Tag Archives: interaction

The human factor in social media (revisited)

Posted on November 5, 2009 by

Last year I wrote 3 (rather long) thought experiments I pretentiously called ‘The human factor in Social media’. You can find part 1, part 2, and part 3 here. I was reading them back recently and thought about what came … Continue reading →

Posted in Human factor, interaction, social media, social networks, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Google Wave is a plumbing project for the web

Posted on October 2, 2009 by

So, Google Wave makes people unproductive? Says Robert Scoble in a good post where he writes down his first impressions with the new service. Robert says: It is noisy, but the noise often happens way down in a wave deep … Continue reading →

Posted in freedom, Google Wave, interaction, noise, real-time web, social media | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

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

Questions

Posted on April 3, 2009 by

Networks and destinations 1. If everything becomes open and connected, what will happen to the big destinations? 2. Why is the web rapidly evolving into uncountable databases with connections, instead of one database where everything connects? 3. If all services … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, human behavior, interaction, privacy, social media, social networks | Tagged , , , , , , | 11 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

Our Social Media behavior smothers discussion

Posted on September 2, 2008 by

I was wondering about an amazing (well to me it is) “discussion” I saw on a blog post over at Mashable. Mark Rizzn Hopkins wrote a post about Early adopters and it didn’t take long before many people jumped on … Continue reading →

Posted in human behavior, interaction, social media | Tagged , , | 12 Comments

Commenting is easy, try blogging for a change!

Posted on June 16, 2008 by

Fred Wilson started a discussion this weekend suggesting that comments on blogs are often more insightful  than the blog post being commented on. He suggests that comments should be more prominent available in aggregating sites like TechMeme and Friendfeed. And … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, commenting, conversation set free, interaction | Tagged , , , | 9 Comments

Why noise will be tackled by scaling down the social media conversation

Posted on June 4, 2008 by

If anything web 2.0 technology has provided us the capabilities to have a continuous 24×7 public conversation on the web. There are blogs, communication services like Twitter, content services like YouTube, search services to help us find the things we … Continue reading →

Posted in Mobile, noise, social interaction, social media, social networks, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , | 26 Comments

The real value of Social media = Interaction

Posted on June 2, 2008 by

Fred Wilson writes about his vision of social media. He has a very simple definition for it: every single human being posting their thoughts and experiences in any number of ways to the Internet. I like it’s simplicity. Fred says … Continue reading →

Posted in Fred Wilson, interaction, My vision on social medial | Tagged , , | 20 Comments

Forget about mobile web browsing, think interaction!

Posted on April 15, 2008 by

I read a blog post by Russell Beattie this morning in which he announced the end of Mowser, a mobile web browser Russel has developed. He talks in a very personal way about his experiences witht he mobile web. According … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t like Friendfeed as much as I wanted, it lacks intention

Posted on April 3, 2008 by

Webware writes about Friendfeed this morning. A quote from the article that drew my attention: The vision FriendFeed is currently a “social-network aggregator.” It picks up the stuff you do online and tells your friends about it, saving them the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bret Taylor, Facebook, Friendfeed, interaction, Paul Buchheit, social network aggregator, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , , | 24 Comments

It’s about interaction stupid!

Posted on March 17, 2008 by

Justin Smith has an article up this morning (well for me anyways ) in which he suggests that Facebook isn’t trying to be the biggest content or entertainment platform, but instead tries to dominate as a communications platform. In his … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, communication tool, Facebook, Fred Wilson, interaction, Social Graph, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

The web is just a poor surrogate of real-life interactions

Posted on December 10, 2007 by

This Saturday my wife and I celebrated our 12,5 years of marriage together with our family and many friends and neighbours. We had a great time living towards the party while remembering lots of things from the the past years. … Continue reading →

Posted in distribution of emotions, Facebook, Flickr, interaction, Real life, Record industry, Twitter, Uncategorized, web 2.0, YouTube | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Human nature: Some things will never change

Posted on November 20, 2007 by

I usually start writing new entries after the weekend, but yesterday just didn’t work out. I was in a car accident with 6 other cars on the freeway. Nobody hurt, but I parked my car in the back of the … Continue reading →

Posted in advertisement, business model, data, Facebook, human behavior, social networks | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The conversation never stops

Posted on November 5, 2007 by

If I would have to name one thing technology has brought us the past years it would be the ability to interact with each other. There are so many ways we can connect now that we almost need to hire … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, community marketing, eBay, Facebook, Google, interaction, Mobile, on-line advertisement, Radiohead, web 2.0, Yahoo | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Letting go of the connected age

Posted on October 29, 2007 by

This weekend I went away with my wife and horse to the countryside somewhere in the Netherlands. It was somewhat a hassle to get on our way as we first had to pack, then get the horse trailer behind our … Continue reading →

Posted in always on, connected, Nokia N95, Shozu, Social Graph, social networks, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

16 Bln reasons to get out of the web 2.0 advertisement trap

Posted on October 26, 2007 by

I am not a big fan of the mainstream web 2.0 business model, providing services for free and create revenues via ads. I realise that is not a popular position, especially since this model gets some companies to become valued … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, Facebook, Google, Mobile Internet, on-line advertisement, social networks, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Solving the Mobile Internet equation

Posted on October 24, 2007 by

There is a lot of talk going on about mobile services. Especially Location Based Services (LBS) get a lot of attention. A few posts that drew my attention: Om Malik wrote a short overview article of the deals that have … Continue reading →

Posted in Google, interaction, Jaiku, Location Based Services, Mobile Internet, privacy, SMS, Walter Mossberg | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Twitter makes me a groupie, I’d rather be a friend

Posted on October 18, 2007 by

I have recently decided to give Twitter a try. Out of curiosity, as I read a lot about it. The most compelling argument to give it a try was provided by Robert Scoble (couldn’t find the original post, sorry) who … Continue reading →

Posted in Biz Stone, emotions, Google, interaction, Jaiku, Robert Scoble, social networks, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments