After his 100-day VisionQuest to figure out what to do at AOL, Tim Armstrong is in a chattier mood.

So, BoomTown did not waste a New York minute in getting on the horn with him to finally hear his take.

There’s not a lot of new stuff to reveal, of course, beyond what Armstrong has already said about AOL’s new direction.

That would be a spinoff in November, a focus on advertising, content, local, communications and starting a venture unit. But there is also the question of AOL’s ad deal with Google and more.

Here is the interview.

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Back in April, Tim Armstrong sent a memo to the long-battered troops of AOL about a 100-day vision quest the new CEO and chairman was going on to find out “how to bring back the magic of AOL.”

It is now Day 86, and Armstrong is closing in on the end of a Where’s-Waldo commitment that he made then to visit all of the far-flung offices of the Time Warner online unit globally to find out what’s what and what he should do to turn AOL around.

BoomTown is eager to see what Armstrong has found out on his trip and what path it will ultimately put AOL on.

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It’s not all luxury hotels, rolling green hills and Guinness here on our trip to Dublin, Ireland, to look for a place to possibly hold an international version of D: All Things Digital, which we are calling EuroD.
You can see videos of Walt Mossberg and me undertaking that arduous effort (visits to Dublin Castle, fancy [...]

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Here is the fourth video about the possibility of launching an international version of our D: All Things Digital Conference.
After visiting Dublin Castle and then perusing fancy hotels in the city of Dublin and then strolling the streets, Walt Mossberg and I head out to the Wicklow Mountains to see a bit of the lovely [...]

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Here is the third video about the possibility of launching an international version of our D: All Things Digital Conference.
After visiting Dublin Castle and then the fancy hotels in the city of Dublin, Walt Mossberg and I take to the streets of the city to check out the scene and also sample the local fare. [...]

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In our laborious quest to consider sites for an international version of our D: All Things Digital Conference, Walt Mossberg and I move from the historic environs of Dublin Castle (our visit there is chronicled here in text and video) to the fancy hotels in the city of Dublin.
So we sucked it up and headed [...]

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So Walt Mossberg and I are here in Dublin, Ireland, and in my last post about our trip, I neglected to explain why:
Our D: All Things Digital conference might be going international.
We have had a lot of success with our annual flagship D, which just took place for the fifth time in late May [...]

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I have arrived in Dublin and am so tired, I am still trying to figure out the time difference and money–yes, I am a completely ignorant American!
Nonetheless, we press on and serve up some interesting items from around the Web–this time with a Euro-focus.
First observation: If you want to make a friend abroad, carry an [...]

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I am headed to Dublin, Ireland, right now to check out the digital scene there with my AllThingsD and D partner, Walt Mossberg, and so posts might come at weird times over the next week, as I am also traveling to London.

Hopefully, I will find a Web connection in my travels there to post really [...]

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