Pinterest's Uber Growth, Theories, & Digital Self-Actualization
Pinterest is the hot new “it” in social media. Everyone’s talking/posting about it…with reason.
This morning the smart & wonderful Sarah Evans (@prsarahevans) tweeted:
If you click through to the article by Janet Aronica you’ll see that Pinterest was the 5th largest referrer…
App Economy has created almost half a million jobs
The report says that many of these jobs could be “jobs not lost” I imagine a lot of these jobs, especially if you factor in the individual app developers, are due to latency in the market, i.e. the guy with a day job who builds an app in his spare time. Even if it doesn’t factor in those developers, most of this market was build off those developers.
This is why I want a helmet like Magneto's: Report on neuroscience and the military.
When they start getting into neurological devices that could be used by the police or military, you have me worried about the next #Occupy movement. You thought pepper spray was bad?
“the legal and ethical implications of biophysical degradation technologies (such as directed energy weapons) targeted at the central nervous system”.
If you publish online get ready for a lesson in humility
I’ve actually given up trying to figure out which posts will be big and which ones won’t because most of the time, I’m wrong and it only seems to be getting harder to gauge. It might not even have anything to do with the content either, everyone’s so busy that you have nanoseconds to catch their attention and if you miss it, the moments gone.
Gaming is still the Wild West, according to this ex Zynga programmer
Ever wonder what a tech startup built by an MBA as opposed to an engineer would be like? This might be an extreme example but it’s interesting:
“Zynga is a marketing company, not a games company.”
60 Changes Made to Gingrich's Wikipedia
I normally don’t post about politics but this is also social media related:
Joe DeSantis, Newt Gingrich’s communications director, has removed or asked to remove references to Gingrich’s three marriages and ethics charges from Wikipedia.
Facebook Second Largest Deal: Patents
Speaking of Facebook acquisition gold, Kim-Mai Cutler of Inside Facebook has a great run-down of the various deals listed in the S-1 and which companies they likely line up with.
Amazon Is Thinking About Real-World Stores
Totally saw this one coming. Everyone wants the physical, direct to customer connection that Apple has and opening a store in Washington lets them still avoid the sales tax issue for now. But as the article points out Amazon will lose the tax battle in the long run and once they start paying state taxes, they might as well open physical stores (assuming their Seattle experiment proves profitable).
Joshua Gans claims in this article that Mark Zuckerberg has yet to fail. That’s not really true. I suppose it may depend on your definition of failure but Facebook has rolled out many unpopular products (beacon) that they’ve had to roll back. Every little change Facebook makes is met with giant protests and thousands of users threatening to leave. And we know that he’s been sued more times than any pre-IPO CEO that I know of. Granted Facebook is still a huge success, but to imply that Zuck doesn’t know how to deal with failure is just wrong.
Pinterest is What YOU Want it to Be
The interest in Pintrest is growing and I have yet to try it yet. I get why it’s big; same reason Tumblr is. It’s that sharing community with a slick design. Makes everyone feel like they’re a graphic designer. I may have to breakdown but I really don’t want one more site to manage.
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There is a lot of confusion around the definitions of Web 2.0 vs New Media. You will hear a lot of people use them interchangeably. Even the above linked to Wikipedia definitions don’t offer much differentiation. So while theses may not be definitive this is the difference as I see … Continue reading
I was in class most of last week (which is why I was short on posts). As part of my EMBA program we had a New Venture Panel with 4 people who deal with new ventures almost daily. The feedback from my fellow class mates seems unanimous that this was … Continue reading
At a recent CCC event (more here, here and here) Bill Manny from the Idaho Statesman made a pretty bold statement. (Paraphrasing): The First amendment defends journalism because Democracy needs journalism to survive. Bill is obviously an incredibly intelligent guy and is an excellent reporter (and mountain climber from what … Continue reading
Forums, Message Boards, Bulletin Boards, I’ve heard them called a lot of things over the years. Unlike its cousin, the chat room, forums survived the dot bomb explosion virtually unscathed. (Although I hear chat rooms may be making a comeback.) We see them used a lot these days on social … Continue reading
Greg Stielstra and his book, PyroMarketing were an early influence on me in my new media development. The book is amazing and if there is ever a guy who GETS the philosophy of web2.0 it is Greg, you can actually download the audio of his book for free. Tonight the … Continue reading
#1 Blogs This one was a no brainer really. Blogs have changed the way we communicate and share information. While blogs are more like someone giving a presentation, they at least provide a great opportunity for Q&A. It amazes me how such a light weight CMS has such a huge … Continue reading
Okay, for a lot of you this is probably old news. But since everyone else was making the announcement I figured that I’d better say something on my site. TechBoise is a community driven site for the Boise tech scene. Around the first of the year I had this crazy … Continue reading
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From Eddie at the IBR: “A few weeks ago, Tac Anderson posed this question for us on his blog: My question for the Idaho Business Review is what’s next?? John Foster has made some great changes in the right direction, but I think that they need to strike while the … Continue reading
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