DiamondCluster Wavelengths Podcast

Show #6: Toby Redshaw of Motorola

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:21:37 GMT

In the sixth show in the series, John Sviokla and Dan Bricklin interview Toby Redshaw. Toby is corporate vice president, Corporate IT Strategy, Architecture and e-Business at Motorola. Prior to Motorola, he held several senior IT and business positions with Federal Express. He talked about cell phones from an IT perspective. He talked about how they fit in with Motorola's internal IT environment, where innovation is coming from, Motorola's experience with Service Oriented Architecture for IT and what they've learned, seamless mobility, and more.

Size: 21.0MB, Length: 45:55, Recorded: September 6, 2005

Show #5: Anssi Vanjoki of Nokia

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 19:46:36 GMT

John Sviokla and Dan Bricklin interview Nokia EVP and General Manager of Multimedia Anssi Vanjoki in this show. Anssi explains how Nokia looks at the social aspects of mobile phone use, he talks about seeing it as a "social computer" with many different uses. He talks about the many ways we will customize the phones, some simple (like colored covers), some more complex (like "macros" to get certain behaviors), and some with complete APIs that they publish. He talks about different carriers' attitudes, multimedia, privacy, and more.

Some links to things mentioned in the podcast:

Marko Ahtisaari's essay
Forum Nokia: Developer Resources

Size: 14.5MB, Length: 31:49, Recorded: September 7, 2005

Show #4: Donna Dubinsky, ex-CEO of Palm and Handspring

Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:04:45 GMT

The fourth show features DiamondCluster's John Sviokla and Diamond Fellow Dan Bricklin talking with Donna Dubinsky. Donna covers lots of history as she looks back at the development of the original Palm Pilot, the role of third-party applications in its success, and how Handspring learned how to merge computer industry thinking and wireless industry thinking. She also talks about wireless carriers and challenges that need to be dealt with so that we can advance.

Size: 18.78MB, Length: 41:00, Recorded: August 1, 2005

Show #3: David Isenberg

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:41:26 GMT

In this third show, DiamondCluster's John Sviokla and Diamond Fellow Dan Bricklin talk with David Isenberg (isen.com/blog) about his "Rise of the Stupid Network" essay that he wrote while at AT&T, the democratic principle of the "Freedom to Connect", cities putting in their own connectivity infrastructure, the turnover in buying new cellphones, and more.

Size: 16.8MB, Length: 36:46, Recorded: July 20, 2005

Show #2: Tom Evslin and lessons from WorldNet and VoIP

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:45:37 GMT

In this second show, DiamondCluster's John Sviokla and Diamond Fellow Dan Bricklin talk with Tom Evslin (blog.tomevslin.com) about getting a big company to do new things, what he learned at AT&T starting WorldNet and at a successful Voice Over IP company, about the problems of vertical integration, and much more.

Size: 18.0MB, Length: 39:26, Recorded: July 19, 2005

Show #1: Setting the stage

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 20:09:55 GMT

This first show features DiamondCluster vice-chairman and global managing director of innovation and research John Sviokla and Diamond Fellows David Reed and Dan Bricklin. The discussion centers on the need for an Open Cellphone. There is discussion about the development of the IBM PC and the Internet, many of the benefits that would happen if the Open Cellphone came about, and the financial theory behind its value. Finally, there is discussion about what should be in future podcasts.

Size: 17MB, Length: 35:07, Recorded: May 31, 2005