Category Archives: freedom
Google Wave is a plumbing project for the web
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 freedom, Google, Google Wave, interaction, noise, real-time web, social media
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A User-Centric Web needs brand agnostic service providers
A User-Centric web is by design a brand agnostic web when it comes to identity. There is only one brand, and that is you. The current web causes different types of problems that can be lead to possibly 2 design … Continue reading
Posted in advertisement trap, business model, freedom, OpenID, user centric web
Tagged advertisement trap, business model, freedom, OpenID, user centric web
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The lock-in of Facebook takes away our freedom
Facebook is quickly becoming the biggest platform in the world. I have a serious problem with that. I don’t mind Facebook becoming a successful and profitable platform. I do mind that their current scale lets them dictate what the web … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, freedom, Friendfeed, Google, walled garden
Tagged Facebook, freedom, Friendfeed, Google, social networks, walled garden
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The fundamental problem of ‘owning’ user data
I do not often agree with Facebook, but I do agree with their decision to make privacy settings of their users more important than opening up the vast amount of data they track to 3rd party developers. Marshall Kirkpatrick writes … Continue reading
Posted in business model, Facebook, freedom, privacy, social networks, web 2.0
Tagged business model, Facebook, privacy, social networks, web 2.0
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On Apple, Facebook, Google, Whuffie and why customer lock-in sucks
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 business model, customer lock-in, Facebook, freedom, Google, marketeer, social media
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Facebook is fighting a lost cause, they just don’t know it yet
I’m not sure what to think about the different blog posts covering the interview Mark Zuckerberg has given recently. The tech community seems to be giving Mark a pop star status,leading to witch burning scenario’s, well described by Michael Arrington … Continue reading
Free is a clever disguise for a concealed trap
I have been writing a lot about the problems I see with the current main stream web 2.0 business model. Free but ad based services. There are several issues with that business model that I summed up in a post … Continue reading
Think opposite, or keep on dreaming?
Sometimes when you look at a specific situation or problem it helps to think opposite. When you think opposite or try to do things entirely against existing rules it helps you to understand the system or to find new ways … Continue reading
To be free or not to be free, that is the question
This is a post I actually started writing at the end of 2007. But I had a hard time putting the finger on what it was really about. After today’s announcement of Google and Facebook now joining the dataportability.org work … Continue reading
Posted in Data Portability, Facebook, freedom, Google, privacy, Uncategorized, web 2.0
Tagged Data Portability, Facebook, freedom, Google, privacy, web 2.0
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Just a few minor wishes for 2008
As this is my first post in 2008 I will take the opportunity to wish you all a fantastic 2008. I hope that some of your wishes will come true (or else you wouldn’t have anything to wish for) and … Continue reading
Posted in data war, Dave Winer, Facebook, freedom, Nicholas Carr, Robert Scoble, scott karp, wish list 2008\
Tagged data war, Dave Winer, Facebook, freedom, Nicolas Carr, Robert Scoble, scott karp, wish list 2008\
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Freedom to the people (part 2)
In a previous post I talked about some major changes I would like to see happening to the current web. The most important aspect of that is to provide the user freedom again. I said: More than 2006, when Time … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander van Elsas, Beacon, business model, Data Portability, Facebook, Flickr, freedom, interaction, on-line advertisement, privacy, Real life, social networks, SocialAds, Uncategorized, user centric web, web 2.0, web 3.0
Tagged Beacon, business model, Facebook, freedom, on-line advertisement, social networks, SocialAds, user centric web, web 2.0, web 3.0
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Freedom to the people
We are nearing the end of 2007 so human nature forces me to look back and forth, thinking about things that happened and things to come. I am by no means a good trend or technology predictor, but here’s my … Continue reading
Posted in Android Mobile OS, Beacon, business model, Facebook, freedom, Google, iPhone, Mobile Internet, OpenSocial, social networks, Uncategorized, web 2.0, web 3.0
Tagged Android, Beacon, Facebook, Google, iPhone, OpenSocial, Rolf Skyberg, social networks, web 2.0, web 3.0
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Who will free the iPhone customer?
What is the deal with Steve Jobs, who is protecting his iPhone from being used the way users really like it, their own way? Apple not only launches it exclusively with certain partners, telling all you morons that don’t happen … Continue reading
Posted in Android Mobile OS, Apple, freedom, Google, iPhone, Mobile Internet, Steve Jobs
Tagged Android, Apple, freedom, Google, iPhone, Mobile Internet, Steve Jobs, user needs
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