I used to commute on a train where I would read. Sometimes I
miss the time spent thinking & reading. I used to use AvantGo on
my Windows Mobile-powered PocketPC (I've run through 5 PocketPCs to
date). The AvantGo service takes content on the web and reformats
is for the small screen. It worked great and beat the newspaper or
even a book (though I did read books on occasion as well).
The other day I fired up my iPhone perused through my usual list
of content to review (after emails & tasks):
- Twitter
- Facebook
- A few blogs
It hit me that that is a dramatic shift. No major corporations
are behind that content. It's all "user
generated content." It's less about large corporations
"producing" and more about people "sharing." This isn't exactly a
revelation but the mental juxtaposition of the content on my
current mobile with the previous content on my previous mobile
device was surprising.
You could argue that the line is blurry on blogs (as to whether
that is a consumer or a producer). But that there is content that
blurs a line is new.