Tag Archives: freedom
The one thing that Google Nexus One has over the iPhone
Lots of posts up this morning about the launch of the Google Nexus One. While I fully understand that most of them focus on a (technological) comparison between the Nexus One and the iPhone (the king of the smart handhelds), … Continue reading
Posted in Android Mobile OS, Apple, Google, Nexus One
Tagged Apple, freedom, Google, iPhone, Nexus One, open, walled garden
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Why Google will win: entrapment in the iPhone is a failing long-term strategy
Entrapment can be an effective strategy when you are building up a business. Marketers tend to call that customer lock-in. From the perspective of the business this sounds like a great thing to do. Hook the customer to your business … Continue reading
Posted in Android Mobile OS, Apple, human behavior, iPhone
Tagged Android, Apple, entrapment, freedom, human behavior, iPhone
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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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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
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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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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