Category Archives: Twitter
My new mobile venture
[disclosure: this post is about my new mobile venture, so it may be a bit subjective here and there 😉 ] Its been really quiet over here lately. Entirely my fault, I have been extremely busy starting up a new … Continue reading
Posted in Android Mobile OS, API, Facebook, iPhone, Mobile, PinkelStar, Twitter
Tagged Android, API, developers, Facebook, iPhone, mobile apps, PinkelStar, Twitter
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Calling BS on the Real-Time Web
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 Facebook, Friendfeed, Google, interaction, real-time web, Twitter
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The real value of Twitter’s ‘Suggested users feature
Jason Calacanis has a long post up about the value of a Twitter suggested user. He explains that being a suggested user on Twitter is more valuable than buying a superbowl ad: Everyone loves a timely or fascinating question and, … Continue reading
Posted in advertisement, Friendfeed, Jason Calacanis, Robert Scoble, Twitter
Tagged advertisement, Friendfeed, Jason Calacanis, Robert Scoble, Twitter
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Why the real-time web isn’t important
I have been thinking a bit about this notion of a real-time web. Having access to real-time information, as soon as it is published, seems to be a possible Achilles heel for Google according to some (here and here). People … Continue reading
Posted in Friendfeed, Google, Jonathan Harris, real-time web, Twitter
Tagged Friendfeed, Google, Jonathan Harris, real-time web, Twitter, user value
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The network effect in web 2.0 is also its biggest tragedy
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 business model, Loic Le Meur, Robert Scoble, Twitter, web 2.0
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Friendfeed may be the early adopter RSS king, but Twitter is king of 140 characters
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 advertisement trap, data collection, filtering, free business model, Friendfeed, noise, RSS, Twitter
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How User Interfaces can make or break a new service
Small Update: Just saw that Joshua Porter wrote a nice post in which he states that design (not just UI) is becoming increasingly important. Ties in nicely with this post 😉 One of the most difficult things to get right … Continue reading
Posted in Beta releases, Flock, Friendfeed, iPhone, Minggl, Twitter, UI Design, User Interface as a success factor, web 2.0, Wixi
Tagged Beta releases, Flock, Friendfeed, iPhone, Minggl, Twitter, UI as a success factor, user interface design, web 2.0, Wixi
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On Twitter and the missed opportunity to execute a social utility business model
Bernard Lunn has written a good post on the (lack of) a social media business model. He writes about the difficulties for social networks to monetize using advertisement. Although he builds his storyline a bit different from me, he is … Continue reading
We don’t need more information or aggregation, we need inspiration
Being able to pass relevant information from one person to another has always been part of the evolution of mankind. When there was no technology we used storytelling. People would listen to the oldest, wisest, craziest people in their community … Continue reading
Posted in Friendfeed, information overload, inspiration, search, social networks, Twitter, web 2.0
Tagged content aggregation, Friendfeed, information, inspiration, search, social networks, storytellers, Twitter, web 2.0
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Friendfeed stats show its just Twitter with bookmarks
Yesterday I looked at the latest Friendfeed stats using the nice Friendfeedstats tool build by Benjamin Golub. I looked up which feeds are aggregated most in Friendfeed in the last 30 days. In 30 days approximately 1.3 Mln items were … Continue reading
Posted in content aggregation, Friendfeed, statistics, TechMeme, Twitter
Tagged content aggregation, Friendfeed, statistics, TechMeme, Twitter
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The Tech elite creates its own web 2.0 bubble
Kara Swisher created a little storm on TechMeme with a post called “Twitter, where no one knows your name“. In it she noted that no one really nows what Twitter (she asked a few friends). This created the usual river … Continue reading
Posted in business model, Kara Swisher, on-line advertisement, Tech Elite, Twitter, web 2.0
Tagged blogosphere, Kara Swisher, Tech Elite, Twitter, web 2.0
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Our fear of not being there when it happens
Several posts drew my attention the past few days. Their scope entilily different, but the underlying social behavior seems to be the same. First there was Robert Scoble writing about “Not productive enough? Turn off the Internet”. He has been … Continue reading
Why I don’t like Friendfeed as much as I wanted, it lacks intention
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
Friendfeed a destination site, that is soooo web 2.0!
Michael Arrington writes this morning about the fast growing aggregator service called Friendfeed. After launch, just one month ago the ex-Google founders already see a steady climb of users. Most likely because a number of power users like Robert Scoble … Continue reading
With great power comes great responsibility
I read about the fuzz generated around an interview Sara Lacy held with pop star Mark Zuckerberg. Sara was slaughtered on-line with several blog posts and numerous tweets that called her all sorts of things. Michael Arrington called it right … Continue reading
Big brother is watching me
A lot of different, seemingly unrelated, things are happening right now in the tech world. Looking through different feeds most of the discussions are about: The mash-up of content seems to be important right now. I see it everywhere. People … Continue reading
The problem with Twitter is its lack of a consumer to consumer appeal
Mark Evans starts a new Twitter discussion this morning in his post “Taking Twitter Seriously”. He notes that Twitter is gaining attraction from people communicating about serious stuff like politics. The question becomes whether or not Twitter can grow up … Continue reading
Posted in business model, communication tool, Mark Evans, Twitter, web 2.0
Tagged business model, communication tool, Mark Evans, Twitter, web 2.0
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Let’s start using Twitter for what it is
A lot of talk this morning about the downfall of Twitter servers during the Steve Jobs Keynote speech. Apparently the Twitter servers couldn’t handle the traffic that build up. Especially people who were depending on Twitter to live blog the … Continue reading
Posted in business model, Dave Winer, Google, Jaiku, scott karp, Steve Jobs, Twitter, web 2.0
Tagged Dave Winer, Google, Jaiku, scott karp, Steve Jobs, Twitter, web 2.0 business model
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The usability of mobile phones could be so much better
A few days ago I realised (yet again) that the mobile phone could be made so much better. In such a way that the interface would start working for me as a user, instead of me having to work the … Continue reading
Posted in Android Mobile OS, Google, Mobile, Nokia N95, SMS, Twitter, UI Design
Tagged Google Android, mobile phone, Nokia N95, SMS, Twitter, user interface
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Tweeterboard: Yet another useless leaderboard tool
What is this obsession techies have with leaderboards. Everything we do gets rated. Everyone needs to be reassured who is most influential, who gets the biggest audience, who has the largest (whatever). Come to think of it, it human nature … Continue reading
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