Monthly Archives: July 2009

The difficulty I have with privacy controls on Facebook

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

I’m not a regular user of Facebook. I’ve joined a long time ago, have given it a few tries and then stopped using it. There are many reasons I don’t use it. I’ve written a post a long time ago … Continue reading →

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The magic is gone

Posted on July 28, 2009 by

I’ve been on a 2 week summer vacation and hardly spend any time on “Social Media” services. On return I found myself not getting back into old habits as easily. I haven’t spend a lot of time on Twitter or … Continue reading →

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Social Relevancy may turn the web into a next edition of the Lonely Planet

Posted on July 18, 2009 by

(disclaimer: this post is written using an iPhone and a crappy Internet connection from a sunny beach in Greece. It is bound to contain (spelling) errors ) I just read a good post by Alex Iskold about social search. Pagerank … Continue reading →

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5 reasons why Friendfeed fails to appeal like Twitter does

Posted on July 14, 2009 by

I’m sitting on a hill with a beautiful view over the sea. While on vacation, I am reading an excellent post by Robert Scoble in which he provides his views on why Friendfeed doesn’t seem to be growing as fast … Continue reading →

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Freemium and the art of letting it sink in for a few weeks

Posted on July 6, 2009 by

There is so much to read, so much to say, and no time to do all of that. This week several interesting posts about my favorite business model, Freemium appeared. All of them triggered by Chris Anderson’s new book, “Free”. … Continue reading →

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Calling BS on the Real-Time Web

Posted on July 1, 2009 by

The tech world is full of the real-time web. Google seems to have missed it, Twitter is on top of it but sucks at indexing it, Friendfeed is the aggregation king, and Facebook might get there by copying Twitter and … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Friendfeed, Google, interaction, real-time web, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , | 19 Comments