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Hello digerati!

This week's podcast is a collection of voices from San Francisco, California. The home of social tech and start ups that created applications we use every day.

First up, Randy Reddig of tells us how a small addition to our smart phones or iPads could change the way we pay with plastic. Not only does the device enable payments between individuals, it emails you the receipt complete with geolocation. Smart thinking.

Fresh from the oven is . An app for your phone so you can catalogue and rate dishes in restaurants. With a focus on food rather than venues, founder Alexa Andrzejewski is taking on check-in apps in a more granular fashion. Something for those of us who have specific food requirements.

Something more familiar amid the new kids on the block is . The photo sharing website has grown phenomenally and recently has refreshed its pages to make the most of the images on site. Matthew Rothenberg talks about dogs on roofs and how much of flickr is made up of kittens, babies and sunsets.

Thanks this week go to SF resident and highly connected lady - Fiona Tang who helped arrange the interviews in this edition. Thanks Fiona!

There will be a little more from San Fran next week, but in the mean time, drop me a line and let me know what has lit your fire in a wired way.
You can email me at Outriders at bbc dot co dot uk, come and say hello on Twitter, or search for Outriders on Facebook where you can join our pre and post production conversations.

Until next week!
~ Jamillah