"The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are." John Burroughs

"Whatever we succeed in doing is a transformation of something we have failed to do. Thus, when we fail, it is only because we have given up." Paul Valery

"In prosperity, caution; in adversity, patience." Dutch proverb

Today's image: untitled by melinka!. Great shot. Thank you for sharing.

Early returns: Pandora kills on iPhone. Adding a new listener every two seconds, average time spent is over an hour a day. Jason Kincaid blogs Pandora Usage Stats Prove It's iPhone's Killer App here. Kudos, Jason and congrats to team Pandora.

This is how he rolls: Frank Gruber drives to work in DC and listens to Chicago radio thanks to AOL Radio and his iPhone. Check out the vid. Thanks for sharing, Frank. Very cool.


AOL Radio iPhone App [Episode 33 - SOMEWHAT FRANK TV] from Frank Gruber on Vimeo.

Bonus: Apple's walled garden. Dave Winer puts it out there (again) and he's right. Bravos, Dave.

Congrats & cheers: NPR opens new API. Very smart! Public media leads, commercial media follows, or not.


Social Media Landscape graphic thanks to Fred Cavazza [Related post] Click graphic to enlarge. Closed circuit to Fred - you need to add disqus.