It is with much amusement that I watch most of the blogosphere fawn over the new Google toy, Fast Flip. There are comments about how this could save newspapers because Google is sharing revenue, comments about how this “packaging” is how news should have evolved, and other similar nonsense. What would people say if this… Read More Can Google Do No Wrong?
I read some interesting news this morning when I saw that Intuit will acquire Mint.com. I have been following Mint for quite some time mainly because I always wanted to track my spending in a simple and effective manner. However, it was not until a few months ago that my bank accounts were finally accepted… Read More Why Did Intuit Buy Mint?
As you must have heard, Facebook Lite has been released in the US. Obviously, the blogosphere is buzzing with the news. The funniest part of the release is that it is so very far from complete. You really cannot modify any of your settings, and a bunch of other things. InsideFacebook has a really good… Read More Facebook Lite Is Why They Bought FriendFeed
One of the application development blogs at Forrester had a post recently that got me thinking. The basic idea is that application developers do not focus on the user experience much, and generally do not have much knowledge of how to build a nice user experience. However, in the current state of the web you… Read More Building An Application Is Like Building A Table
With the US population celebrating Labor Day today, I figured I would talk about one of the dangers of work, entrepreneurship and social media. The danger I speak of is “burnout” and the potential disaster it can cause. Burnout has always been a danger for people working in high stress environments, or those people working… Read More Are You Flirting With Burnout And Disaster?
As much as people talk about Twitter, we must realize that Twitter is only a tool (or infrastructure as I have argued). It is not a destination that people will focus their attention on for hours of the day. Destinations have been the goal for many startups, but to be a true, complete destination you… Read More The Battle For Your Attention: Google And Facebook
Most people will say that the iPhone is a fantastic device. Then they will continue to say that the App Store review issues and ATT’s network really make it hard for them to truly take advantage of the capabilities of the phone. This love/hate relationship with the iPhone parallels the same relationship that Apple has… Read More Apple Could Have Been The Microsoft Of Mobile Phones
When people talk about social media and corporations, ROI is eventually mentioned. This stems from the fact that people see social media as another form of marketing or advertising. Marketing and advertising always have ROI linked to them because there is a lot of money spent. For example, if you spend $10 million on TV… Read More Why Measure ROI Of Social Media?
It has been a few months since the “RSS IS DEAD!” meme popped up, but the release of some new tools has sparked conversation again. I am ignoring the people who just say that they use Twitter to get their news, because you can easily miss too much no matter how diligent you watch your… Read More RSS, Human Filters And Real Time Streams
PLEASE REVIEW THE MORE RECENT VERSION FOR MARCH 2010. Last week I took a look at the “traditional” programming language job trends. Today, I wanted to take a look at some “web 2.0” languages, Ruby and Rails, Python, PHP, JavaScript, and Objective C. The idea behind this is to see what the trends are for… Read More Web 2.0 Programming Language Job Trends
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