Now that I have a 3G camera phone I feel this overwhelming urge to do more with pictures and video. As I’ve stated before I personally still prefer text over video for business applications. But there is no denying that video can really enhance certain types of content.
Pictures are an obvious fit in […]
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
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I learned a long time ago that I am NEVER the target audience. As early adopters (if you’re a regular reader of this blog you’re probably an early adopter) it becomes easy to lose touch with reality. If you’re a fellow blogger then you live in a world filled with other bloggers and […]
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Posted by Tac on
Friday, May 30th, 2008
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I recently sat in on a research forum where we asked small business owners several questions about how they find solutions to business problems on the Web. The following is pieces of relevant transcript. There are multiple people commenting all at once but I think you’ll get the idea.
when is video better? when […]
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Posted by Tac on
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
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The title of this blog should be read out loud in your best drunken Scottish accent.
Twitter seems to be failing at an ever increasing rate. Some people are calling for a global day of tough love to show Twitter that this isn’t acceptable.
Others are just moving on to FriendFeed. If you’re not on […]
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Posted by Tac on
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
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Garrett Rogers over at zdnet felt the new Google Reader, notes functionality was a possible threat to Twitter. I don’t totally agree with that. It hurts Twitter only because it helps FriendFeed so much. This feature will mostly challenge bookmarking sites like del.icio.us and Diigo.
While it doesn’t completely replace how I use […]
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Posted by Tac on
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
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Every now and then I marvel at how different our children’s lives will be compared to ours.
The above photo is of me doing my MBA homework while my youngest son, Seth, plays games on PBSkids.org. When I was his age my father was getting his Masters and I was watching Sesame Street on PBS. […]
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Posted by Tac on
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
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Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb has written a thorough and thought provoking article during the Web 2.0 Expo (which I was not able to go to at the last minute and am still sulking over). The topic of his post specifically addresses API’s (Application Programming Interfaces). API’s let one application (app) talk to another […]
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Posted by Tac on
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
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I first mentioned a rumor reported on TechCrunch about Federated Media receiving $50 Million in funding. TechCrunch reports that the rumor is indeed true. It will be fascinating to see what they do with the money. While they aren’t saying just yet, I’m certain that they do have a plan. […]
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Posted by Tac on
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
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When it comes to the Webernet, I’m a total geek. I know this and I embrace it. I also know a thing or two about marketing, business models and innovation (at least I think I do). And I think that Linux has a major market opportunity right now.
But, when it comes […]
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Posted by Tac on
Monday, April 14th, 2008
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This has been a rumor floating around for a while. FM has had huge growth over the last year and would be an interesting investment for any VC. But Duncan brings up an excellent point:
Rumor: Federated Media Takes $50 Million On A $200 Million Valuation
VentureBeat talks about expanding the business and Facebook apps, […]
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Posted by Tac on
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
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