Click here to view the embedded video.

I’d love to get your thoughts too. Oh and if we could pretend that I’m soon to be 21, that would be awesomes.

Love ya xxx

Click here to view the embedded video.

Oh and in case you wondered who the handsome chap was, it’s Andy, the official voice behind SpreadingJam.com… he’s funny. Much funnier than me.

Happy Friday!

M xox

For full content, you should check out SpreadingJam.com which is Jam’s blog (the place I blog about marketing and cool stuff); however, I’ve also embedded the videos here for you.

I managed to interview Jewels Lewis who was the first in line at the Regent Street store. Covered by most of the press, Jewels made the headlines as he chose to miss his son’s 12 birthday. You can hear more here:

Click here to view the embedded video.

We headed back down to the store ahead of the 5pm launch in the hope that we’d be able to interview Jewels straight after his purchase. However, Jewels had become a superstar and was escorted out the back. So we took the second in line instead:

Click here to view the embedded video.

You’ll see from the picture below that the whole of Regent Street came to a halt. Buses were forced to swerve to miss the pedestrians in the road and huge raucous cheers could be heard each time a member of the queue entered into the store.

One thing’s certain, Apple sure know how to put on an event. Now where did I put my iPad?

Adam Boulton, Political Editor for Sky News was kind enough to humour me with a candid interview:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Having been in development for a year, it’s clear to see that the app is well thought out and is completely different from any other app out there in the market at this time. It blurs the current divide between live streaming and tv on demand, allowing you to choose how, when and what to watch.

The key features of the app are:-

1. Live streaming with ability to rewind, pause and fast-forward through the video right back to the start of the segment.
2. Timeline of content allowing you to choose news stories depending on when they were published.
3. When viewing content from the timeline, you can choose to interact with supporting material such as images, maps and articles, whilst still watching the video content.
4. Immediacy. Watch content live or immediately after the segment has finished, no more waiting for content to be made available in on-demand services.
5. Navigation using pinch and zoom functionality from the iPad.
6. Top stories chosen by Editors ensuring the content is always of the highest standard. There is a dedicated team of 14 just working on content for the iPad.

The app is available for download for free for a number of months, followed by a paid subscription service for non-Sky subscribers. This will be a free addition to the suite of benefits to those currently subscribed as a Sky member.

I’d like to thank Adam Boulton for being a great sport and would encourage you to download the app for free from Thursday to play for yourself.

With higher expectations than ever before, let me first go to the Microsoft presentation done by Charlie Kendel, the head of their Developer Ecosystem. The presentation starts promptly with Loic questioning how many handsets have been sold using the Windows platform to date. Charlie dodges the question and refuses to share how many this number of how many they plan on selling over the next year. It appears that Microsoft are a very closed organisation and as Loic points out, as a developer developing for the Windows platform, it’s impossible to get information such as how many downloads your app receives.

Charlie says that the new platform that they’re launching is very much focussed on the customer segment as opposed to operators which is what previously has been the case. It appears that Microsoft now recognise that people manage both their business and personal lives on one handset.

The new Windows 7 phone being launched by Microsoft appears to be much more social, encouraging development from the cloud. The phone comes with Xbox Live is built in with high quality games, they want it to be known as the Xbox phone. To date, 3500 applications have been uploaded to the market place one month after launch with 1500 developers already registered.

From the presentation, it would appear that Microsoft have seen the error of their ways and are attempting to change their direction to keep themselves in the mobile market as a credible platform provider. What that means for the future of their platform is yet to be seen.

I’m incredibly honoured to have been invited to Paris to attend Le Web as one of their official bloggers. Not only is Paris one of the most amazing cities in the world, Le Web is Europe’s largest tech conference and brings together some of the greatest minds in the industry. Loic and Geraldine do an amazing job of creating an awesome lineup and running a huge multi-track conference without hitch, an achievement not to be sniffed at.

Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing my experiences and lessons learned from the presentations, so be sure to check back. If you happen to be attending Le Web and want to say hi, tweet me at @melkirk.

In the meantime, I wrote a post on remote working with tips of making a success of it, which was featured by one of my favourite tech blogs, GigaOM. Why not have a read and share your tips in the comments?

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you have any other handy tips, feel free to leave them in the comments

Happy Thursday! M xox

Click here to view the embedded video.

make me feel better and leave your confessions in the comments, let’s have a big confession session.

love to you all.

m xox

i know it’s a question so many of you have spent hours wide awake pondering at night. so i’ve taken an objective view and have recorded my findings for you here, my friends. please, no need to thank me.

Click here to view the embedded video.

really hoping this “crowdsourcing” thing takes off, i hear it’s pretty hot right now  help me out and suggest a topic in the comments below. the funnier the better, i don’t have dignity, it’s fine!

apologies for the delay in getting this posted, consider myself officially told off given your tweets and emails. it won’t happen again.

thursday hugs, M xox

Click here to view the embedded video.

i’d love to get your tips and advice in the comments below… and well anything else you feel like sharing with me

much love xox