Monthly Archives: February 2009

The network effect in web 2.0 is also its biggest tragedy

Posted on February 25, 2009 by

Robert Scoble, nicely served by his friend Loic Le Meur, started a discussion on Friendfeed in which he states that Twitter is broken and that unfollowing everyone might be the only solution. You can find it right here. The story … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, Robert Scoble, Twitter, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , | 18 Comments

Demystifying Social Media for companies

Posted on February 23, 2009 by

What does it take to be a great Social Media Expert (GSME)? Let’s look at a few basic characteristics. The GSME is someone that knows his grand mothers pearls of wisdom and re-uses them to his advantage on daily basis. … Continue reading →

Posted in social media, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 7 Comments

On Google’s Innovator’s Dilemma

Posted on February 19, 2009 by

Every once in a while a new product or service appears that is immediately labeled as the new ‘Google’ killer. Usually by the major tech blogs who need to say something smart to get the traffic going to their site. … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, Google, Innovator's dilemma | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

The Facebook business model is the root cause of a lack of transparency

Posted on February 18, 2009 by

Mark Zuckerberg just announced that Facebook will revert back to the old terms of service as too many people complained about the new ones. I think it is a honorable that Facebook is retracting a pretty bad plan. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in advertisement trap, business model, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, privacy | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Mark Zuckerberg is answering the wrong question, and we fell for it again

Posted on February 17, 2009 by

There has been quite a bit of uproar about Facebook changing their Terms of Service. Unfortunately, no one is asking the right question, thus letting Mark get away with answering the wrong one. The section that created this uproar reads: … Continue reading →

Posted in advertisement, business model, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, privacy | Tagged , , , , | 23 Comments

Are you enslaved by your mobile device? Take this test!

Posted on February 13, 2009 by

We are all becoming slaves of our communication habits. With our mobile devices as the new high priests, we hail the prayer of information and we are bonded by blackberry and iPhone. You do not recognize yourself in this description? … Continue reading →

Posted in addiction, Blackberry, human behavior, iPhone, Mobile, social interaction | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

Privacy is not dead, it is distributed unevenly

Posted on February 10, 2009 by

A famous oneliner from the CEO of Sun, Scott McNealy, in 2001 was “Privacy is dead, get over it”. It sounds true. This generation is growing up with Google, social networking, and having all relevant data on the web. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Friendfeed, Google, privacy, Robert Scoble, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , | 6 Comments

It’s ok not to be a futurist

Posted on February 6, 2009 by

It doesn’t happen every day that someone tells me it is “ok” not to be a futurist, especially if that person is a Web celebrity. It happened to me today when Chris Brogan responded to a comment I wrote on … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Brogan, early adopters, First Use, ZEN of blogging | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Just because Google can track your friends doesn’t make it valuable

Posted on February 4, 2009 by

I have an interest in new technology. I can get fascinated by the things it can bring us. I get even more enthusiastic when technology can be applied in daily life to improve things. At the same time I’m not … Continue reading →

Posted in advertisement trap, First Use, Google Lattitude, Location Based Services | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

5 reasons why a User-Centric business model always wins

Posted on February 2, 2009 by

A few posts drew my attention this weekend. first there was Chris Anderson talking about the economics of giving it away. It seems to me that Chris is changing his tone of voice in FREE. Whereas he often has focused … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, Chris Anderson, Facebook, Fred Wilson, Freemium, user centric web | Tagged , , , , , | 7 Comments