donderdag 15 maart 2007
Twitter net zo succesvol als Bush
“I’m very reluctant to dismiss Twitter as a passing fad, aware that many people said that about blogging, and I was sure they were wrong, and they were. Whenever so many people are so excited about something there must be some substance. It’s the same reasoning that makes me reject the idea that George W. Bush is stupid. You don’t get to be President and be stupid, and nothing frivolous gets to be as popular as quickly as Twitter has.â€
woensdag 14 maart 2007
Hersensimulatie en betalen met advertenties
After a pause, he corrects himself. “You know a few basic things, like how to poop.†His point, though, is that your brain starts out with no actual understanding or even representation of the world or its objects. “You don’t know anything about t
Advertising is a type of Micropayment
Advertising is effectively a micropayment for content, whether it is valued as a CPM, CPC or CPA. It is a generic promise by the audience overall to pay enough to keep the show on the road (or Web).
dinsdag 13 maart 2007
Internet betaalt niet
"Het probleem van internet is voorlopig dat er voor journalisten nauwelijks geld mee valt te verdienen. Van Jole: "Internet betaalt niet voldoende. En journalistiek is duur. Voor iets bijzonders is al snel geen geld meer. Op dat vlak valt er een wereld te winnen."
Veel meer zal hij zelf dan ook wel niet verdienen;-)
zaterdag 3 maart 2007
Open source telecom en manuals voor kinderen
OpenMoko Open-Source Mobile, coming soon
Can the power of open source be harnessed into the form factor of a cellular phone? That’s the question Taiwan-based OpenMoko hopes to answer positively, when it starts to roll out its OpenMoko platform and phones later this year.
The best user manuals EVER
Never underestimate the value of providing fabulous training materials in getting--and keeping--users motivated to get better. And the better they are, the more likely they are to appreciate (and buy) your higher-end versions, evangelize, buy and create a
Fun with Asterisk at the Etel Faire
Two phone calls enter; one phone call leaves. Each of the players call a number, they compete in one of ten very short (5 seconds) games. The winner stays on the line and takes on the next caller. Games involve hitting the keypad first, being loudest, and
Why I’m not alarmed that school children use Wikipedia
With all its faults — and I consistently link to articles and blog posts that point those out — I think school children are better off because Wikipedia exists, for the exact reason Tancer says we should be alarmed. On most Wikipedia entries school ch
vrijdag 2 maart 2007
Nieuws, startups en fouten
At any rate, without actually seeing it its hard to really evaluate it. But in as it uses the analysis of blogs for news and buzz, it seems to be following the pattern of Techmeme, Tailrank, Megite and their ilk rather than Digg.
For startups, failure can be a good thing
Along the way the site has become a case study in how to fail well - by launching features quickly, seeing what works, and fixing things on the fly. "When we roll out a new feature, we know we're probably not going to get it right the first time,"
When old media use terms like ‘digital initiative’ they reveal how really old they are
It is now 12 years later and where are we? Several “digital†companies that didn’t exist when Negroponte wrote his essay have market capitalizations far beyond that of any “atom†media company. And we’re supposed to be impressed with the launc
donderdag 1 maart 2007
Stemmen, reputaties & crowdhackers
Vandaag gelezen (01-03-2007)
User self service and collective intelligence shouldn't just be limited to consumer applications! This stuff has real utility for government disaster response. Unfortunately, governments tend to be late adopters of new technologies.
Falling off the end of the Long Tail
There are countless niches like this, each one an opportunity for someone to build a micro-business or just a resource to satisfy a demand, bringing powerful social media tools such as wikis and blogging to specialist communities that already exist in les