the bomb… Because if you weren’t we would buy your stuff. Believe me, we understand that you’d like to move on to the next creation.

But if you are receiving a lot of help requests and less-than-stellar comments/feedback, it’s because people need help. To put it simply, your documentation is about as useful as cow pies.

Don’t get mad and take it personal; get it together.

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R.I.P. Windows Mobile

Today is somewhat of a sad day for me.

I got my start in mobile device programming with Windows Mobile 5… and now, even though I treat the OS like the bastard stepchild that shot the family dog, I still love that it opened new opportunities for me.

Windows Mobile, you will be missed.

Windows Mobile is going the way of the Dodo.

Windows Mobile: Going the way of the Dodo.

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The Death Knell of a Contender

Plancast is a social networking service many expected to become a fixture for those who like to give “friends” opportunities to be where they’ll be and do what they do.

The service has already floundered and is now dying on the vine.

This link leads to a very good analysis of its failure by its CEO, Mark Hendrickson. His timely comments perfectly reflect why I (a very early adopter) couldn’t use the service on a regular basis. As far as I’m aware of this analysis is a first for the social sector.

Also interesting are the comments of people who (as I did) liked/loved the service and honestly tried to use it as much as possible but for various reasons couldn’t. Scoble himself appears to have been  the first to comment.

The article: The Uphill Battle Of Social Event Sharing: A Post-Mortem for Plancast

Why am I sharing this? If nothing else, it provides tangible evidence that “great” ideas must have a viable model and a willing market that will achieve the critical mass necessary for success. Just my 2¢.