M8 Gang Podcast 139 – Capella U Mobile’s Kristofer Layon

Online learning continues to accelerate and Capella University is on the leading edge of it. Online increasingly means “mobile” and Capella recently brought on a unique, highly qualified and experienced guy, Kristofer Layon, to be their mobile product manager. We talk with Kris about what he’s doing at Capella, issues he’s wrestling with, and how he shrunk himself down to appear on a student’s iPad in 3D.  😉

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off).
Music: “Give Blues a Chance” by “Mean Gene Kelton & the Diehards” via the podsafe Music Alley.

The Podcast

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Discussed during the show:

• Apple iPhone event announced for next Tuesday 
• Amazon Kindle “Fire”
• Chris Espinosa, Apple employee #8 (and still at Apple) personally blogged about the troubling nature of the Kindle Fire “Silk” web browser and the security implications
• Amazon has Palm in its shopping cart — will it click Buy?
• Microsoft Shores up Samsung & HTC with Android patents
• Kris Layon will be speaking at MIMA Summit
• Capella’s iPhone app (there is also an Android version)
• English Books for Thai School – Can You Help? 
• “Facebook Won’t Like This Apple-Twitter Union” (FastCompany)
• “Amazon’s ‘Silk’ Browser Is Revolutionary: Here’s Why It’s So Important” (Business Insider)
• “The One Huge Reason Amazon Will Not Beat Apple” (Business Insider)