A historical collection of our writing.
Seth Goldstein:Netscape browsed the Web. Yahoo! organized it. Google searched it. And now Facebook has made it social.Right or wrong, it’s an interesting characterization.Plus, it implies myriad opportunities around each point — browsing, organization, search and social community. Users can benefit […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
The traditional approach to content distribution has been “if you build it they will come.” Distribute quality content in one place, buying the shelf space for that place, then market it to drive users/viewers to that place. TV, cable, movies, etc.But in chatting about this with Robert, and in […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Great analysis from Umair at Bubblegen on advertising on social nets:”The point is – ads on social nets are seriously underperforming at the moment. It’s unlikely that naive ads will be the b-model that lets them capture a share of the massive value they have created. Rather, it’s when they […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Fascinating chart from Business Week showing what people are doing online:They don’t describe the chart as “social media” – but looking at the online actions listed (creators, critics, collectors, joiners, spectators, inactives) seem to be a decent representation of activities associated with new […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
I found some great thoughts at elearnspace:Restructuring Education Love this quote by Clay Shirky: “The hallmark of revolution is that the goals of the revolutionaries cannot be contained by the institutional structure of the society they live in. As a result, either the revolutionaries are put […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Well, this has probably already been the case for years, but in the past two weeks:*Openads, the “free, open source ad server,” announced a $5mm funding, in part to become an open advertising platform. Their core products, Openads 2.o (formerly phpAdsNew) and Openads 2.3, are licensed open source […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
