web 2.0
Nice Social media Illustration
This is a really nice illustration of how social media changes the economics of media production and consumption. Plus its about ice cream too.
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Demand generation versus demand fulfillment
In search for the Holy grail of online advertising
I have recently been thinking about the efficacy of the online ad industry’s ability to generate demand.
Its an interesting problem…and one in my opinion, the industry hasn’t solved yet.
The efficacy of search is a result of its ability to satisfy a prior demand. Its elegant. You want [...]
The Real Use of Social Media
All of the recent hype around “meta social networks” like Facebook and Myspace and their experimentation with new and bold forms of advertising belies the fact that advertisers and users are still on an elusive quest for relevance between themselves and what’s available on the web [...]
Social Networking is a FEATURE
Based on recent experiences with Facebook and several blog entries from insightful and skeptical prominent bloggers, it has become apparent that social networking has become a very “commoditized” component of the online experience. Social networking has become a feature, not a destination. In effect, as the web has become more writeable [...]
Social Network Backlash continues…
In a recent spate of blog posts there has been a renewed trend toward social networking bashing.1. Jason Calacanis has mentioned that he is facing Facebook “bankruptcy”. In his post, he mentions his friend Robert Seidman’s comment:
“I’m curious though, is there anything you feel like you will miss, or miss out on as a result [...]
It looks like CBS gets it.
On a spree of acquisitions including LastFM and WallStrip, it looks like CBS is seriously in the game. I cant help but think Quincy Smith is hitting his stride inside CBS. His experience in the world of Silicon Valley VC and New Media financing with Allen and Co, has him well prepped to bring CBS [...]
Of Course Viacom is suing Google!
We knew this was coming. Old Media is scared Sh&%less of new media. They are losing control of their content. The Old Media model is set up with several layers of hands that need feeding each time a piece of content is consumed. This is likely the result of the world of media being dominated [...]
JPG magazine: the future of printed media?
Wow. These guys have nailed it. Goto: http://jpgmag.com/ and check out thier site and some of the back issues. The cliffs notes on the company are summed up best by Scott Karp of Publishing 2.0:
The idea is elegantly 2.0: give the new breed of digital-technology-enabled pro-am photographers a place to showcase their work and [...]
Danah Boyd’s insights on how Social Networks are changing social life and information flow.
An excerpt from a posting March 22nd, 2006:
“Digital life has really screwed with the notion of public, removing traditional situationism (Goffman) that connects strangers. If the Kenyan farmer is connected to the Internet and reads English, he can be a part of Bloomberg’s public via the New York Times. Yet, this does not mean that [...]
Five Reasons Why the Web 2.0 Matters
See here for the full article: http://web2.wsj2.com/five_reasons_why_web_20_matters.htm
1. The Focus of Technology Moves To People With Web 2.0. One of the lessons the software industry relearns every generation is that it’s always a people problem. It’s not that people are the actual problem. It’s when software developers use technology to solve our problems instead of addressing [...]
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