I'm not claiming to be deeply informed about the app marketplace, which Google stirred up today (and, to my mind, the market could use a few more spoons). But I do use apps.

Original article: Thursday Signal - Repeat After Me: Apps Are (Currently) Myopic (Or...We've Seen This Movie Before...)

I'm writing this at around 36,000 feet, on a United Airlines flight between New York and San Francisco. That's not so unusual - anymore - Wifi had been on planes for over a year now, and I've grown accustomed to the service.

Original article: Video Chat on the Plane? Illegal? OK? Legal Gray Area?

(cross posted from FM blog )

Original article: Announcing The Fifth Annual CM Summit: Theme and Initial Lineup

(Cross Posted to the FM Blog, where Signal will have a permanent home soon)

Original article: Weds. Signal: Get Me a Mobile Strategy or You're Fired!

Just got this report in my mail and wanted to share it. Seems worth a read: Inte030810-231050.pdf

Original article: Quick Hit: Mobile Report From Weisel

Well, it's Monday night, but I'm in NYC, and I am pretty sure Tuesday is going to be a blur. So here are the links I read on the plane out here (love that Wifi). Expect news from me soon on the themes and lineup for FM's annual CM Summit (this week I hope) as well as the annual Web2Summit. Meanwhile: Internet Access Viewed as Fundamental Human Right (AllThingsD) Our culture is coming to a conclusion that makes a lot of sense to me - connection is a human right.

Original article: Tuesday Signal: The Internet Is A Human Right (And Spending Is Up. Yippee!)

There are many, many signals in the Database of Intentions, as my readers have pointed out, but the one I feel compelled to add to the chart I created Friday is the Commerce signal. This signal emerged before search, really, and has remained a constant, though honestly it has yet to become a signal that others can truly leverage into an open ecosystem (unlike the signal of search, or status update, or the social graph). I expect that to change, and shortly. So here you go, an updated version of the chart, for the record.

Original article: Database of Intentions Chart - Version 2, Updated for Commerce

Monday's Signal round up is light. The news was a bit boring over the weekend, and I'm OK with that. We all watched the Oscars and enjoyed the suspense of disbelief. I tweeted that it feels like, as a culture, we're closing in on One Big Mass Media Event each month. Oscars, Super Bowl, New Year's Eve....What's the next one?

Original article: Monday Signal: Block Those Ads!

Way back in November of 2003, when I was a much younger man and the world had yet to fall head over heels in love with Google, I wrote a post called The Database of Intentions.

Original article: The Database of Intentions Is Far Larger Than I Thought

(image) Today I'm not going to write a piece and then append links. You've been giving me a lot of feedback, and you miss my in depth stuff. Honestly, I'm doing a lot more of it - both recently and in the intentional near future. Much of it has been at the top of Signal pieces.

Original article: Friday Signal: Google Google Google!