Om and Niall PodSessions

Companies such as Google, Earthlink, and MetroFi continue to roll-out municipal WiFi networks in Philadelphia, Mountain View, and other locations, creating new possibilities for an always-connected individual and/or device. Fon hopes to bridge the gaps and provide a different type of public WiFi system through its own network of user-contributed hotspots. You could always try the local cafe for a monthly paid plan.

How is pervasive wireless high speed data changing the WiFi landscape? As EVDO Rev. A and HSDPA becomes available in more and more cities in the United States and around the world, will broadly deployed WiFi hotspots provide competitive coverage and speed to compete?

In this week's PodSession, 3G vs. WiFi, Om and I take a look at the current state of 3G wireless data technologies and WiFi rollouts in the United States. The podcast is 20 minutes in length, a 9 MB download.

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Widgets are everywhere! As web companies open up their homepages and sidebars to user content and customization widgets are the implementation of choice, allowing a variety of content providers to easily plug-in.

Small companies are discovering the broad distribution options of widget content across the Web from personal home pages from Microsoft and Google to blog sidebars powered by WordPress or TypePad. MySpace is an entire widget economy unto itself, sustaining small companies providing scrolling photo albums or video clips.

Om and I discuss the current state of the world of widgets in this week's PodSession, Widgetization of the Web. The podcast is 23 minutes in length, a 10 MB download.

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How do you define success? In years past we looked towards acquisitions or a possible public stock offering as a sign a company had "made it" and achieved success in the marketplace. In today's business environment of bootstrapped startups and distributed employees and company base the definition of startup success is also changing. Small teams can launch a new company and product providing more than enough revenue to cover their expenses and then some. Big moves such as mergers, acquisitions, and public offerings might actually hurt these small businesses and their small markets.

Some startups begin as hobbies and turn into full-blown companies with enough market interest. Some startups have a master plan for industry domination, even if the industry is still being defined. Our evaluation of success is rapidly changing, and is the topic of this week's podcast.

This week's PodSession, Defining Success, is 19 minutes in length, a 9 MB download.

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