Monthly Archives: January 2009

On Apple, Facebook, Google, Whuffie and why customer lock-in sucks

Posted on January 30, 2009 by

What is the difference between customer lock-in and customer value It’s huge! Customer lock-in is a marketeers wet dream. It is a bonus received at the end of the year. It is an internally focused measurement. It is EGO. If … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, business model, customer lock-in, Customer Value, Facebook, freedom, Google, social media, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Web 2.0 progress is held back by Web 1.0 business models

Posted on January 28, 2009 by

I’ve often wondered how web 2.0 is really different from web 1.0. Most seem to agree that web 2.0 was an evolution in which we went from portals and destination to data and interactions. Web 2.0 is about interaction, social … Continue reading →

Posted in advertisement trap, business model, customer lock-in, on-line advertisement, user centric web, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , | 20 Comments

It is naive to think our online lives are not connected to real-life

Posted on January 26, 2009 by

There seems to be a strange disconnect between our online and offline lives. Different rules, norms and values seem to apply. It is as if our online personality is not connected to our real life. We act differently and feel … Continue reading →

Posted in human behavior, on-line advertisement, privacy, social media, social networks | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

Warning: Life is colored by the information we absorb

Posted on January 19, 2009 by

A few weeks ago my 6 yr old son was sitting next to me while I was watching the news. I was a bit distracted and didn’t realize he was sitting there, but after a while he said something to … Continue reading →

Posted in social media, social networks, web 2.0 | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Our need for real-time information consumption is pointless

Posted on January 14, 2009 by

What if we have instant access to all the data in the world? I’m flying about 38.000 feet above ground and I’m thinking about this question. It’s part of the mission of Google, everyone should have access to all information. … Continue reading →

Posted in content aggregation, Google, information overload, inspiration, search engines | Tagged , , , , | 17 Comments

On diminishing network effects in web 2.0, social media and human limitations

Posted on January 12, 2009 by

This post is a followup of a series I did last year on ‘The Human factor in social media’. Technology allows us to be “always on”. To be part of a never ending conversation. Simply plug in, anywhere, and you … Continue reading →

Posted in always on, Facebook, human behavior, myspace, Robert Scoble, social media trends, Tim O'Reilly, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Our need for interaction locks us up

Posted on January 8, 2009 by

MySpace has over 200 Mln registered users. Facebook follows fast with 140Mln registered users, and they are adding an astonishing 600.ooo new users every day. A rough estimate suggests that more than half a Billion people are registered in social … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, Facebook, interaction, myspace, privacy, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , | 17 Comments

Interaction will drive the evolution of the web

Posted on January 7, 2009 by

I’ve often said it, and I’ll say it again. The real value of social media lies in the ability for anyone to interact over anything. It is the interaction that creates the value. Smart people like Tim O’Reilly will tell … Continue reading →

Posted in Kevin Kelly, social media, social networks, Tim O'Reilly | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

The incredible power of Social Technology

Posted on January 6, 2009 by

My good friend Steven Hodson has written an excellent post called The impossible dream – Social Technology. Steven is, rightly, concerned about the fact that many people in society are not part of the freedom and conversation social media technology … Continue reading →

Posted in resolving real-world problems, social media | 1 Comment