O’Reilly Radar “Virtual Worlds: A Business Guide” Worth the Price
So you’ve been thinking about taking your business into the virtual world but you need some help. Maybe you need some numbers, some handy facts about demographics, some insightful analysis about what this whole movement to the virtual world really means for business. Well, O’Reilly is here to help.
Now, I’ve read dozens of “white papers” [...]
Virtual Lower East Side: Yes, you too can be Emo!
NYT Article about MTV’s Virtual Lower East Side (VLES). VLES is an interesting response to the independent music scene on MySpace and other social sites (which seem to be faltering big time!). In VLES, and its accompanying social network site, bands and fans meet up to support their favorite music, vote for up and coming [...]
Facebook Announces New Advertising Plan: Are Relevant Ads Less Instrusive?
On Wednesday Facebook announced a new advertising plan that allows users to be marketers for their favorite bands, products, stores etc.
According to the Facebook blog:
“Engaging with businesses and buying things are part of your everyday life. Advertising doesn’t have to be about interrupting what you’re doing, but getting the right information about the purchases you [...]
What we can learn from the Quechup fiasco
This holiday weekend has been an interesting one in the world of social networks. As I posted before, a few days ago Quechup (a social networking and dating site) spread invites like a virus by snagging the address books of folks who created accounts and spamming every contact with an invite to the network.
Plenty has [...]
IPhone Saga or “How I got an Iphone and learned to hate the mall”
A few of you might remember me Twittering a week or so that I was frustrated that my nails prevented me from being able to get an iphone. Since then I played with a few and realized that I could, in fact, use one without trouble so four days I ago I made the plunge. [...]
Scoble Gets the Future of Blogs All Wrong
Dear Scoble,
First, let me say. Robert…Mr. Scoble…you’ve been under a lot of heat lately. I don’t want to add to that. You’ve been extremely graceful while under fire. BUT! Wow, do you miss the mark with your latest Kyte video about the “blog of the future.” Let me tell you why.
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If you don’t have time [...]
I’m in love with Google Desktop!
In my constant search for desktop “pull” perfection I’m always looking for some kind of aggregator that truly pulls everything I care about in one place. Google Desktop definitely shows some promise.
Yes, it sits on your desktop. Yes, that can be distracting. Yes, it has all kinds of feeds that might shove info in your [...]