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I know where and when my favorite bands are playing
Last.fm is my favoriate web app. There’s nothing else on the Internet that comes close. # This thought occurred to me a few weeks back, but it wasn’t until I explained last.fm to a group of publishers...
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The month of lists has begun, so I decided to rank the business ideas from the last year that could or should be a big deal in the next year. Most of these ideas and companies have actually been around...
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The breakthrough that is MyBlogLog
There’s something very uncomfortable about seeing your face appear on another web site while you’re visiting it. That’s exactly why I think MyBlogLog is going to be a really big deal. I’m looking...
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For my wishlist: a start page that learns
I had the pleasure of joining Rex Hammock for drinks last night in Potrero Hill while he was here for Macworld Expo. # Rex is tuned in to some interesting aspects of the online world, particularly...
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Membership has its privileges
Mark Glaser asks his readers this week to submit the answer to the following question: # “What would motivate you to contribute to a citizen media site?” # I can’t imagine that anyone is going to be...
View ArticleGatekeepers need to stop calling themselves gatekeepers
Time business columnist Justin Fox questioned the success of the new media methods in a recent post “The reign of the enthusiasts“. # He suggests the algorithms that proudly surface the deep dark...
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The business of network effects
The Internet platform business has some unique challenges. It’s very tempting to adopt known models to make sense of it, like the PC business, for example, and think of the Internet platform like an...
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The problem with being popular (part 2)
One of the more interesting sciences, in my mind, is how information relevance is both determined, surfaced and then evolved. # In Fred Wilson’s recent Cautionary Techmeme Tale he argues that making...
View ArticleThe Internet’s secret sauce: surfacing coincidence
What is it that makes my favorite online services so compelling? I’m talking about the whole family of services that includes Dopplr, Wesabe, Twitter, Flickr, and del.icio.us among others. # I find it...
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The useful convergence of data
I have only one prediction for 2008. I think we’re finally about to see the useful combination of the 4 W’s – Who, What, Where, and When. # Marc Davis has done some interesting research in this area at...
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