There is no such thing as a “killer feature” anymore because of extensions and plug-ins

WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg says that software has changed because killer features - those features that that used to transform a technology from an interesting novelty into a useful tool - are now added as extensions and plug-ins usually built via open APIs.

News reporting, publishing and distribution have all experienced fundamental changes. Is there a connection here?

In the first 74 days of sales, the Droid and Nexus One - two phones that use Google's mobile operating system - sold a total of 1.185 million units. That's almost 20% more than the iPhone, which runs on Apple's mobile operating system. Those numbers were released yesterday by Flurry.

To be fair, we really should add in the number of G1, CLIQ, myTouch and umpteen other Android devices sold in the first 74 days that they were in the market. That would boost that 18.5% up considerably, I'm sure.

Google made big news more than two years ago when it announced a mobile operating system that would work with a variety of mobile service providers on phones made by a variety of device manufacturers.

Remember, the news was that a search and advertising company was creating an open mobile OS. The fact that that company ended up making its own device is really much less important.

I use YouTube's "favorite" feature to save/bookmark videos I might want to look at again in the future. In this case, though, this really is one of my favorite videos ever. I especially like the whiteboard in the back and the "ninja" reference near the end.