October 2008
September 2008
SocialText 3.0 blends Facebook, Twitter, and the... →
SocialText 3.0 is (or will be in the near term) an enterprise mashup of Facebook, FriendFeed, enterprise microblogging, and the wiki. If you were to take any one of these constituencies - social…
The best and worst case scenarios
Marginal Revolution: The best and worst case scenarios
The best case scenario: The bad banks continue to be bought up, there is no run on hedge funds next Tuesday, only mid-sized European banks fail, money market funds keep on buying commercial paper, and the Fed and Treasury continue to operate on a case-by-case basis. Since Congress doesn’t have to vote for something called “a...
Visualizing Chris Anderson's "Free" Model →
Chris Anderson, author of the Long Tail, put out a call for help to visualize his “3 Kinds of Free” model. The above visual is what I’ve come up with. If you know Chris, can you give…
What Is The Deal With This Stupid Lighter iPhone... →
Everyone keeps talking about Smule’s virtual lighter iPhone application called Sonic Lighter (iTunes link).
I wasn’t impressed: there are no less than ten different virtual lighter apps…
Vedder covers Nick Cave and Trent Reznor →
On August 21 Eddie Vedder began a two night stand in Chicago, part of his ongoing his solo tour (which I was fortunate to catch in Berkeley back in April). I’d heard that he covered both…
Use Google Moderator To Crowdsource Group... →
Google Moderator launched this evening, a simple tool that helps groups determine which questions should be asked at all hands meetings, conferences, Q&A sessions, etc. The idea is that there…
Let's listen to a little Cardinology (Ryan Adams) →
Heather’s friend Tom, who is awesome (apparently), went on a scavenger hunt and dug up some live versions of new Ryan Adams & The Cardinals songs that are showing up on the tracklist for Cardinology…
“Paulson is a representative and charter member of the Lords of Finance who...”
– t r u t h o u t | The Great Switch: Banks Rob People
Jim Crotty is a Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who specializes in financial markets.
A framework for measuring social media →
Do you think it’s tough to measure social media? It might be simpler than you think.
I’ve linked to Peter Kim before -see game mechanics describe social media participation. Here’s his take on measuring social media. The rest of the article is worth a read too.
Attention. The amount of traffic to your content for a given period of time. Similar to the standard web metrics of...
Anybody else get the feeling that we're being...
“I need an answer now.”
A crisis needs to be averted, an opportunity will disappear — whatever the reason, a con artist will want an answer right away. If you have time to think, research or ask advice, you may realize that con artist’s plan is a ploy. The con will want your money before you figure it out.
Sometimes conmen rely on naive individuals who put their confidence in get-rich-quick...
“Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are...”
– Dirty Secret Of The Bailout: Thirty-Two Words That None Dare Utter
XBMC 'Atlantis' Beta 1 Released for All Platforms... →
The popular open-source media center application Xbox Media Center (XBMC) has rolled out the first beta release of XMBC Atlantis, which brings XBMC to all platforms. That means XBMC now…
How many Republicans does it take to change a...
misterpeace:
azspot:
Answer: 10
One to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed,
One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs to be changed,
One to blame Clinton for burning out the light bulb,
One to tell the nations of the world that they are either for changing the light bulb or for eternal darkness,
One to give a billion dollar no-bid contract to...
McCain Daughter’s Book Becomes a Best Seller →
robot-heart:
I wish I had a rich and famous father so I could get a book not only published, but to the best seller list, regardless of talent.
Chapter 1 - Daddy keeps crashing so many planes. Silly Daddy.
Chapter 2 - Why Daddy can’t do the mexican wave at the football stadium.
Chapter 3 - Which of Daddy’s houses is Daddy in today?
Chapter 4 - Why is Mommy so glassy eyed all the...
Getting a Form's Structure Right: Designing Usable... →
I started writing this article with an emphasis on the financial domain. I then realized that I would like to broaden the focus because my findings are also applicable to a general domain like email…
The big, fat “Enterprise Hole” →
Let’s take a quick look at how technology has provided value so far. Boiled down and oversimplified, there are three stages.
Pink: You’ve saved time. Now all your paper and information is digital.
Blue: You’ve made your digital stuff accessible by other people. Think wiki or a file folder.
Green: Now that people have extra time and made everything centralized, you can step back and think about...
"If you do these three things, you will be a...
“If you don’t fully understand an instrument, don’t buy it.
If you would not buy a specific product for yourself, don’t try to sell it.
If you do not know your customers very well, don’t lend them any money.”
- Emilio Botin, 73-year-old Chairman of Spanish bank Santander, which has emerged unscathed from the credit crisis and was named ‘World’s Best Bank’ at this year’s Euromoney...
Cognition Announces "World's Largest Semantic Map" →
Cognition Technologies, a Semantic Web company that specialises in Natural Language Processing (NLP) search, is today announcing the release of what it claims is “the largest commercially…
LinkedIn To Launch Its Own Ad Network →
At a time when most social networks are still trying to figure out how to make money from advertising, one social network is bucking the trend. LinkedIn, the social network for business…
Report: Nearly 70% of Businesses Allow Social... →
A new report about Enterprise adoption of Web 2.0 technologies, by Awareness, Inc., shows that employers are increasingly allowing staff to use social media applications in working hours….
Microsoft’s Real Problem: Facebook is the New... →
Microsoft, for all its problems, is a great software company. Its core products, the Windows operating system and the Office productivity suite, still dominate their respective markets and,…
