How much would you pay for people to know you’re really you? That the updates coming in every 2 minutes on that twitter page come from yours truly and not someone else… someone else pretending to be you?
If you’re like most people, the answer is not much. But there are people out there that really [...]
Tag Archive for 'web-20'
Verified Accounts: Twitter’s Next Attempt at Making Money?
Published by June 7th, 2009 in Blogosphere, Corporate Talk, Security 6 CommentsExcellent Customer Service Means A Lot
Published by January 27th, 2009 in Blogosphere, Corporate Talk 6 CommentsAt a time when the human touch comes at a premium, it’s always a relief to find a company or two that reply quickly, politely, and efficiently to customer support requests.
And the two companies that have impressed us with their support? Pubmatic and Assembla – both excellent startups that we highly recommend in their individual [...]
Facebook has one of the world’s largest server farms and for good reason – with all that traffic no amount of servers can be considered too much. While Facebook’s uptime is a lot better than many most of the other “Web 2.0″ services, we’ve been seeing a lot of maintenance-related downtime recently (see possible reasons [...]
Making Gmail a More Welcoming Experience
Published by May 19th, 2008 in Design, Google, Reviews, Software 1 CommentIt used to be that when you opened your Gmail account you would see a bland, blank page with the text “Loading…” in the upper-right corner of the screen, as you waited for your browser to download the Gmail scripts and to make contact with the mail server to download the list of messages and [...]
Scribd Isn’t Flickr…
Published by December 12th, 2007 in Blogosphere, Corporate Talk, Reviews, Software 5 CommentsScribd isn’t Flickr. Sure, they’re both similar: both are social “web 2.0″ websites established on the principle that people love to share stuff, both let you tag and group objects, both give you unlimited space, and both are great examples of the internet being put to good use. And, let’s not forget, both seem to [...]
Outsourcing Your Documents to Scribd and Gaining Exposure
Published by October 2nd, 2007 in Blogosphere, Reviews, SEO, Software 0 CommentsWeb 2.0 is about sharing stuff. No need to repeat that any more than it’s already been said. But for many “Web 2.0″ sites/services out there, sharing is really the only thing they do. For instance, when you don’t really get anything by uploading a video to Metacafe or YouTube – you just share. But [...]
Just yesterday, Michelle Slatalla of The New York Times posted an article about her joining Facebook - where her daughter & friends have had accounts for quite a while. Her reason? Probably best put in her own words:
So last week I joined Facebook, the social network for students that opened its doors last fall to anyone [...]
“Spare Cycles” or Selfless Souls?
Published by May 6th, 2007 in Blogosphere, Corporate Talk, Software 21 CommentsChris Anderson (Wired Magazine, The Long Tail) posted an interesting article yesterday, comparing bored humans to spare CPU cycles – and more importantly, just how much they can accomplish. But while the article – as a whole – was really interesting and scientific and is a topic that has been discussed in scientific forums, dozens [...]
The Real Reason Twitter Will Fail
Published by March 18th, 2007 in Blogosphere, Corporate Talk 7 CommentsTwitter is all the hype right now, you don’t need us to tell you that. For some odd reason, something as simple and basic as a one-liner blog site has captured the minds of the online world. For two minutes, put aside whatever feelings you may have on the matter. Good or bad, just set [...]
Techmeme’s homepage currently has the following entry:
NEWS AS A SOCIAL PLAY: HERE COMES MYSPACE NEWS!
— MySpace is getting into the news business with launch due in early 2nd quarter, according to inside sources and the company’s own sales materials. — MySpace News takes News to a whole new level by dynamically [...]
