May 2008
104 posts
The Saving Grace: Mobile Advertising Key to... →
Rhizome | Home →
Rhizome is my “new” favorite site.
“The problem with a user like Forbidden, and possibly even more so Tila Tequila,...”
– Futuristic Play by Andrew Chen: What’s the value of a user on your site? Why it’s hard to calculate lifetime value for social network audiences
“We have reached an age when this stuff is technologically boring enough to be...”
– Social commentator and Internet theorist Clay Shirky, who just gave an interesting talk on group mind and the perils and wonders of the Web, promoting his new book. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. This quote refers to a women’s mag site, which have attracted a...
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Intangible (Ambitious) Assets in New York City
It’s amazing how we latch onto the intangible. We enjoy things that we cannot touch (beautiful weather) or taste (the spatial arrangement of living quarters) or, for that matter, any sense within our natural repertoire. I couldn’t help but think of the intangible when reading Paul Graham’s most recent essay around industrial cities their correlation to individual ambition. According to Paul: ...
Global Mobile Phone Users Top 3.3 Billion By... →
The number of mobile phone users worldwide soared to over 3.3 billion by the end of 2007, equivalent to a penetration rate of 49%, the International Telecommunications Union said in a report Friday.
Hacker News | Ask YC: Why the degree? →
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“As the researchers found, social networks in the form of school ties—bonds...”
– Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations — HBS Working Knowledge
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Flamebait on Scribd?
First I’ve seen on my documents in a year since uploading.
“You know, I realized what the Internet is good for. It’s the place for...”
– Amanda Clare Kuzma
“Graduates are looking for opportunities for advancement… That’s where there...”
– Companies must learn a new set of tools to recruit today’s grads (via danw)
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What makes Firefox so great?
bijan:
I’ve been using Firefox as my default browser for a long time. I’ve had short little flings with Safari and even Camino but I always return. For us Mac users, Firefox has been a godsend. Do you remember how bad life was when IE for the Mac was our only option running System 9. Those days give me a shudder. So now Windows users and Mac users have plenty of great choices in which browser...
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just need a coder dude and we'll be rich →
In China, Internet Users Prefer to Say It by 'IM'... →
Formally launched in February 1999 as a simple instant-messaging platform, QQ has gradually evolved into a full social product with an array of services, including message boards, blog groups, chat…
MobileCrunch » American Idol sets Text Messaging... →
AT&T announced today that it has beat it text messaging record of 64.5 million by generating more than 78 million messages dedicated to this yearâs season of American Idol.
antisocial_notworking →
‘The social web facilitates an unprecedented level of social sharing, but it does so mostly through the vehicle of proprietary platforms.’ In such ways, the social relation is produced in restrictive…
Mobile Search Advertising To Grow From $445... →
Juniper Research has released a report on spending on mobile search advertising, predicting it will hit $445 million this year and rise to more than $2 billion by 2013. The analysts predict that…
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Tumblr and SEO: A Case Study in Rapid Response →
bjornstar: David’s quick implementation of SEO practices got glowing praises over on an SEO site. Well done! I, too, was impressed by the response time on behalf of Tumblr. It was certainly a collective effort, but it’s impressive to see the care and passion Tumblr has for their community. Well done.
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“Of course, social media does not guarantee sex any more than porn does. But it...”
– Sex Drive: Social Media Eat Porn’s Lunch (Again)
What an amazingly refreshing statement.
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jimrock:
The problem with tumblr (Web 2.Faux in general) is we are all trying to show ourselves off. Here we are. We are special. But it turns into more like look at Me. I’m special. Look at Me. A special flower. A unique snowflake worthy of note. Check Me out. When ALL the users want to be special, where are the ordinary people to pay adoration? The answer is: there are none. When you make...
Facebook Developers | Facebook Developers News →
As we promised recently, we’ve opened up our beta sandbox for the new profile design. You should have enough time to test the new design with your applications before we launch it to our users next…
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“Among the leading portals and search engines in China, Tencent topped the list...”
– China’s Search Market Evolves - eMarketer
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Tumblr, Why Can't You Embrace Search Engines?
I’m not necessarily sure why there’s a problem with Tumblr and SEO, but I’m surprised there hasn’t been much uproar in the community. The initial conversation started some days ago, but I hope we can generate even more awareness so Tumblr can become “SEO acceptable,” that is search engine ready.
A few things I’d like to point out:
I believe in Tumblr...
The historic link between subsidies & walled...
bijan:
For a long time there has been a well practiced business model regarding subsidized devices and service providers. They give you the device for free or a low price and you are forced to use their service. Ma Bell did it decades ago. You had to use their POTS phone to use their service. MSOs used to do it until CableCards came along. They gave us a cheap set top box but it only works with...
Research Recap » Blog Archive » Online Retailers... →
Online retailers are eager to experiment with Social Computing this year, according to Forrester Research. However, Forrester advises against âreckless or experimental spendingâ on customer…
Research Recap » Blog Archive » Web 2.0 to... →
The report argues that âe-health 2.0â will first and foremost be consumer-led. âHealth is consistently one of the most searched for subjects online. The application of web 2.0 technologies into…
“I didn’t know this about Tumblr. I didn’t know that the pages wouldn’t be...”
– Why I’m kissing Tumblr a sad, sad good-bye » 16th letter » Blog Archive
David/Marco/Rach and other folk from Tumblr, what do you say to this? I know a lot of us are interested in this area too.
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Strategic Imagination: Why Academia May Hinder...
College teaches you how to think. Working teaches you how to process. Entrepreneurship teaches you how think and process. These verbs may have a similar implication, that is constant utility of brainpower, but they bear a different meaning when combined: strategic imagination. I first heard this phrase from Umair Hague in a post called How Strategic Imagination Happens. At its core, strategic...
“The latest stats from Nielsen Online show a significant decline in...”
– Bubble Alert: Facebook Traffic Declines 10% in April
Futuristic Play by Andrew Chen: Social network... →
“That’s why it’s a (massive) fallacy to argue that any value has been “created”....”
– The Microsoft vs Google Endgame - Harvard Business Online’s Umair Haque
“Among the verticals, Social Networking led the plunge with monetization dropping...”
– Are social networks dragging down CPMs?
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Master of 500 Hats: Memo to Google, Yahoo,... →
Email as centralized data set for SNS.
“We view ourselves as a technology company at our core. We’re the cable...”
– Chamath Palihapitiya, VP of product marketing, Facebook
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Reflections on the Communications Industry: Why...
“You do your best work when you’re passionate about it.” I tell myself this whenever I start a project. I truly believe it. With no passion, comes no care, comes no effective end-result. Passion is missing in the communications industry. As I briefly highlighted in my last post about Generation Y and corporate America, stimulation and freedom were two core tenets that effectively pushed creativity...
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