Terence Eden’s Blog

Podcasting on the Voicemail

@edentmobile podcast whatleydude · 1 comment · 150 words

My new commute involves a lot of driving, which means I've started listening to podcasts again. One of my favourite mobile related podcasts is The Voicemail - it's a quick half hour chat between two mobile industry experts; Stefan Constantinescu and James Whatley. Stefan has been travelling for the last few weeks, so James has been co-hosting with guests. I've never recorded a podcast before, so I badgered James for a guest slot and, last night, we recorded episode 40 of The Voicemail. If…

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Context Specific Content Surfacing

@edentjquery lootu.be lootube mobile whatleydude YouTube · 1 comment · 450 words

In a mixed paradigm environment, how do you ensure content is surfaced which is context specific? By which I mean - how do you make your content serve the user's time-bound constraints? What I'm trying to say is - serendipitous discovery must be restricted based on temporal imperatives. Or, to break it down further, a user may only have a specific amount of time to dedicate to your app; how do you deal with that? In a mobile game, the interface may present the user a choice of "Quick Play"…

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