Category Archives: noise

Google Wave is a plumbing project for the web

Posted on October 2, 2009 by vanelsas

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

The unlimited power of social media is bound by my human limitations

Posted on August 1, 2008 by vanelsas

Social media allow us to interact over content, anywhere, anytime. And we love it. Interaction is what makes web 2.0 valuable. While mainstream users are discovering and engaging in this interaction on services like Facebook and MySpace, the early adopter … Continue reading →

Posted in content aggregation, noise, social interaction, social media, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 28 Comments

Friendfeed may be the early adopter RSS king, but Twitter is king of 140 characters

Posted on June 9, 2008 by vanelsas

Already in 2006 Time Magazine voted the most important person on the planet to be YOU. They were dead wrong of course. In that year it wasn’t YOU that was important, it was THEM. Them meaning all of your friends … Continue reading →

Posted in advertisement trap, free business model, Friendfeed, noise, RSS, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

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

Posted on June 4, 2008 by vanelsas

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

What do Skype, eBay, the iPhone, Robert Scoble, Friendfeed and noise have in common?

Posted on May 19, 2008 by vanelsas

Rolf Skyberg of eBay has an interesting post up called “Skype: proof that Voice is not the killer app”. Rolf is an excellent pattern hound and he has come with another interesting pattern after he looked at Skype. Skype was … Continue reading →

Posted in eBay, Friendfeed, noise, Robert Scoble, Rolf Skyberg, Skype | Tagged , , , , , , | 10 Comments