David PierceFor episode 2 of Version History, @joannastern , @reckless1280 and I went deep on BBM, the legendary messaging app that was right about everything and lost the battle anyway. Such a fun episode! https://www.theverge.com/podcast/798692/how-blackberry-messenger-set-texting-free
Will CoxLiking Version History…but might I suggest getting people outside of the journalism realm to comment/discuss. It would have been more interesting if you had someone from RIM from the era.
We've debated this! Having the people who made the product on changes the whole dynamic of the show — I'm much more interested in having people who were affected by / inspired by / competing with the products in question, rather than interview product makers. We do lots of that already! But we'll try lots of approaches
Good point and would make sense if you’re discussing current products…but BBM(example) is dead now…having the context of why it was created it could add color of the affected/inspired/competing…
Having that is to me what makes YouTube creators like Company Man and Bright Sun Films content compelling.
Also disclosure I’m only 15 minutes into BBM and Nilay’s additions to this week is him saying “East Coast Elites” multiple times
Having that is to me what makes YouTube creators like Company Man and Bright Sun Films content compelling.
Also disclosure I’m only 15 minutes into BBM and Nilay’s additions to this week is him saying “East Coast Elites” multiple times