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Archive for February, 2009
Diigo Demo Video: Posting to Twitter
If I had a quarter every time someone asked me “How do you get any work done when you’re on Twitter all day?” I’d probably be able to buy myself a few soda’s a week. Anyway, it happens enough I thought I’d try to answer that question. The problem is that a blog post only [...]
Social Media’s Value is in Return on Total Investment [Video]
My take on Social Media and ROI: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it time and time again, use Return on Total Investment (ROTI) not just Return on Investment (ROI). ROI only looks at the top line input while ROTI looks at input plus savings. This was recorded at the BossDev seminar I did [...]
The Deep Web or Dark Matter?
It looks like it’s pick on Google day. Of course in all actuality there’s no reason that Google won’t crack this or acquire whoever does. New Search Technologies Mine the Web More Deeply – NYTimes.com Now a new breed of technologies is taking shape that will extend the reach of search engines into the Web’s [...]
Particls exposes another threat to Google
Interesting, it’s basically like Google Alerts for Twitter. Twitter Track is Back Thanks to New Service from Particls – ReadWriteWeb How to use Particls: Using Particls with Twitter: For Twitter users, just follow @particls on Twitter. To track something, start your request with ‘d particls.’ Example: d particles follow “web 2.0″ will track all references [...]
Twitter: the last bastion of Web 2.0 Innovation
Image via CrunchBase “Why won’t people shut up about Twitter?” I’ve heard this question a lot over the last 2 years. I’ve even said it a time or two. So why do we obsess about Twitter? Remember the good old days (3-4 yrs ago)? Before Social Media it was just New Media (Chris Garrett‘s still [...]
Why haven’t we seen Fake Re-Tweets on Twitter
We’ve seen tons of fake Twitter accounts but something I’m surprised we don’t see on Twitter is the Fake Re-Tweet #FakeRT (You could also start with FRT, but the 10 yr old in me giggles every time I see that) Things like: RT @louisgray I secretly like the Zune sooo much better than the iPod [...]
Why do some companies get eaten alive by bloggers while others don’t?
Image by consumerfriendly via Flickr Last month I read an article on Mashabe that has stuck with me:HOW TO: Survive a Social Media Revolt. First off I have to say that the advice in the article is spot on. If you want to quell a potential online crisis the steps Muhammad provides should correct all [...]
Random Thoughts 02/17/2009
Do We Need a New Internet? – NYTimes.com I hear a lot of talk about a “new Internet” and there are obviously a lot of smart people working on their own versions of one but I have a hard time seeing people switching. It’s not like you could just flip a switch and move everyone [...]
Why is VC money so alluring?
In the tech entrepreneur space there seems to be a dichotomy about raising VC money. One side seems to view raising VC money for their business as a necessity. The other sees VC money as evil. These are of course the polar extremes to the dichotomy but you get the idea. The truth of course [...]
There’s nothing wrong with journalism. Their business model is just broken.
This article got me thinking. WSJ Editor Claims Google Devalues Everything | Techdirt Journalists seem to be stuck in one of two camps: Complaining about why their business is ruined, who’s at fault and why they need to go back to the way they were Documenting with the fascination of watching a long drawn out [...]
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